Patents by Inventor Christopher Barnard

Christopher Barnard 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: 20240122414
    Abstract: A shower shelf box kit made of a plastic material which is hanged from the inside of a shower rod with two backward curved hooks with threaded straps with adjustable sliding levelers and a bottom snap on part which snap onto the top left and right top side extended part with the shower shelf box kit having a left half side of a double refillable push button container bottles with a left side center wall having a upward towel hanging hook and the right side half of a three shelf compartment with a front magnet door covering and a right side lower wall of a small container box with a top opening making the invention designed for inside showing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Lusk
  • Patent number: 11469603
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for charging a stylus of an information handling system includes: receiving, by a stylus docking slot of a keyboard of the information handling system, the stylus, the keyboard communicably coupled to the information handling system; causing, by a plurality of keyboard magnets of the keyboard, a partial alignment of the stylus in relation to the stylus docking slot, the plurality of keyboard magnets attracting a plurality of stylus magnets of the stylus; causing, by an alignment nub of the keyboard, an alignment of one or more spring contacts of the stylus in relation to one or more charging contacts of the keyboard, the alignment nub configured to removably couple to a beveled recess of the stylus; and providing, by the one or more charging contacts, power to an energy storage unit of the stylus via the one or more spring contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Allen B. McKittrick, Christopher Barnard, Deeder Aurongzeb
  • Publication number: 20220218158
    Abstract: A plastic shower shelf shaped box which separates into two housings explaining the full sizes comprised embodiment with the first right side compartment housing having two top and bottom center left back sliding openings and the second left side refillable container housing having two inserting top and bottom center snap sliding pins creating one full comprised embodiment with a left inserting snapping and a back sliding unto the right inside back sliding openings and two separate half full housings with a front sliding and a outside pulling, which in the top center of both outside comprised one full size embodiment at least one up sliding opening is present sharing inserting snap sliding comprising up sliding hanging unto the sliding pins of a adjustable strap with the top strap having giving a looping into two bottom end swinger opening which is connected to a flat cross balancer with two curved back hooks for a side shower rod hanging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Lusk
  • Publication number: 20210174150
    Abstract: A system may include an interface configured to communicate with a network and a processor coupled to the interface. The processor may be configured to determine a reliability value of one or more classifications associated with a product is below a threshold value and provide an alert including product data to a first computing device associated with a human operator. The product data may include one or more of product information, the reliability value, and the one or more classifications. The alert may include one or more controls accessible by the human operator to edit the product data. The processor may receive the product data from the first computing device, store the product data in a data store, and provide data related to the product data to a second computing device that is associated with a second human operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnard Ripley, Joshua Bennett Groves, Charles Bartol Vallely
  • Patent number: 10898927
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may include an item sorter device. The item sorter device may include at least one optical device configured to capture optical data associated with a waste product, a display, and a processor coupled to the at least one optical device and to the display. The processor may be configured to automatically extract universal product code (UPC) data from the optical data, search one or more data sources based on the UPC data to determine a match, determine a bin of a plurality of bins for storage of the waste product based on the match and based on site-specific classification rules, and provide a graphical interface to the display indicating the determined bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnard Ripley, Charles Bartol Vallely
  • Publication number: 20200372457
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices provide source-to-destination tracking of hazardous waste products. The systems, methods, and devices operate in conjunction with printed Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (UHWM) forms by printing the forms and then allowing the user to scan the signed UHWM forms into the system. The systems, methods and devices may provide a UHWM electronic form that includes a signature field to receive a digital signature. When waste products are to be transported, a user may sign the UHWM form either digitally or on the printed UHWM form. Each time the waste products exchange hands, from source to destination, a responsible party signs the UHWM form to append his or her signature. Variations between previously submitted and the current version of the UHWM form may be determined from the electronic form or from scanned versions of the printed form and differences may cause the system to generate an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20200222943
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture one or more optical data associated with packaging of a waste product and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to determine information about the waste product based on the optical data and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20200114394
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may include an item sorter device. The item sorter device may include at least one optical device configured to capture optical data associated with a waste product, a display, and a processor coupled to the at least one optical device and to the display. The processor may be configured to automatically extract universal product code (UPC) data from the optical data, search one or more data sources based on the UPC data to determine a match, determine a bin of a plurality of bins for storage of the waste product based on the match and based on site-specific classification rules, and provide a graphical interface to the display indicating the determined bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnard Ripley, Charles Bartol Vallely
  • Patent number: 10482120
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system may include an interface configured to couple to a network, at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a waste product, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to search at least one data source to automatically identify the waste product based on the optical data and, when the waste product is not automatically identified based on its packaging, send an alert including the optical data to a social media website through the network to solicit identifying information from one or more subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Patent number: 10449572
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture one or more optical data associated with packaging of a waste product and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to determine information about the waste product based on the optical data and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Patent number: 10195631
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an apparatus may be configured to spray a plurality of layers of paint onto a substrate through a plurality of iterations to produce a workpiece formed of a plurality of layers of paint. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a cutting blade coupled to the apparatus and configured to cut the workpiece into a plurality of portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20180349862
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method may include providing, from a server system to a computing device through a network, an interface including an image of a structure corresponding to an address and including one or more user-selectable objects. The method may further include receiving, at the server system, data related to pixel positions of a plurality of shape objects arranged to represent an area to be serviced at a location corresponding to the image, and automatically determining, at the server system, real world dimensions represented by the plurality of shape objects based on a correlation between pixel positions and real world position data. The method may further include automatically generating, at the server system, a cost estimate associated with a service to be performed based in part on the received data. Additionally, the method can include sending data related to the cost estimate to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Roof Right Now, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Barnard Ripley, Charles Bartol Vallely
  • Publication number: 20170300493
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system may include an interface configured to couple to a network, at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a waste product, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to search at least one data source to automatically identify the waste product based on the optical data and, when the waste product is not automatically identified based on its packaging, send an alert including the optical data to a social media website through the network to solicit identifying information from one or more subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: WASTE REPURPOSING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20170174439
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture one or more optical data associated with packaging of a waste product and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to determine information about the waste product based on the optical data and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Pass/Fail Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Patent number: 9639535
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system may include an interface configured to couple to a network, at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a waste product, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to search at least one data source to automatically identify the waste product based on the optical data and, when the waste product is not automatically identified based on its packaging, send an alert including the optical data to a social media website through the network to solicit identifying information from one or more subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20170095828
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an apparatus may be configured to spray a plurality of layers of paint onto a substrate through a plurality of iterations to produce a workpiece formed of a plurality of layers of paint. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a cutting blade coupled to the apparatus and configured to cut the workpiece into a plurality of portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
  • Publication number: 20170001785
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a thermal container may include a thermal tank, a cold source reservoir, and a tube forming a closed loop in contact with the thermal tank and with the cold source reservoir and configured to secure a thermal fluid. The thermal fluid may have a freeze temperature that is below zero degrees Celsius. The thermal container may further include a pump coupled to the tube and configured to circulate the thermal fluid between the cold source reservoir and the thermal tank when a temperature of the thermal tank exceeds a selected temperature. In some embodiments, the thermal container may further include a heating element coupled to the thermal tank and configured to apply heat to the thermal tank when the temperature falls below the selected temperature by more than a threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Barnard Ripley, Charles Bartol Vallely
  • Patent number: 7890453
    Abstract: A method of configuration controlling a hierarchy of data arrays is disclosed, each data array in the hierarchy having at least one version, each version of each data array in the hierarchy being associated with one version of at least one other data array in the hierarchy, each data array comprising at least one data entry, each data entry comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields comprising a version field and at least one characteristic field having a characteristic, the version field indicating which version of that data array the associated characteristic fields belong to. The method comprises the steps of: (i) defining a package of data arrays comprising a predetermined version of at least two data arrays in the hierarchy and in which at least one of the data arrays is to be updated to a new version based on a previous version; and (ii) appending a new version indicator indicative of the new version to each data entry having the previous version in the at least one of the data arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Integrate Systems Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan Jeremy Dick, Simon Christopher Barnard Wills
  • Publication number: 20080120479
    Abstract: A method of configuration controlling a hierarchy of data arrays is disclosed, each data array in the hierarchy having at least one version, each version of each data array in the hierarchy being associated with one version of at least one other data array in the hierarchy, each data array comprising at least one data entry, each data entry comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields comprising a version field and at least one characteristic field having a characteristic, the version field indicating which version of that data array the associated characteristic fields belong to. The method comprises the steps of: (i) defining a package of data arrays comprising a predetermined version of at least two data arrays in the hierarchy and in which at least one of the data arrays is to be updated to a new version based on a previous version; and (ii) appending a new version indicator indicative of the new version to each data entry having the previous version in the at least one of the data arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Alan Jeremy Dick, Simon Christopher Barnard Wills
  • Publication number: 20040186797
    Abstract: A method of servicing construction equipment comprising forming an association of construction equipment manufacturers and providing a service agent of the association. The service agent refers a service need to a service dealer. The service agent is not an agent of the service dealer to whom the service need is referred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Wacker Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Schwind, Christopher Barnard, David J. Christifulli, Peter B. Liesch, Daniel W. Bennett