Patents by Inventor Charles L. Jones

Charles L. Jones 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).

  • Appliance lift tool
    Patent number: 7188824
    Abstract: An appliance lift tool is provided which includes a cart having a frame includes a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, and a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Blake, Jeffrey T. Russell, Charles L. Jones, Paul J. Gray, Jeffrey W. Fjelstul, Steven P. Hinrichs, Richard T. Lundy, Henry H. Wu
  • Appliance lift tool
    Patent number: 7055802
    Abstract: An appliance lift tool is provided which includes a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation, and at least three feet extending below the bottom frame, with the feet being positioned outside of a perimeter of the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Robert J. Schneider, Henry H. Wu
  • Mobile appliance lift tool
    Patent number: 6929250
    Abstract: A mobile appliance lift tool is provided which includes a cart having a frame and a pair of legs. Each leg has a sleeve pivotally attaching the leg to an end of the frame. Each sleeve is adapted to travel up and down the leg to selectively move the frame between a substantially horizontal configuration and a substantially inclined configuration. The tool includes a strut, a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, and a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation. The strut is mounted to the bottom frame and pivotally attached to the end of the cart's frame so that the strut is disposed in a horizontal orientation when the frame is moved to either the horizontal or the inclined configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventors: Richard R. Blake, Jeffrey T. Russell, Charles L. Jones, Paul J. Gray, Jeffrey W. Fjelstul, Steven P. Hinrichs, Richard T. Lundy, Henry H. Wu
  • System and method of targeted marketing
    Patent number: 6925441
    Abstract: A system and method of targeted marketing to consumers, including businesses and associates, based upon the financial characteristics of the consumer, type offer being made and the channel of communication for delivery of the offer. The consumer is characterized based upon financial, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors. The offer is characterized based upon the consumer and the potential for the consumer accepting the offer. The channel of communication for delivery of the offer is also characterized and combined with the consumer and consumer-offer characteristics to arrive at a net present value of the offer to be made. If the net present value is sufficient the offer is processed and presented to the consumer. If the net present value is not sufficient, the offer is revised to present a better value to the consumer (or discarded if the required offer value can not be created) thereby enhancing the chances that the consumer will accept the offer in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Marketswitch Corp.
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, III, William A. Eginton
  • Mobile appliance lift tool
    Publication number: 20040161321
    Abstract: A mobile appliance lift tool is provided which includes a cart having a frame and a pair of legs. Each leg has a sleeve pivotally attaching the leg to an end of the frame. Each sleeve is adapted to travel up and down the leg to selectively move the frame between a substantially horizontal configuration and a substantially inclined configuration. The tool includes a strut, a support platform having a horizontal orientation, a bottom frame, and a lift mechanism engaged between the support platform and the bottom frame to move the support platform toward and away from the bottom frame, while maintaining the support platform's horizontal orientation. The strut is mounted to the bottom frame and pivotally attached to the end of the cart's frame so that the strut is disposed in a horizontal orientation when the frame is moved to either the horizontal or the inclined configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Richard R. Blake, Jeffrey T. Russell, Charles L. Jones, Paul J. Gray, Jeffrey W. Fjelstul, Steven P. Hinrichs, Richard T. Lundy, Henry H. Wu
  • Brand equity system and method of increasing the same
    Publication number: 20020147516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a product and process of creating a visual brand system to increase brand equity in a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Charles L. Jones
  • Automatic washer
    Patent number: D465308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Raffaele Mazzei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Timothy Edward McKeown, Allen D. Wong, Daniel Henry Quinlan
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D467461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Double oven front panel and doors
    Patent number: D468585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Rafael Massei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Timothy Edward McKeown, Allen D. Wong, Daniel Henry Quinlan
  • Double oven front panel and door
    Patent number: D468962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: D470156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Raffaele Mazzei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Timothy Edward McKeown, Allen D. Wong, Daniel Henry Quinlan
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D470359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Front of range
    Patent number: D470720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Warming drawer front panel
    Patent number: D471403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Dishwasher front door and panel
    Patent number: D472023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Cooktop
    Patent number: D473096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Dana Reinisch, Rafael Massei, Aaron Hayes, James Owen, Charles L. Jones, Philip Michael Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark William Baldwin
  • Icemaker front panel and door
    Patent number: D474210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Built-in refrigerator front panel and doors
    Patent number: D474211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Compactor door and front panel
    Patent number: D479249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Dishwasher door
    Patent number: D480520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ildefonso Resuello, Jonathan Dalton, Charles L. Jones, Michael R. Carey, Allen D. Wong