Patents by Inventor Alison Holdhus Small

Alison Holdhus Small 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).

  • ANIMAL STUNNING
    Publication number: 20130324023
    Abstract: Described are animal stunning apparatus and methods for inducing rapid unconsciousness and insensibility. The apparatus includes a stunning station in which a live subject animal is located in a confined position and an applicator contacts an application point on the live subject animal's head immediately overlying a frontal portion of the animal's brain and couples microwave radiation to the head. A microwave generator generates microwave energy of a suitable power level and frequency, and a waveguide directs the microwave radiation to the applicator. A switch discontinues the application of microwave radiation effecting heating of the frontal portion of the brain after a period of time sufficient to have raised the temperature of the frontal portion of the brain of the subject animal to thereby induce the unconsciousness and insensibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: WAGSTAFF FOOD SERVICES PTY LTD
    Inventors: James Henry Ralph, Jeffrey Stewart Owen, Alison Holdhus Small, David William McLean, Daniel John Gailer
  • Animal stunning
    Patent number: 8506366
    Abstract: Described are animal stunning apparatus and methods for inducing rapid unconsciousness and insensibility. The apparatus includes a stunning station in which a live subject animal is located in a confined position and an applicator contacts an application point on the live subject animal's head immediately overlying a frontal portion of the animal's brain and couples microwave radiation to the head. A microwave generator generates microwave energy of a suitable power level and frequency, and a waveguide directs the microwave radiation to the applicator. A switch discontinues the application of microwave radiation effecting heating of the frontal portion of the brain after a period of time sufficient to have raised the temperature of the frontal portion of the brain of the subject animal to thereby induce the unconsciousness and insensibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Wagstaff Food Services Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: James Henry Ralph, Jeffrey Stewart Owen, Alison Holdhus Small, David William McLean, Daniel John Gailer