Patents by Inventor Ben Shepard

Ben Shepard 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).

  • Page turning arrangment
    Patent number: 6841726
    Abstract: An arrangement for turning pages successively picks up each page by suction applied to a bottom corner thereof, and turns the page over a turning axis. A wireless actuator initiates the turning. The arrangement is mountable at diverse locations and is quiet in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Steffen Rosen LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Steffens, Ben Shepard
  • Page turning arrangement
    Publication number: 20040187669
    Abstract: An arrangement for turning pages successively picks up each page by suction applied to a bottom corner thereof, and turns the page over a turning axis. A wireless actuator initiates the turning. The arrangement is mountable at diverse locations and is quiet in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Robert S. Steffens, Ben Shepard
  • Page turner
    Patent number: 5962801
    Abstract: A page turner useful for turning the pages of sheet music and other materials. The preferred page turner has a plurality of page disks located within a housing. Separator disks are sandwiched between page disks. Each page disk has associated with it a page index that is intended to be attached to a page to be turned. Page disks are rotated and pages turned by rotating a cable which has a roller that rotates a page disk. The cable is powered by a foot operated gear drive or an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Inventors: Tim Bowman, Ben Shepard