Patents by Inventor Bart Stephens

Bart Stephens 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).

  • Artificial fish attractor, escape habitat, and fish feeder systems and methods
    Patent number: 11844335
    Abstract: Fish attractor and escape habitat systems are disclosed. The fish attractor and escape habitat systems include a pyramid-shaped base structure having a plurality of side walls forming an interior space and having an open bottom and an open top, where the side walls include elongated slots for fish to swim into and out of the interior space and brace slots for receiving braces that provide shade for the fish. Spawning devices and conservation systems for fish forage growth are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TH Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blood, Feiyu Shi, Paul Sides, Dale Baden, Bart Stephens, David Miner, Brett Jarriel, Noah Stewart, Will Goering
  • ARTIFICIAL FISH ATTRACTOR, ESCAPE HABITAT, AND FISH FEEDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220142128
    Abstract: Fish attractor and escape habitat systems are disclosed. The fish attractor and escape habitat systems include a pyramid-shaped base structure having a plurality of side walls forming an interior space and having an open bottom and an open top, where the side walls include elongated slots for fish to swim into and out of the interior space and brace slots for receiving braces that provide shade for the fish. Spawning devices and conservation systems for fish forage growth are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: TH Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blood, Feiyu Shi, Paul Sides, Dale Baden, Bart Stephens, David Miner, Brett Jarriel, Noah Stewart, Will Goering
  • FISH ATTRACTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220087232
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fish attracting systems and habitats. The fish attracting systems are designed to mimic sunken grass-like vegetation that will move and wave like other aquatic vegetation, for example, hydrilla or milfoil, in order to attract fish, provide a hiding place for fish, serve as a location for fish to attach their eggs and provide a food source for the fish. The fish attracting systems are also designed to mimic one or more lily pads that are buoyant and are designed to float, creating shade underneath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: TH Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blood, Brett Jarriel, Bart Stephens, Will Goering
  • Panoramic Game Camera
    Publication number: 20160248972
    Abstract: A surveillance camera, useful for capturing the movement of an animate object across a wide field of view, includes three separate lens apertures having fixed and adjacent fields of view. Each lens aperture has an associated image sensor that captures the field of view for combination by a microprocessor unit to yield a panoramic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: EBSCO INDUSTRIES, INC
    Inventors: Jeff Garrison, Bart Stephens, Alex Ng, Patrick Cheung
  • Apparatus and method for photographing birds
    Patent number: 8482613
    Abstract: A motion detector actuated camera for taking pictures of birds or other small thermally discernable objects utilizes a plurality of filters to detect the speed of certain bird movements within the field of view of the camera to actuate the camera when a bird is in the field of view and capture images while the bird moves about the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventors: John Kempf, Bart Stephens, Fuxian Yin, Stylianos Derventzis
  • CRAPS GAME
    Publication number: 20120034970
    Abstract: Certain inventive embodiments disclosed herein relate to an optional side bet in a game of Craps. Certain embodiments discussed herein provide a Craps player with the possibility of winning a large pay-out based upon the number of rolls a shooter makes before a seven-out. Conventional wagers in Craps are dependent on what number the shooter rolls. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a new method of wagering a side bet that is dependent on how many times a shooter rolls before a seven-out occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Megaroll, LLC
    Inventor: Bart Stephens
  • Method and Apparatus for Photographing Discrete Objects
    Publication number: 20090067676
    Abstract: A motion detector actuated camera for taking pictures of birds or other small thermally discernable objects utilizes a plurality of filters to detect the speed of certain bird movements within the field of view of the camera to actuate the camera when a bird is in the field of view and capture images while the bird moves about the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: John Kempf, Bart Stephens, Fuxian Yin, Stylianos Derventzis
  • Artificial floating lily pad cluster
    Patent number: D988179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TH Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blood, Brett Jarriel, Collin Burney, Bart Stephens
  • Artificial fish attractor and escape habitat
    Patent number: D997292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TH Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Blood, Feiyu Shi, Paul Sides, Dale Baden, Bart Stephens, David Miner, Brett Jarriel, Noah Stewart, Will Goering