Patents Assigned to NEEDLE, INC.
  • Patent number: 9745681
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a dual hoop assembly onto a selected area of an article includes: a frame; a platen assembly mounted upon the frame, the platen assembly including a face panel movable relative to the frame in at least two dimensions, the face panel configured to carry an article to which a dual hoop assembly is to be mounted; a pressing arm mounted upon the frame and carrying a press configured to support a first portion of a dual hoop assembly, the pressing arm movable relative to the frame to move the press in a travel path toward the platen assembly; and a positioning plate mounted upon the frame and extending between the platen assembly and pressing arm, the positioning plate configured to support a second portion of the dual hoop assembly in the travel path of the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Artist's Needle, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Yates Warwick
  • Patent number: 9311285
    Abstract: Curating chat transcripts into webpages. In one example embodiment, a method of curating chat transcripts into webpages includes generating a transcript of a chat, selecting the chat transcript for curation, curating the chat transcript by adding preferable information to the chat transcript and/or deleting non-preferable information from the chat transcript, and publishing the curated chat transcript as a webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NEEDLE, INC.
    Inventors: Morgan Ivan Lynch, Brian Cody Bond
  • Patent number: 9191615
    Abstract: A chat window. In one example embodiment, a chat window is configured to facilitate communication between a visitor of a website and an agent of the website. The chat window includes a text chat region and an interactive region configured to display to the visitor one or more products selected by the visitor. The interactive region includes one or markup tools that enables the visitor to markup the one or more products during a chat with the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: NEEDLE, INC.
    Inventors: Mikko Tapio Valimaki, Morgan Ivan Lynch, Kristen Dame Knight
  • Publication number: 20120196682
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a check-in indication from a physical location with a corresponding virtual location in a virtual game. An attribute in the virtual game is altered based upon the check-in indication. The attribute may be earned points for a user, a virtual object earned by a user or an enhanced popularity measure for the virtual location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: WILD NEEDLE, INC.
    Inventors: Minglei Xu, Puneet Chhabra, Heidi Kay Carson, Tanya Yin Wa Buell, Christopher Michael Kirmse
  • Patent number: 6599276
    Abstract: Magnetic stainless steel needles are detectable in processed meat. The previous non magnetic versions, made of 304 stainless steel, aren't. Disposable hypodermic needles made from martensitic and ferritic stainless steel are easily detectable at the smallest size. Needles are conveniently made from 420 martensitic stainless steel or 430 ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Process Detectable Needles, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant S. Humphrey