Patents by Inventor Bruce Manning BOWMAN

Bruce Manning BOWMAN 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).

  • Interactive play system
    Patent number: 11547929
    Abstract: Embodiments of an interactive play system are provided. In one such embodiment, an interactive play system includes a satellite having a sensor. The satellite is integrated within a component included within a playground environment. A feedback mechanism is also provided within the playground environment. A computing device supports a selective change between a first programming state in which the feedback mechanism will respond to an actuation of the sensor based on a computer instruction provided by a system administrator and a second programming state in which the feedback mechanism will respond to an actuation of the sensor based on a computer instruction provided by someone other than a system administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Landscape Structures, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bruce Manning Bowman, Ronald Vance Simmons, Lau Kofoed Kierstein
  • INTERACTIVE PLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210146185
    Abstract: Embodiments of an interactive play system are provided. In one such embodiment, an interactive play system includes a satellite having a sensor. The satellite is integrated within a component included within a playground environment. A feedback mechanism is also provided within the playground environment. A computing device supports a selective change between a first programming state in which the feedback mechanism will respond to an actuation of the sensor based on a computer instruction provided by a system administrator and a second programming state in which the feedback mechanism will respond to an actuation of the sensor based on a computer instruction provided by someone other than a system administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bruce Manning BOWMAN, Ronald Vance SIMMONS, Lau Kofoed Kierstein