Patents by Inventor William H. Waterhouse

William H. Waterhouse 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).

  • Server signaler
    Patent number: 7817058
    Abstract: A server signaler includes a lamp and a housing containing a battery and a switch. The server signaler may be attached to an advertising support or placed directly on a table top or other surface. Actuation of the switch illuminates the lamp to alert the server that service is required. Another server signaler according to applicant's invention includes an elongated base and telescoping portions to extend the lamp upwardly above the elongated base. Another server signaler provides a card-receiving channel containing switch contacts which are closed by insertion of a card into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Advertising support with illuminated magnifier
    Publication number: 20100031545
    Abstract: A table-top advertising support with illuminated magnifier includes a taller section containing a magnifier or fresnel lens and a lamp-switch-battery assembly in a lower portion and an upper portion having vertically aligned elongated slots formed by cooperation of staggered opposing tabs. The taller section is attached to a shorter section containing a second fresnel lens disposed within a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Advertising support with illuminated magnifier
    Patent number: 7621060
    Abstract: A table-top advertising support with illuminated magnifier includes a taller section containing a fresnel lens and a lamp-switch-battery assembly in a lower portion and an upper portion having vertically aligned elongated slots formed by cooperation of staggered opposing tabs. The taller section is attached to a shorter section containing a second fresnel lens disposed within a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Advertising panel indicia magnifying illuminator
    Patent number: 6081393
    Abstract: A customer activated indicia magnifying and illuminating device is formed by an upright transparent panel member supported by a transparent semicircular member. The panel member contains a flat battery pack connected with a circuit including a lamp means and normally open switch assembly. The lamp means is energized for illuminating the lens and indicia thereunder by pressure applied to and released from a region on a protective sheet overlying the panel and battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Illuminated magnifier reading apparatus
    Patent number: 5943173
    Abstract: An illuminated magnifying lens device for reading sales slips in dim light is formed by a planar base supporting a generally horizontal frame in spaced relation above the base. The frame disposes a magnifying lens transversely of the base. A lamp equipped circuit illuminating the lens is energized by an operator lifting a writing instrument out of a support socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Table top advertising media support with indicia magnifying base
    Patent number: D445837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Combined cardholder, magnifier and mirror
    Patent number: D424618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse