Patents by Inventor Alan Steele

Alan Steele 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: 6233600
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a collaborative work environment includes servers and client workstations. Client workstations receive data objects from one or more servers and combine the received data objects with stored templates to render HTML pages representing at least a portion of a common project. Users may view, edit, and create common documents for the projects and upload them to the server using a drag-and-drop interface. Additionally, since all file transfers take place using HTTP, project groups can span corporate organizations as well as time zones and geographic boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: eRoom Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pito Salas, Jeffrey Beir, Melissa Leffler, Glenn McDonald, Andy Dennie, Paul Kleppner, Neal Finnegan, Craig Morrissey, Alan Steele, Patrick Crowley
  • Patent number: 5934055
    Abstract: Invention relates to a lawn aeration device for attachment to the wheel of a riding mower, for example. The device, where a plurality are spaced about each driven wheel, comprises an arcuate-shaped metal plate, contoured to lie against the riding surface of the wheel's tire, where the metal plate includes plural aerating spikes extending in a generally outwardly radial direction. Adjustment means are also provided along the respective sides of the wheel to connect and apply tension to the plural devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: P. Alan Steele
  • Patent number: 4655340
    Abstract: In an angle station for an endless conveyor belt, there are presented to each incoming run of the belt stationary curved guide members (18, 19) of the shape of a major segment of a right-circular cylinder and having in the part-cylindrical portion (16 or 17) thereof rectangular openings (15) arranged in parallel and helical paths and through which project small freely-rotatable rollers (14), the continuously-changing segments of the curved surfaces of which projecting through said openings (15) are in attitude to change the direction of travel of the belt (13) through 90.degree. during passage of the belt about the part-cylindrical portion (16 or 17) of the guide member (18 or 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Anderson Strathclyde PLC
    Inventor: Alan Steel