Patents by Inventor Paul M. Freeman

Paul M. Freeman 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: 9169039
    Abstract: A container blank includes a front panel, a first-end panel, a back panel, a second-end panel, a plurality of first-side flaps, a plurality of second-side flaps, and a door. Each of the plurality of first-side flaps and each of the plurality of second-side flaps extend from a respective one of the front panel, the first-end panel, the back panel, and the second-end panel. The door includes a door-front portion formed in the front panel, a first-door-side portion formed in the first-side flap extending from the front panel and a second-door-side portion formed in the second-side flap extending from the front panel. The first-door-side portion and the second-door-side portion include a first crushed zone on an interior surface of the blank. The first-side flap extending from the front panel and the second-side flap extending from the front panel each include a second crushed zone on an exterior surface of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Paul M. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20150041363
    Abstract: A container blank includes a front panel, a first-end panel, a back panel, a second-end panel, a plurality of first-side flaps, a plurality of second-side flaps, and a door. Each of the plurality of first-side flaps and each of the plurality of second-side flaps extend from a respective one of the front panel, the first-end panel, the back panel, and the second-end panel. The door includes a door-front portion formed in the front panel, a first-door-side portion formed in the first-side flap extending from the front panel and a second-door-side portion formed in the second-side flap extending from the front panel. The first-door-side portion and the second-door-side portion include a first crushed zone on an interior surface of the blank. The first-side flap extending from the front panel and the second-side flap extending from the front panel each include a second crushed zone on an exterior surface of the blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Paul M. Freeman
  • Patent number: 7877727
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are directed to application generation, and more particularly, to generating a user interface enabled application for an embedded device. A configuration file defining at least a hierarchical state machine (HSM) is received and/or pre-loaded. Based on the received configuration file, an intermediate version of the HSM is generated, wherein a child state of the intermediate version is enabled to pass an unconsumed event to a parent state of the child state. Based on the intermediate version, an invocation of at least one user interface (UI) element associated with a state of the intermediate version is enabled. The intermediate version may be executed and/or interpreted by an event-state engine on an embedded device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: BitRouter
    Inventors: Robert W. Sharp, Gopal K. Miglani, Paul M. Freeman
  • Patent number: 7681941
    Abstract: A camper trailer or caravan (10) includes a chassis (12) adapted to be attached to, and towed behind a motor vehicle (11). A housing (21) is mounted on the chassis (12) and defines a main chamber including a peripheral wall. The chassis (12) is short in length and about the same width as the towing vehicle (11) with the wheels (19) located adjacent the rear end of the chassis (12), and the housing (21) is adapted be opened such that panels (41) folded inside the housing when in the closed configuration are adapted to form annex chambers (42, 43) when in the open configuration when the camper trailer (10) is being used for camping and the like. A sleeping chamber (23) associated with the main chamber extends outside the peripheral walls of said camper trailer when required. Preferably there is a kitchen chamber and a bedding chamber within the housing of the camper trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Paul M. Freeman, Philip G. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20080046817
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are directed to application generation, and more particularly, to generating a user interface enabled application for an embedded device. A configuration file defining at least a hierarchical state machine (HSM) is received and/or pre-loaded. Based on the received configuration file, an intermediate version of the HSM is generated, wherein a child state of the intermediate version is enabled to pass an unconsumed event to a parent state of the child state. Based on the intermediate version, an invocation of at least one user interface (UI) element associated with a state of the intermediate version is enabled. The intermediate version may be executed and/or interpreted by an event-state engine on an embedded device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: BitRouter
    Inventors: Robert W. Sharp, Gopal K. Miglani, Paul M. Freeman
  • Patent number: 6442599
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and playing videos. The apparatus includes a storage device containing a video for playback on a user system located on a communications network. The apparatus includes a system connection to a data processing system and a network connection to the communications network. The apparatus includes a transfer means for transferring the video from the storage device to the network using the network connection, wherein the video is directly transferred from the apparatus to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Keith B. DuLac, Paul M. Freeman
  • Patent number: 5790794
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and playing videos. The apparatus includes a storage device containing a video for playback on a user system located on a communications network. The apparatus includes a system connection to a data processing system and a network connection to the communications network. The apparatus includes a transfer means for transferring the video from the storage device to the network using the network connection, wherein the video is directly transferred from the apparatus to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Symbios, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith B. DuLac, Paul M. Freeman