Patents by Inventor Gary Pelkey

Gary Pelkey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Protected dual purpose power/enter switch apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20050068088
    Abstract: A protected dual purpose power/enter switch for an integrated receiver/decoder has a first relay and a second relay adapted for operative communication with a motherboard and with each other. A switch and a processor are in operative communication with the first relay. When the device is off, said switch is configured to activate the first and second relay to power up the device, and when said device is on, the first relay connects the switch to the processor as an enter switch. The switch may power off said device by entering a power off menu item displayed by said processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Pelkey, Stanley Williams
  • Handcuffs
    Patent number: D347156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Monadnock Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Starrett, Gary Pelkey