Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Ardis

Patrick M. Ardis 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: 10602808
    Abstract: A buckle assembly includes a frame, a latch plate, and a tongue. The frame includes a latch opening and a slot for receiving the tongue. The latch plate is configured to be linearly displaced within the frame between a locked position and an unlocked position and includes a latch portion. The tongue includes a tongue opening having an angled leading end. When the tongue is inserted into the frame slot, the latch plate is biased to the locked position such that the latch portion of the latch plate traverses the angled leading end of the tongue opening until the angled leading end of the latch portion of the latch plate is secured in the latch opening in the locked position. In preferred embodiments, the buckle assembly includes a seat belt connected to the tongue for securing a user to a seat of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick M. Ardis
  • Publication number: 20190269205
    Abstract: A buckle assembly includes a frame, a latch plate, and a tongue. The frame includes a latch opening and a slot for receiving the tongue. The latch plate is configured to be linearly displaced within the frame between a locked position and an unlocked position and includes a latch portion. The tongue includes a tongue opening having an angled leading end. When the tongue is inserted into the frame slot, the latch plate is biased to the locked position such that the latch portion of the latch plate traverses the angled leading end of the tongue opening until the angled leading end of the latch portion of the latch plate is secured in the latch opening in the locked position. In preferred embodiments, the buckle assembly includes a seat belt connected to the tongue for securing a user to a seat of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventor: Patrick M. Ardis
  • Patent number: 5172281
    Abstract: A video transcript retriever includes a control unit, a control interface, a tape unit and a display unit. The control unit includes a control computer having a software package consisting of control software, text software and edit software. The control software has the capacity to permit simultaneous operation of both the test software, which is capable of storing and searching voluminous documents, and the edit software, which has the capacity to operate the tape unit with precision. The text software is capable of performing a search function that at any time can provide the exact location of a specific passage within the searched document in terms of page and line. The edit software has the capacity to provide at any time the timecode number pre-recorded on the videotape that corresponds to a specific passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Inventors: Patrick M. Ardis, Marko R. Markovich, Kevin W. Thompson