Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY JOHN BORTREE

TIMOTHY JOHN BORTREE 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).

  • Publication number: 20140197216
    Abstract: A stringed instrument pick holder accessory suitable for wearing around at least a portion of a human body part includes an accessory body defining an enclosure within which the human body part portion fits when the accessory is worn; and at least one stringed instrument pick removably attached to the accessory body, such that the pick is detachable from the accessory body; wherein the accessory body includes a loop having a fixed length; the accessory body includes a linear extension that extends radially outward from the accessory body, the linear extension including a flexible strap formed of a stretchable material; a body of the pick includes a bore through which a distal end of the linear extension passes; the pick body further includes a breakaway feature including a weakened portion of the pick body adjacent the bore; and the weakened portion includes a separable portion extending substantially from the bore to an outer edge of the pick body, the separable portion including a tapered cut extending from
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: TIMOTHY JOHN BORTREE
  • Publication number: 20140040779
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creative collaboration among multiple persons, such as network-based crowd-sourced collaboration tools for the development of creative works. Users are able to post content with specific reference to previously posted content. Content postings that are related to one another based on such specific references are organized in accordance with such specific reference relationships to establish a tree-like content structure in which the initial content posting is like the trunk of the tree-like structure, and later content postings are like branches of the tree-like structure. Included are features for encouraging collaboration, such as: (1) features designed to prevent a single author and/or a limited number of authors from generating all of the content of a creative work, and/or (2) features designed to enable the development of multiple creative works that are related to one another in that they share one or more common content bases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: TIMOTHY JOHN BORTREE