Patents by Inventor Betty Ross

Betty Ross 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: 7341310
    Abstract: An office chair includes a base structure having a pan mounted thereon. A motor driven scissor lift is positioned on the pan that expands and contracts to raise and lower a chair member. A pair of buttons control the motor allowing a user to automatically raise and lower the chair member to a desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Inventor: Betty Ross
  • Patent number: 5432504
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device 10 for a video screen 16 which includes a support member 12 member disposed about the circumference of the video screen 16. The support member 12 has walls with interior reflective surfaces 30. A plurality of point light sources or lamps 32 are mounted to the support member 12 and positioned to provide to inner and outer concentric frames 50 and 52 of light on the screen 16. The inner frame 52 comprises a series of discrete point light images or dots 46 near the circumference of the screen 16 formed by light from the light sources being cast directly onto the screen. The outer frame 50 comprises a series of discrete point light images or dots near the circumference of the screen 16 formed by light from the light sources 32 first reflecting off the reflective surfaces 30 and then onto the screen 16. The intensity of the light from the inner frame 52 is less than the intensity of light from the outer frame 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventors: John B. Shaw, Sharon Shaw, Betty Ross