Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Thorpe

Kenneth J. Thorpe 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).

  • Publication number: 20030009345
    Abstract: A legal document processing system and method for processing legal documents between entities that use legal documents. The system includes a hub system for receiving legal documents from one entity and communicating them to another entity. The invention also includes a system and method for setting a geographic area within which a legal document will be delivered. The invention may also set the type of actor entity within the geographic area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Thorpe
  • Patent number: 4449378
    Abstract: An insulated chest for the storage and transportation of hot and cold foods to be carried as a backpack is disclosed. The chest has a hollow box-like body having four side walls, a bottom wall and top wall. There is a first opening in one of the side walls and a door adapted to be opened and closed is attached to the body so that it seals the opening when in a closed position. In the interior of the chest a removable divider is detachably connected to the side walls below the first opening. The chest can also have a second divider sealingly connected to the side walls in the interior of the chest, defining a liquid-holding chamber. A spigot mounted on a side wall extends through the side wall into the liquid-holding chamber. One of the walls has a second opening to the liquid-holding chamber, through which the chamber can be filled with liquid, and there are means for sealing the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Mitchell B. Shenkman
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Thorpe