Patents by Inventor Rob Erik Alphons Froeling

Rob Erik Alphons Froeling 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).

  • Time apparatus for alerting at times for taking medicines
    Patent number: 6201768
    Abstract: Timer apparatus (10), comprising a timer (11) and command means (12, 14, 15, 19) and alerting means (13) connected to the timer, in which at a starting time (tr) the timer (11) determines a first nominal alert interval (Tn) which begins at the starting time (tr) and ends at a nominal alert time (tn), on the occurrence of the nominal alert time (tn) the timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver an alert signal, and on receipt of a starting signal from a starting command element (12) of the command means the timer (11) restarts with the current time (t) as the starting time (tr). On receipt of the starting signal the timer (11) determines a time window (Tw) which contains the nominal alert time (tn). The timer (11) controls the alerting means (13) so that they deliver the alert signal during the window (Tw).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Innocreate N.V.
    Inventors: Pieter H. de Meyer, Rob Erik Alphons Froeling, Paul J. Seegers, Hendrik-Jan Vertegaal