Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Mead
Matthew A. Mead 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).
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Publication number: 20240158969Abstract: The embodiments presented herein describe a continuous insulation sheathing product to make a building energy efficient and reduce the carbon footprint of the building. The continuous insulation sheathing product also incorporates a specialized fire-retardant chemical in addition to natural fibers. In an embodiment, the continuous insulation sheathing product may be formed via an entanglement and thermal bonding of the natural fibers and a staple fiber. The embodiments presented herein, thus, enable the product to add additional insulation value to roofs and wall assemblies of a building, while providing a continuous layer of performance to mitigate the loss of energy through more conducive members of the roof and wall assembly (e.g., wood or steel framing). Further, the product achieves the above-described advantages using predominantly bio-based materials, thereby, resulting in a lower carbon footprint and providing an environmentally friendly option for consumers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: HEMPITECTURE, INC.Inventors: Matthew MEAD, Thomas GIBBONS
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Publication number: 20240161922Abstract: Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Stephen Dunstan, Kami LaVallier, Edward P. Matesevac, Mary Kay Mueller, Vallory Clardy, Matthew Morrison, Nirav Patel, Francesco Radicati, Beth Ann Snell, Cara Lawlor Quigley, Caroline Mead, Kelsey Schachter, Brea Dutt, Lindsay Meyer, Leny Santana, Marta Coleman, Christine Pizzo
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Publication number: 20240158974Abstract: In an embodiment, a surface treatment system to treat a nonwoven material by a chemical emulsion is described. The surface treatment system includes an air compressor to pressurize a tank to deliver the chemical emulsion to one or more spray heads of an emulsion applicator. The surface treatment system further includes the emulsion applicator to treat the nonwoven material by the chemical emulsion. The one or more spray heads are mounted on an adjustable bar of the emulsion applicator, and spray the chemical emulsion on a surface of the nonwoven material. The adjustable bar moves in one or more planes and allows the one or more spray heads to spray the chemical emulsion in a spray pattern of the surface of the nonwoven material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: HEMPITECTURE, INC.Inventors: Matthew MEAD, Thomas GIBBONS
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Publication number: 20240100609Abstract: A holesaw system comprises a holesaw including a base and a generally cylindrical wall with a proximal end coupled to the base and a distal end with a cutting edge; a pilot drill bit including a front cutting tip, a rear shank portion, and an intermediate portion between the front cutting tip and the rear shank portion; and an arbor coupleable to the holesaw and to the pilot drill bit. The arbor is configured to be operable in a first mode in which the holesaw and the pilot drill bit are rotatable in unison to form a hole in a workpiece and in a second mode in which the pilot drill bit is rotatable independently of the holesaw to remove a plug of material from the holesaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Poinon Z. SANOGO, Marco LOURENCO, Jackson Mead BRANDIN, Andrew C. REIST, Joseph T. NOVAK, Kenneth HALL, Matthew Christopher GREEN, Jeffrey Charles PROULX, Leonardo Altermann SERPA, Matthew SAVARINO, Joseph HUNTER
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Patent number: 11923087Abstract: Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (“ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyInventors: Stephen Dunstan, Kami LaVallier, Edward P. Matesevac, Mary Kay Mueller, Vallory Clardy, Matthew Morrison, Nirav Patel, Francesco Radicati, Beth Ann Snell, Cara Lawlor Quigley, Caroline Mead, Kelsey Schachter, Brea Dutt, Lindsay Meyer, Leny Santana, Marta Coleman, Christine Pizzo
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Patent number: 11923086Abstract: Provided herein is a digital care circle platform for electronic communication between a senior and virtual care circle members. The digital care circle platform may include a chatbot and an application associated with the senior, a mobile application associated with the plurality of virtual care circle members, at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, and one or more servers, sensors, wearables, and transceivers. The at least one processor may be configured to: (i) accept event posts from the senior via the chatbot and application and from each virtual care circle member of the plurality of virtual care circle members via the mobile application, (ii) detect pro-active check-ins from the senior, and (iii) generate, once a pro-active check-in is detected, an electronic communication detailing the pro-active check-in as a pro-active check-in event, and transmit the pro-active check-in event to the virtual care circle members.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyInventors: Stephen Dunstan, Kami LaVallier, Edward P. Matesevac, Mary Kay Mueller, Vallory Clardy, Matthew Morrison, Nirav Patel, Francesco Radicati, Beth Ann Snell, Cara Lawlor Quigley, Caroline Mead, Kelsey Schachter, Brea Dutt, Lindsay Meyer, Leny Santana, Marta Coleman, Christine Pizzo
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Publication number: 20210059365Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
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Patent number: 10863803Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MICHAEL GRAVES DESIGN GROUP, INC.Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
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Publication number: 20200008545Abstract: A compact and collapsible cane includes a handle, a tip, and at least two collapsible cane segments joining the handle to the tip. In some aspects, the cane segments are configurable in an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration, where, in the folded configuration, a flat or nesting surface of one of the cane segments abuts a corresponding flat or nesting surface of an adjacent cane segment. In various examples, the collapsible cane includes a hinge with two parallel pivot axes between the two collapsible cane segments. In some examples, the cane includes a connector system with a male connector and a female connector connected by a shock cord between the two collapsible cane segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Donald Strum, Robert Beale Van Varick, Matthew Mead Schmitt, Vladimir Anokhin, William Robert Parcells
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Patent number: 10061138Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in a work environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens is visible from inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. From outside the work environment, the inside of the environment can be seen through the window, but with an altered view of the information on the displays.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: STEELCASE INC.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Remi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Publication number: 20180107014Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in a work environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens is visible from inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. From outside the work environment, the inside of the environment can be seen through the window, but with an altered view of the information on the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Remi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Patent number: 9885876Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in a work environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens are visible to a person inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. A person outside the work environment can see inside the environment through the window, but has an altered view of the information on the displays.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Publication number: 20170082865Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in a work environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens are visible to a person inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. A person outside the work environment can see inside the environment through the window, but has an altered view of the information on the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Patent number: 9547112Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in an environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens and polarized non-emissive surfaces located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization and the surfaces have a direction of polarization substantially aligned with the first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens and surfaces are visible to a person inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens and non-emissive surfaces from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. A person outside the work environment can see inside the environment through the window, but has an altered view of the information on the displays and surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Publication number: 20150247962Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information in an environment is provided. The system includes one or more polarized emissive screens and polarized non-emissive surfaces located within the work environment. The screens have a first direction of polarization and the surfaces have a direction of polarization substantially aligned with the first direction of polarization. Information displayed on the screens and surfaces are visible to a person inside the work environment. The work environment includes at least one window which permits viewing of the polarized emissive screens and non-emissive surfaces from outside of the work environment. A polarizing filter having a second direction of polarization arranged at an angle to the first direction of polarization is positioned proximate to the window. A person outside the work environment can see inside the environment through the window, but has an altered view of the information on the displays and surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal, Joel Stanfield
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Patent number: 9044863Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information and for reducing or eliminating light energy in a robotic telepresence environment is provided. The system includes a robotic device in a work environment that is occupied or operated by a pilot at a station in a workspace remote from location of the robot in the work environment, a camera operably attached to the robotic device, a primary polarizing filter adjustably attached to the camera, a viewing area, at least one light source remote from the camera, and at least one secondary polarizing filter. The primary and at least one secondary polarizing filter can be adjusted to vary the lighting and artifacts seen by the pilot.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Joel Stanfield, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal
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Publication number: 20140222206Abstract: A system for selectively controlling visibility of information and for reducing or eliminating light energy in a robotic telepresence environment is provided. The system includes a robotic device in a work environment that is occupied or operated by a pilot at a station in a workspace remote from location of the robot in the work environment, a camera operably attached to the robotic device, a primary polarizing filter adjustably attached to the camera, a viewing area, at least one light source remote from the camera, and at least one secondary polarizing filter. The primary and at least one secondary polarizing filter can be adjusted to vary the lighting and artifacts seen by the pilot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mead, Paul Noll, Lisa Mead, Joel Stanfield, Rémi Marcel Louis Casal
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Patent number: 7893953Abstract: A system for lighting at least one individual positioned about a piece of furniture during a video recording process includes a piece of furniture having a work surface and at least one non-work surface. A lighting source is arranged along either the work surface or the non-work surface of the piece of furniture to project non-visible light away from the piece of furniture toward an individual positioned proximate to the piece of furniture to light the individual or recording during a video recording process.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Steelcase Development CorporationInventors: Robert G. Krestakos, Matthew A. Mead, Joel Stanfield, Carl V. Forslund, III, Joseph R. Branc
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Publication number: 20070291466Abstract: A system for lighting at least one individual positioned about a piece of furniture during a video recording process includes a piece of furniture having a work surface and at least one non-work surface. A lighting source is arranged along either the work surface or the non-work surface of the piece of furniture to project non-visible light away from the piece of furniture toward an individual positioned proximate to the piece of furniture to light the individual or recording during a video recording process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Robert G. Krestakos, Matthew A. Mead, Joel Stanfield, Carl V. Forslund, Joseph R. Branc
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Publication number: 20060278161Abstract: The invention relates generally to the conditioning of bowling lanes, and, more particularly to an apparatus and method for automatically applying a predetermined pattern of dressing fluid along the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of a bowling lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Roy Burkholder, Troy Recknagel, Patrick Mitchell, Jason Bernard, Robert Prinz, William Sias, Matthew Mead, Damir Ibrahimovic