Patents by Inventor Willis Whiteside

Willis Whiteside 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).

  • Safety syringe and safety syringe adapter
    Patent number: 7300421
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a universal safety syringe adapter that allows for a standard syringe, vacuum tube or other medical device to be quickly modified to have a protective sheath which may be deployed automatically upon activation of a release member with a single hand in order to propel the protective sheath from a retracted position to an extended position covering a needle in order to avoid sharps injuries and protect medical or other professionals using the instrument. The present invention also provides for a syringe safety device which includes a protective sheath having an elastic member in order to propel the protective sheath from a retracted to an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Suzanne L. Lowry, Vlad Moise, Willis Whiteside
  • Portable exerciser for stringed instrument players
    Patent number: 7230175
    Abstract: A handle for grasping by one hand and a neck with a fingerboard for fingering with the other hand for use by stringed instrument players. The fingerboard is correlated to a section of the fret-board of a conventional stringed instrument such as a guitar, bass, or banjo. The fingerboard has string ridges that provide a pressure-resistant feel to simulate playing the corresponding string instrument. Example embodiments include a fingering device for acoustic guitar players that is a portable, single piece of lightweight, molded foam, a similar fingering device that is correlated to an electric bass, and similar fingering devices that provide audible feedback by producing sounds based on the notes played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Inventor: Willis Whiteside
  • Portable exerciser for stringed instrument players
    Publication number: 20050109196
    Abstract: A handle for grasping by one hand and a neck with a fingerboard for fingering with the other hand for use by stringed instrument players. The fingerboard is correlated to a section of the fret-board of a conventional stringed instrument such as a guitar, bass, or banjo. The fingerboard has string ridges that provide a pressure-resistant feel to simulate playing the corresponding string instrument. Example embodiments include a fingering device for acoustic guitar players that is a portable, single piece of lightweight, molded foam, a similar fingering device that is correlated to an electric bass, and similar fingering devices that provide audible feedback by producing sounds based on the notes played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventor: Willis Whiteside
  • Combined instrument and charging base for destroying syringe-type needles
    Patent number: D440309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Biomedical Disposal, Inc.
    Inventors: Willis Whiteside, Phil Wills, Vlad Moise
  • Cooler
    Patent number: D441770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: James R. Bardin, Mark Ratcliffe, M. Allison Gadrix, Jason E. Allen, Shaun B. Gatipon, Tom Antista, Brian Ikeda, Willis Whiteside, Jairo Martinez, Meinhard Hausleitner
  • Ergonomic guitar
    Patent number: D351181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Inventor: Willis Whiteside
  • Kiosk
    Patent number: D358661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Stephen P. Chinnis, Timothy G. Purdy, Carolina L. Gill, Willis Whiteside, Robert A. Baird