Patents by Inventor Alan Black

Alan Black 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).

  • Patent number: 10726869
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing a record comprising a record changing fork comprising first and second spaced apart tines arranged in a record plane and extending from a fork base to a fork mouth, each tine comprising a groove extending from the fork mouth at least part way to the fork base, the grooves being arranged to hold a record therebetween in the record plane; at least one tine comprising a resiliently deformable record gate, the record gate being adapted to prevent sliding of a record in the grooves past the record gate unless the record is slid with a force exceeding a threshold force; at least one shelf adapted to support a record, the width of the shelf being less than the separation between the tines; and, a control mechanism connected to the record changing fork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sound Leisure Limited
    Inventor: Alan Black
  • Publication number: 20200043523
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing a record comprising a record changing fork comprising first and second spaced apart tines arranged in a record plane and extending from a fork base to a fork mouth, each tine comprising a groove extending from the fork mouth at least part way to the fork base, the grooves being arranged to hold a record therebetween in the record plane; at least one tine comprising a resiliently deformable record gate, the record gate being adapted to prevent sliding of a record in the grooves past the record gate unless the record is slid with a force exceeding a threshold force; at least one shelf adapted to support a record, the width of the shelf being less than the separation between the tines; and, a control mechanism connected to the record changing fork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Alan Black
  • Publication number: 20090000189
    Abstract: A modular planter system comprises a plurality of vertically spaced apart troughs, at least one longitudinally extending support member adapted to position the troughs one above another, and one or more planter inserts configured for insertion into a trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Alan Black
  • Patent number: 5826375
    Abstract: A modular planter system comprising: a plurality of troughs having a drainage conduit extending vertically upwards and downwards from the bottom of the trough; a reservoir, a support member between adjacent troughs; kit for assembling the modular planter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Alan Black
  • Patent number: 5715756
    Abstract: An amusement ride attraction has an anti-roll back track with stops or cross bolts covered by a continuous brush material. A vehicle such as a roller coaster car or water flume boat has an anti-roll back pawl which rides above the fiber material on skis, when the vehicle moves forward. If the vehicle begins to move backward, the skis move downwardly through the brush material and the pawl engages a stop on the track, to prevent further reverse movement. The brush material prevents the pawl from banging over each of the stops on the track, thereby reducing noise and wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Universal Studios, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank K. Weigand, Alan Black, Nick Drobnis