Patents by Inventor Brad Steiner

Brad Steiner 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).

  • Door Opening Detection for a Mobile Robot
    Publication number: 20250355437
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed that allow a robot, equipped with sensors and processors, to develop maps of its surroundings as it moves through a human environment, and to use these maps to detect and identify open doors, which it can then move through. Robots are disclosed to develop and use such maps to detect and identify open doors and move therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brad Steiner, Derek McColl
  • AUTONOMOUS WEED TREATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240032525
    Abstract: An autonomous weed treating device for treating weeds on grassy terrain has a chassis and a plurality of rotating members driven to move the chassis along the grassy terrain. The device includes a camera to acquire images of the grassy terrain and a dispenser to dispense a substance, such as a herbicide. A processing circuit drives the rotating members to move the chassis along the grassy terrain, processes the images to identify a weed, and controls the dispenser to dispense the substance on the weed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: DANDY TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Petro, Brad Steiner, Trevor Hoffmann, Samuel Cranford
  • Hat steam cleaner
    Patent number: 9957652
    Abstract: An apparatus for an improved manner for cleaning a hat by steam including a compartment for steam cleaning a baseball style hat and other style hats. The hat is placed on a hat mold and placed inside the compartment. Water is added to a water reservoir and heated by a heating element to convert the water to steam. Steam flows into the compartment and performs a cleaning operation on the hat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Brent Fouch, Brad Steiner