Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Hess

Christopher L. Hess 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: 20080263880
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a proper level of an item on any surface. The apparatus comprises a frame member having a predetermined shape and formed of a predetermined material. A first LED readout is disposed in the frame member for determining a level in a vertical direction and a second LED readout is disposed in the frame member closely adjacent to the first LED readout for determining a level in a horizontal direction. There is at least at least one magnet disposed on a bottom portion of the frame member for holding the frame member against a metal surface and such frame member has a counterweight disposed therein for offsetting the weight of the LED readouts. A power means is in electrical communication with the first and the second LED readouts and is disposed in a back portion of the frame members and a switch means is disposed in the frame member and is in electrical communication with the power means and such first and second LED readouts for turning the apparatus either on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher L. Hess
  • Publication number: 20030014504
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamic common gateway interface Web site management are disclosed. Phase control configuration data for a Web site including two or more sections is first stored and then utilized to dispatch one of the sections. The Web site may then be modified in response to an alteration of the phase control configuration data. In one embodiment, the phase control configuration data specifies an order and dispatching one of the sections includes selecting the section using the order and displaying a Web page via a Web browser client application across a communications network in response to the selection. The phase control configuration data may then specify input data to be collected by the selected section. According to this embodiment, the specified input data is then collected using a phase control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher L. Hess, Kelley A. Kent