Patents Represented by Law Firm Jacox & Meckstroth
  • Convertible article and method
    Patent number: 7427100
    Abstract: A method and apparatus reversibly converting a chair into a basketball goal. Four operating modes are disclosed. A first mode in which the article is configured as a basketball goal, a second mode in which the article is configured as a chair within an upwardly extended backboard, a third mode in which a net is deployed for returning basketballs to a shooter and a fourth mode wherein the article is configured as a chair with the backboard collapsed therebehind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Inventor: John G Joseph
  • Method for detecting nocturnal fog and system for implementing the method
    Patent number: 7423752
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system and method for detecting, at night, the presence of an element such as fog interfering with the visibility of a road scene situated in front of a vehicle, comprising the following operations: acquiring an image of the road scene, extracting, from the image of the road scene, at least one light halo produced by a lighting device of the vehicle, approximating a form of this light halo by an elliptic curve, comparing the form of this light halo with the elliptic curve obtained in order to deduce therefrom the presence or absence of an element interfering with visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Joël Leleve, Abdelaziz Bensrhair, Julien Rebut
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window sash frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window main frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window sash frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window sash frame extrusion
    Patent number: D576747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Morton, Christopher R. Ballard
  • Window frame component
    Patent number: D578661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window frame component
    Patent number: D579578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window jamb component
    Patent number: D579579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window sill extrusion
    Patent number: D579581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window trim extrusion
    Patent number: D579582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window trim extrusion
    Patent number: D579583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Window trim extrusion
    Patent number: D579584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Deceuninck North America, LLC
    Inventor: Michael T. Chaney