Patents by Inventor Benjamin C. Armitage

Benjamin C. Armitage 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).

  • Publication number: 20180064271
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a beverage lid including an upper lid surface, a fluid exit port positioned at least in part in the upper lid surface, a vertical lid surface in contact with the upper lid surface and an anti-splash component in contact with at least one of the upper lid surface and vertical lid surface and positioned substantially between a fluid and the fluid exit. In the event of the fluid splashing, the anti-splash component substantially prevents fluid from exiting the lid through the fluid exit, and in the event of a user drinking from the fluid exit, the fluid moves around the anti-splash component and out the fluid exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin C. Armitage
  • Patent number: 8315792
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present the temporary route. Other systems and methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventors: Gary J. Speier, Steven W. Lundberg, Benjamin C. Armitage
  • Publication number: 20110208416
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present the temporary route. Other systems and methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Gary J. Speier, Steven W. Lundberg, Benjamin C. Armitage
  • Publication number: 20090048771
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present the temporary route. Other systems and methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Gary J. Speier, Steven W. Lundberg, Benjamin C. Armitage