Patents by Inventor Bradley K. Groff

Bradley K. Groff 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).

  • ANIMATION-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
    Publication number: 20070196795
    Abstract: A program and method for language instruction, wherein a student watches an animated audiovisual program in a first language and in a second language, and the video portion of the program is coherent with the audio portion of the program in both the first and second languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventor: Bradley K. GROFF
  • Optical illusion speed bump and method of using the same
    Patent number: 7044679
    Abstract: A speed control method and device. A speed bump is optically simulated on a roadway as by painting the roadway to create the appearance of a real speed bump, or an actual speed bump is visually enhanced to appear larger than it actually is. Actual speed bumps can be randomly interspersed among simulated speed bumps along a roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Bradley K. Groff
  • Optical speed bump
    Publication number: 20020172553
    Abstract: A speed control method and device. A speed bump is optically simulated on a roadway as by painting the roadway to create the appearance of a real speed bump, or an actual speed bump is visually enhanced to appear larger than it actually is. Actual speed bumps can be randomly interspersed among simulated speed bumps along a roadway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Bradley K. Groff
  • Beverage container with entertainment features
    Patent number: 6129265
    Abstract: A drink box beverage container having one or more entertainment features, such as a whistle, horn or pinwheel, actuated by suction applied through a drinking straw inserted into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventors: David G. Perryman, Bradley K. Groff