Patents Represented by Attorney Novelthink
  • Patent number: 7866812
    Abstract: An optical insert is disclosed for use in a pair of goggles, behind a facemask, or behind other eyewear. The insert is held in place by forces from the goggles, facemask, or other eyewear. These forces include forces directed generally inward against the left and right ends of the insert and a force directed backward against a middle portion of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Barclay J. Tullis
  • Patent number: 7285035
    Abstract: A freestanding collision obstacle is disclosed which is propelled away from a collision obstacle sensing apparatus by the force of a collision event that occurs when a moving object, for example a toy vehicle such as a racecar, collides with the collision obstacle. A collision obstacle sensing apparatus is disclosed which incorporates a collision obstacle and a collision obstacle sensor, the latter of which senses the presence or absence of the collision obstacle. The collision obstacle sensing apparatus is thus used to detect an event time as the time of a collision event. Use of a collision obstacle and a collision obstacle sensing apparatus in each lane at the finish line of a multilane raceway, with the moving objects individually confined to respective lanes of the raceway, enables electronic determination of the outcome of a race. Preferred embodiments are disclosed using optical and/or capacitance sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Barclay J. Tullis