Patents Assigned to Wayne L. Ussery
  • Touch control circuit for ornamental lamps and method therefore
    Patent number: 4926062
    Abstract: The capacitance to ground of a metallic ornament is included in an oscillator. When a person touches the ornament, the period of the oscillator increases. The increased period causes a change of state of a bistable latch. In response to the change of state, a silicon controlled rectifier either provides a path for current through a lamp or prevents a flow of current therethrough. The metallic ornament is preferably a Christmas tree ornament or light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Wayne L. Ussery
    Inventors: Wayne L. Ussery, Leonard Weiss