Patents by Inventor M. Rufus Woodard

M. Rufus Woodard 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).

  • Device and system for monitoring food
    Patent number: 7201099
    Abstract: A device and system for monitoring food is described. The food monitoring device has a temperature sensor and a temperature sensor base. The temperature sensor base has a transmitter and a microphone. The temperature sensor base is electrically coupled to the temperature sensor. A monitor having a speaker and a receiver communicates with the transmitter of the temperature sensor base. The transmitter of the temperature sensor base transmits a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and an audio signal produced by the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth David Harris, Jr., Charles J. Burout, III, Steven Schwartz, M. Rufus Woodard
  • Foot bath
    Patent number: D531732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bean, Joseph Geringer, Kenneth David Harris, Jr., Steven H. Schwartz, M. Rufus Woodard, Timothy Trzepacz
  • Desk clock
    Patent number: D585767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Rufus Woodard
  • Reconfigurable portable light
    Patent number: D588735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Rufus Woodard
  • Lumbar massaging cushion
    Patent number: D616689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Luo, M. Rufus Woodard