Patents by Inventor Helen Sanders

Helen Sanders 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).

  • Patent number: 11259662
    Abstract: An apparatus for support and display of a sports memorabilia jersey features a body form having an upper body portion with an outline visually resembling a head, neck and shoulders of a human body, and a transparent facial area comprising a facial likeness or team logo of a particular athlete associated with said sports memorabilia jersey. A method of producing such apparatus includes obtaining a facial image of an athlete associated with said memorabilia jersey, obtaining an outline shape of said facial image at a generally life-size scale, producing the body form with the head, neck and shoulder areas, and applying the facial image onto the head area of the body form such that a perimeter shape of the head area of the body form generally conforms to the outline shape of the facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Lee Sanders, Helen Sanders, David Simpson
  • Patent number: 10010205
    Abstract: An apparatus for support and display of a sports memorabilia jersey features a body form having an upper body portion with an outline visually resembling a head, neck and shoulders of a human body, and a transparent facial area comprising a facial likeness or team logo of a particular athlete associated with said sports memorabilia jersey. A method of producing such apparatus includes obtaining a facial image of an athlete associated with said memorabilia jersey, obtaining an outline shape of said facial image at a generally life-size scale, producing the body form with the head, neck and shoulder areas, and applying the facial image onto the head area of the body form such that a perimeter shape of the head area of the body form generally conforms to the outline shape of the facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Lee Sanders, Helen Sanders, David Simpson
  • Publication number: 20180042418
    Abstract: An apparatus for support and display of a sports memorabilia jersey features a body form having an upper body portion with an outline visually resembling a head, neck and shoulders of a human body, and a transparent facial area comprising a facial likeness or team logo of a particular athlete associated with said sports memorabilia jersey. A method of producing such apparatus includes obtaining a facial image of an athlete associated with said memorabilia jersey, obtaining an outline shape of said facial image at a generally life-size scale, producing the body form with the head, neck and shoulder areas, and applying the facial image onto the head area of the body form such that a perimeter shape of the head area of the body form generally conforms to the outline shape of the facial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lee Sanders, Helen Sanders, David Simpson
  • Publication number: 20180042419
    Abstract: An apparatus for support and display of a sports memorabilia jersey features a body form having an upper body portion with an outline visually resembling a head, neck and shoulders of a human body, and a transparent facial area comprising a facial likeness or team logo of a particular athlete associated with said sports memorabilia jersey. A method of producing such apparatus includes obtaining a facial image of an athlete associated with said memorabilia jersey, obtaining an outline shape of said facial image at a generally life-size scale, producing the body form with the head, neck and shoulder areas, and applying the facial image onto the head area of the body form such that a perimeter shape of the head area of the body form generally conforms to the outline shape of the facial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Lee Sanders, Helen Sanders, David Simpson
  • Publication number: 20150092259
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a method of controlling a plurality of independently controllable sections of one or more electrochromic devices belonging to a common interior space to provide lighting having a substantially color neutral or aesthetically pleasing spectrum to the interior space. The method comprises receiving a desired illuminance input indicating an amount of lighting desired in the interior space, and a neutral lighting input indicating a quantifiable amount of the sections of the electrochromic devices to be set to a high transmittance state. One or more sections of the electrochromic devices are selected in accordance with the neutral lighting input. The selected sections of the electrochromic device are set to the high transmittance state. The one or more electrochromic devices collectively transmit an amount of light into the interior space in accordance with the desired illuminance input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Greer, Louis J. Podbelski, Helen Sanders
  • Publication number: 20140303788
    Abstract: The disclosure of the present invention provides for a process for controlling the environmental settings of a building, including: providing a building management system capable of controlling one or more electrochromic devices at least one of (a) one or more automated window shades, and (b) one or more dimmable electric lights; receiving, at the building management system, a plurality of inputs related to (a) a time of day, (b) an occupancy status of the building, (c) a presence of a glare condition, and (d) an operating mode of an HVAC system of the building; and controlling, at the building management system, the status of at least one of the window shades, the lights and the electrochromic devices based on at least one of the plurality of inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
    Inventors: Helen Sanders, Bryan D. Greer