Patents by Inventor Anwar Farooq

Anwar Farooq 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).

  • Commuter train ferry system for commuters and their vehicles
    Patent number: 8074576
    Abstract: A commuter train ferry system includes a train engine. A plurality of boxcars is joinable to each other and to the train engine to form the commuter train ferry. Each of the boxcars includes a plurality of decks for transporting a plurality of vehicles and their occupants during a commuter trip. At least one ramp includes a plurality of driving surfaces for accessing the plurality of decks for loading and unloading the vehicles and their occupants from the boxcars where the occupants of the vehicles load and unload the vehicles from the boxcars and remain within the vehicles for at least a part of the commuter trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Anwar Farooq
  • More silent and robust electric pencil sharpener
    Patent number: 8016004
    Abstract: A pencil sharpener for sharpening a pencil includes a central gear including an aperture along an axis of the central gear for receiving an end portion of the pencil. A first gear rotates the central gear and a strap joined to the central gear secures the pencil when the central gear is rotated. A shaft is in communication with the first gear where when the central gear is rotated the shaft is rotated. A cutting blade is in communication with the shaft where when the shaft is rotated the cutting blade cuts the end portion of the pencil at an angle to form a point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Anwar Farooq
  • COMMUTER TRAIN FERRY SYSTEM FOR COMMUTERS AND THEIR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20100089282
    Abstract: A commuter train ferry system includes a train engine. A plurality of boxcars is joinable to each other and to the train engine to form the commuter train ferry. Each of the boxcars includes a plurality of decks for transporting a plurality of vehicles and their occupants during a commuter trip. At least one ramp includes a plurality of driving surfaces for accessing the plurality of decks for loading and unloading the vehicles and their occupants from the boxcars where the occupants of the vehicles load and unload the vehicles from the boxcars and remain within the vehicles for at least a part of the commuter trip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Anwar Farooq
  • MORE SILENT AND ROBUST ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER
    Publication number: 20100078095
    Abstract: A pencil sharpener for sharpening a pencil includes a central gear including an aperture along an axis of the central gear for receiving an end portion of the pencil. A first gear rotates the central gear and a strap joined to the central gear secures the pencil when the central gear is rotated. A shaft is in communication with the first gear where when the central gear is rotated the shaft is rotated. A cutting blade is in communication with the shaft where when the shaft is rotated the cutting blade cuts the end portion of the pencil at an angle to form a point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Anwar Farooq