Patents by Inventor Scott Allen Carlson

Scott Allen Carlson 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).

  • Abdominal Exercise Apparatus
    Publication number: 20120316042
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment relates to an exercise machine, comprising a generally horizontal platform having an upper surface adapted for a user to recline thereon, a foot support pivotably attached to the platform with a mechanism for securing the user's feet to the platform, at least one pair of resistance straps attachable to the exercise machine at one or more locations on the platform, and at least one pair of routers adapted to interact with resistance straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventor: Scott Allen Carlson
  • Method and apparatus for rescue of aquatic mammals
    Patent number: 8267044
    Abstract: An aquatic mammal rescue device and method includes an array of suction cup lifters that adapt to contact and adhere to the body of an aquatic mammal on land or at the surface of water. The array is lifted to raise the aquatic mammal from the ground or water for transport. The rescue device may be part of a vehicle capable of land, sea, and/or air travel or it may be movable by attachment to a separate vehicle of other lifting mechanism (e.g., crane). The device may be used to transport a beached mammal (e.g., a whale) back to the water or to a treatment facility. It may also be used to take an injured animal from the wild or a tank to a treatment facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Scott Allen Carlson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESCUE OF AQUATIC MAMMALS
    Publication number: 20110120382
    Abstract: An aquatic mammal rescue device and method includes an array of suction cup lifters that adapt to contact and adhere to the body of an aquatic mammal on land or at the surface of water. The array is lifted to raise the aquatic mammal from the ground or water for transport. The rescue device may be part of a vehicle capable of land, sea, and/or air travel or it may be movable by attachment to a separate vehicle of other lifting mechanism (e.g., crane). The device may be used to transport a beached mammal (e.g., a whale) back to the water or to a treatment facility. It may also be used to take an injured animal from the wild or a tank to a treatment facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Scott Allen Carlson
  • Product display for displaying products in an aisle at a retail store
    Patent number: 7798342
    Abstract: Product displays usable to organize products shelved in aisles at a retail store. The product displays each having shelves and a shelf mounting device. The shelf mounting device having a flexible member extending in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction of the product display for flexibly supporting a vertical channel holding a product for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Michael Pustinger, Scott Allen Carlson, Dennis Patrick Feltner
  • Method of organizing an aisle at a retail store
    Publication number: 20080251481
    Abstract: Product displays help organize products shelved in aisles at a retail store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: James Michael Pustinger, Scott Allen Carlson, Dennis Patrick Feltner