Patents by Inventor David Spears

David Spears 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: 20060124664
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing a beverage includes a dispenser configured to be mounted to a shaft. The shaft is surrounded on a lower portion by a base. The dispenser is arranged having a number of discharge ports mounted in a 360-degree orientation. The discharge port arrangement allows a number of operators to distribute beverage without interfering with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: David Spears
  • Publication number: 20050160008
    Abstract: A system and method are described for increasing advance orders for goods or services. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving advance orders for a product with a specified release date from a plurality of buyers and moving up the release date if a goal is met, wherein the goal is based at least in part on the number of advance orders received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: David Spears, Jitahadi Smith
  • Patent number: 6139744
    Abstract: A waste treatment device for treating waste having both liquids and solids therein includes a primary waste reservoir which receives influent waste and includes biological decomposing enhancing media for enhancingly biodegrading the waste rendering a first phase separation of solids and liquids and a secondary waste reservoir operably connected to the primary waste reservoir to receive substantially liquid waste having suspended solids therein and includes biological decomposing enhancing media for biodegrading the received waste rendering a second phase separation of solids and liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Microseptec, Inc.
    Inventors: David Spears, R. C. Shades, Christina Edvardsson, D. Glen Raiger
  • Patent number: 6048452
    Abstract: A waste treatment device for treating waste having both liquids and solids therein includes a primary waste reservoir, a solids processor operably connected to the primary waste reservoir to receive waste therefrom in a manner to permit combustion of a substantial part the solids and generate a resultant waste, ash and gas, a secondary waste reservoir operably connected to the solids processor to receive the resultant waste, and a liquid processor operably connected to the secondary waste reservoir to receive the resultant waste in a manner to separate at least a part of the resultant waste into an environmentally safe water and resultant waste concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventors: R. C. Shades, Judie Forbes, Jack Slovak, Robert Slovak, David Spears, Christina Edvardsson, Sung Chiu