Patents by Inventor Andrew W. Couch

Andrew W. Couch 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).

  • Publication number: 20170061490
    Abstract: A platform for facilitating hyper-local advertising utilizing mobile computing devices and beacons emitting signals to mobile computing devices. Receiving at a mobile computing device a signal from a beacon, the signal including identification information for the beacon. Determining a distance between the beacon and the mobile computing device. Displaying in a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device a virtual item associated with the beacon. Varying the size of the virtual item displayed on the screen based on the distance between the beacon and the mobile computing device. Receiving a user-generated input through the mobile computing device activating the virtual item displayed on the screen of the mobile computing device. Providing a visualization on the screen of the mobile computing device in a graphical user interface, the visualization associated with the beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kourosh Ghahremani, Gilda C. Campos, Andrew W. Couch
  • Patent number: 8347548
    Abstract: A counterbalanced fishing hook having an eye oriented at an angle to the shank. A weight is mounted to the eye and shank in a position to counterbalance the weight of the hook when a line is connected to the eye and the hook is suspended underwater. In a second embodiment, the shank has a horizontal straight portion and a portion that is bent at an angle with the curved portion and the barb oriented in a plane parallel to and displaced from the plane of a straight shank portion. The second embodiment employs a flat weight that is oriented parallel to the plane of the curved portion and the barb for holding the barb above the bottom of a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Betts Tackle, Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew W. Couch