Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Smith

Barbara J. Smith 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: 11972296
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for intelligently determining and implementing distinct routines for entities are provided. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive entity data associated with an entity, generate at least one distinct routine for the entity as a function of the entity data, generate a functional model as a function of the at least one distinct routine, and generate a user interface data structure configured to display and including the at least one distinct routine and the functional model. A graphical user interface (GUI) is communicatively connected to the processor and is configured to receive the user interface data structure and display the at least one distinct routine on a first portion of the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Strategic Coach Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Sue Smith, Daniel J. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5411164
    Abstract: The LAUNDRY AREA ORGANIZER includes a bin having a front, a back, a bottom, and first and second side walls, the first side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of one of the clothes washer and dryer and the second side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of the other of the clothes washer and dryer so that the bin is disposed between and laterally supported by the clothes washer and dryer. The LAUNDRY AREA ORGANIZER also includes a cover for the bin, the cover having a top surface, the cover being manipulable to an open position for providing access to the interior of the bin and, alternatively, to a closed position for precluding access to the interior of the bin, the top surface of the cover is at about the same height as the top surfaces of the clothes washer and dryer so that the top surfaces of the cover and the clothes washer and dryer lie approximately in a plane, to provide a continuous work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventors: Paul C. Smith, Barbara J. Smith
  • Patent number: 4231389
    Abstract: A pedestal extends upwardly from the body of a gate valve housing in a straddling relationship to the gate. An operator, detachably attachable to the pedestal, includes a hand wheel operating through a pinion gear to impart translatory movement to a vertically oriented rack. A clevis is disposed at the lower extremity of the rack for attachment through a pin to the upper end of the gate. A removable pin is employed to secure the gate, in either a raised or a lowered position, to the pedestal and to maintain the gate in position after removal of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: New Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Still, Frank J. Huppenthal, Barbara J. Smith, Gerald H. Scotney
  • Patent number: D371014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventors: Paul C. Smith, Barbara J. Smith