Patents by Inventor Bob Weeks

Bob Weeks 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).

  • Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires
    Patent number: 7191803
    Abstract: A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier includes at least one conductive and inelastic yarn arranged longitudinally of and located between upper and lower surfaces. The conductive yarn is arranged in sinusoidal configurations longitudinally of the fabric. The conductive yarn forms a breakout through one of the outer surfaces, at selected locations along the length of the fabric, forming opposed exposed ends above the surface. A monitoring unit, which includes a connector and a sensor, is secured with the one surface at the breakout with the connector being united with the exposed ends of the conductive yarn. The fabric acts to maintain the monitoring unit in a desired stationary position allowing the sensor to sense signals emitted from the torso and transmit these senses signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Woven Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence William Orr, Helen Beaman, Bob Weeks, Gloria Grandison, Katie Richards Hammett, Connie Barnett, Lynn Lozynski
  • Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires
    Publication number: 20060124193
    Abstract: A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier includes at least one conductive and inelastic yarn arranged longitudinally of and located between upper and lower surfaces. The conductive yarn is arranged in sinusoidal configurations longitudinally of the fabric. The conductive yarn forms a breakout through one of the outer surfaces, at selected locations along the length of the fabric, forming opposed exposed ends above the surface. A monitoring unit, which includes a connector and a sensor, is secured with the one surface at the breakout with the connector being united with the exposed ends of the conductive yarn. The fabric acts to maintain the monitoring unit in a desired stationary position allowing the sensor to sense signals emitted from the torso and transmit these senses signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Lawrence Orr, Helen Beaman, Bob Weeks, Gloria Grandison, Katie Hammett, Connie Barnett, Lynn Lozynski