Patents by Inventor Charles Putland

Charles Putland 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081281
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081277
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081280
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081276
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081282
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081278
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Publication number: 20240081283
    Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter FRANKLIN, Jeffrey PON, Matthew FIRLIK, Eric LIU, George TURVEY, Charles PUTLAND
  • Patent number: 5704583
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing a GPS data collector to a range pole includes an elongated base plate. The base plate has sidewalls, retaining wings, at least one first tab resiliently mounted perpendicularly to the base plate, at least one bottom support lip extending normally upward from the bottom of the base plate, and at least one second tab mounted to the bottom support lip and extending upward parallel to the base plate. Each of the tabs are adapted to engage a corresponding slot in the lower end of a data collector and the wings constrain the head end of a data collector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Charles Putland, Mark Warneke, Peter Langlotz
  • Patent number: D789361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D791767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D798296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeios, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D837208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D837209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D837210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser
  • Patent number: D837784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Ali, Philip Bourgeois, Charles Putland, Aaron Neuhauser