Patents by Inventor Benjamin Durham
Benjamin Durham 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).
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Publication number: 20260114570Abstract: A hair clip includes two halves, with each half including a side and tines extending downwardly and/or inwardly from the side. An array of teeth or bristles may also extend somewhat inwardly from an inner surface of each side. Methods for securing hair with such a clip are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2025Publication date: April 30, 2026Inventors: Ryan K. Allen, Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20260026595Abstract: A hair clip includes a first side and a second side that are connected to each other with a hinge. Each side of the clip includes two or more rows of teeth, imparting the clip with at least two rows of teeth, including an outer row at or near a bottom of the clip and an intermediate row closer to a top of the clip. As the sides of the clip close together, corresponding rows of teeth on the two sides of the clip may face, or oppose, each other. Teeth of the opposed rows may mesh, or interleave with each other. Methods for using clips with multiple rows of teeth are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2024Publication date: January 29, 2026Inventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael J. Jaggi, Ryan K. Allen
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Publication number: 20250359643Abstract: A narrow fabric elastic includes a continuous loop of fabric with opposite edges that have rolled inwardly upon themselves. The narrow fabric elastic may automatically assume such a rolled configuration. While in the rolled configuration, the narrow fabric elastic may have a height, or thickness, of about one eighth of an inch or less. Methods for manufacturing narrow fabric elastics are also disclosed. Such a method may include applying logos along a length of a tube of fabric, setting cutting locations transversely across the tube at locations between adjacent logos, and then cutting the tube along the cutting locations to define the narrow fabric elastics from the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Inventors: Jeffrey S. Durham, Ryan K. Allen, Michael J. Jaggi, Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20250221507Abstract: A hair clip includes a first side and a second side that are connected to each other with a hinge. Each side of the clip includes two or more rows of teeth, imparting the clip with at least two rows of teeth, including an outer row at or near a bottom of the clip and an intermediate row closer to a top of the clip. As the sides of the clip close together, corresponding rows of teeth on the two sides of the clip may face, or oppose, each other. Teeth of the opposed rows may mesh, or interleave with each other. Methods for using clips with multiple rows of teeth are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael J. Jaggi, Ryan K. Allen
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Publication number: 20250173744Abstract: Methods, systems, and media including: receiving a list of summarized information characterizing a company; identifying, using a language model, at least one product feature within the summarized information; retrieving one or more opportunities; identifying, using the language model, at least one opportunity feature within the one or more opportunities; calculating, using a generative analytical engine, one or more similarity metrics that characterize the relationship between the at least one product feature and the at least one opportunity feature; and generating one or more product-opportunity pairs based on the one or more similarity metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Tri Nguyen, Jerry Castanos, Ankur Patel, Alan Harris, Martin Kondor, Lucy Tai, Benjamin Durham
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Patent number: 11858706Abstract: A strand of connected elastics is disclosed. The strand includes a series of elastic bands and a series of connecting portions that connect the series of elastic bands to each other. The connecting portions may have configurations that enable them to broken when separation and use of an elastic from an end of the strand is desired. Methods for manufacturing and using strands of connected elastics are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Durham Enterprises CorporationInventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael Brian Freeman
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Publication number: 20230363508Abstract: A claw type or octopus type hair clip includes a first side, a second side, a hinge pin that pivotally couples the first side to the second side, and a lock that prevents the first side and the second side from undesirably pivoting to an open arrangement. The hair clip may include features, such as tabs that may be pressed together, that release the lock to enable the hair clip to be opened and placed over an object, such as an individual's hair. When lock-releasing features are released, the lock engages, enabling the first side and second side of the hair clip to be pivotally closed while preventing the first side and second side from pivotally opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Michael Brian Freeman, Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20230276933Abstract: A hairbrush includes features that enable an individual to firmly grip and maintain a firm grip on the hairbrush as it is used to brush tangled and/or thick hair. Such features may include an indentation in a back surface of a head of the hairbrush and one or more recesses in sides of the periphery of head at locations adjacent to a base of the head (i.e., near a handle of the hairbrush). Methods of grasping such a hairbrush are also disclosed. In addition, hairbrushes with bristles that oscillate, vibrate, rotate, or otherwise move to facilitate their movement through tangled hair are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Benjamin Durham
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Patent number: 11647821Abstract: A claw type or octopus type hair clip includes a first side, a second side, a hinge pin that pivotally couples the first side to the second side, and a lock that prevents the first side and the second side from undesirably pivoting to an open arrangement. The hair clip may include features, such as tabs that may be pressed together, that release the lock to enable the hair clip to be opened and placed over an object, such as an individual's hair. When lock-releasing features are released, the lock engages, enabling the first side and second side of the hair clip to be pivotally closed while preventing the first side and second side from pivotally opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Durham Enterprises CorporationInventors: Michael Brian Freeman, Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20230093277Abstract: A strand of connected elastics is disclosed. The strand includes a series of elastic bands and a series of connecting portions that connect the series of elastic bands to each other. The connecting portions may have configurations that enable them to broken when separation and use of an elastic from an end of the strand is desired. Methods for manufacturing and using strands of connected elastics are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael Brian Freeman
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Patent number: 11453538Abstract: A strand of connected elastics is disclosed. The strand includes a series of elastic bands and a series of connecting portions that connect the series of elastic bands to each other. The connecting portions may have configurations that enable them to broken when separation and use of an elastic from an end of the strand is desired. Methods for manufacturing and using strands of connected elastics are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Durham Enterprises CorporationInventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael Brian Freeman
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Publication number: 20220287448Abstract: A brush that delivers a flow of air to an individual's head while she brushes her hair with the brush includes a handle and a head, or barrel, with a styling surface from which bristles protrude. Air is delivered to the hair through apertures in the styling surface. Air flow is generated by a fan and its motor, which reside within the head of the brush. With the fan and the motor in the head of the brush, a maximum dimension across the handle (e.g., its diameter, etc.) may be small enough for an individual with smaller hands to hold and manipulate the brush.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20210022469Abstract: A claw type or octopus type hair clip includes a first side, a second side, a hinge pin that pivotally couples the first side to the second side, and a lock that prevents the first side and the second side from undesirably pivoting to an open arrangement. The hair clip may include features, such as tabs that may be pressed together, that release the lock to enable the hair clip to be opened and placed over an object, such as an individual's hair. When lock-releasing features are released, the lock engages, enabling the first side and second side of the hair clip to be pivotally closed while preventing the first side and second side from pivotally opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Michael Brian Freeman, Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20210015233Abstract: A seamless scrunchy includes an inner elastic member and an outer tube. The inner elastic member of the scrunchy lacks a seam or a knot, which may eliminate discomfort that might otherwise be caused by a conventional scrunchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventor: Benjamin Durham
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Publication number: 20190322430Abstract: A strand of connected elastics is disclosed. The strand includes a series of elastic bands and a series of connecting portions that connect the series of elastic bands to each other. The connecting portions may have configurations that enable them to broken when separation and use of an elastic from an end of the strand is desired. Methods for manufacturing and using strands of connected elastics are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael Brian Freeman
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Patent number: D932695Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Durham Enterprises CorporationInventors: Benjamin Durham, Michael Brian Freeman