Patents by Inventor Ann Sacks

Ann Sacks 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: 11930989
    Abstract: A roller assembly for a mobile cleaning system for cleaning a work surface can include a drive shaft, a sheath, a bushing, and a bushing shroud. The drive shaft can be rotatable about a drive axis, and the drive shaft can include a driven end and an opposite bushing end. The sheath can be supported by the drive shaft and the sheath can be rotatable with the drive shaft. The sheath can include a shell engageable with the work surface. The bushing can be located about the bushing end of the drive shaft. The bushing shroud can be connected to the bushing. The sheath and the drive shaft can be together rotatable with respect to the bushing and the bushing shroud, the bushing shroud can include an outer portion defining a first radius of curvature and a recessed portion connected to the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Hao-Yun Chow, Patrick Chow, Ke Ting Gao, Fangzheng Guo, Jennifer Ann Mauger, Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Jian Yun Pi, Michael G. Sack, Rubal Verma
  • Patent number: 11727787
    Abstract: A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of their eyeglass frames (or other item) in the situation in which the eyeglasses (or other item) has been taken off and placed on a table, or otherwise left behind, etc. Embodiments of the invention incorporate a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module or similar functional module that is embedded into the eyeglass frame during manufacture and is therefore an integral part of the frame. In the case of an item other than eyeglass frames, the Bluetooth module may be embedded into a clasp, link, setting, or a part of a device (such as a laptop computer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FetchFind LLC
    Inventors: Ann Sacks, Sean S. McGinley
  • Publication number: 20200349824
    Abstract: A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of their eyeglass frames (or other item) in the situation in which the eyeglasses (or other item) has been taken off and placed on a table, or otherwise left behind, etc. Embodiments of the invention incorporate a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module or similar functional module that is embedded into the eyeglass frame during manufacture and is therefore an integral part of the frame. In the case of an item other than eyeglass frames, the Bluetooth module may be embedded into a clasp, link, setting, or a part of a device (such as a laptop computer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ann Sacks, Sean S. McGinley
  • Patent number: 10713923
    Abstract: A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of their eyeglass frames (or other item) in the situation in which the eyeglasses (or other item) has been taken off and placed on a table, or otherwise left behind, etc. Embodiments of the invention incorporate a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module or similar functional module that is embedded into the eyeglass frame during manufacture and is therefore an integral part of the frame. In the case of an item other than eyeglass frames, the Bluetooth module may be embedded into a clasp, link, setting, or a part of a device (such as a laptop computer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FetchFind LLC
    Inventors: Ann Sacks, Sean S. McGinley
  • Publication number: 20180336382
    Abstract: A system, device and processes that can provide a user with a way to prevent the loss or misplacement of an item of value. In some embodiments, a wireless communications technology, such as a Bluetooth module (e.g., Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE) or similar functional module is embedded in, or otherwise incorporated into the item of value. For example, an embodiment may utilize the Bluetooth communications capability of a smartphone, laptop, or tablet computer. In this embodiment, an alert component in the possession of a user communicates with the Bluetooth module associated with the item of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: FetchFind LLC
    Inventors: Ann Sacks, Sean S. McGinley