Patents by Inventor Dean Schumacher

Dean Schumacher 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: 20240050864
    Abstract: An accessory for a mobile computing device includes a body defining an interior configured to secure a mobile computing device, an accessory mechanism coupled to the body and configured to perform at least one supporting action for the mobile computing device, and a communications module configured to receive an electronic command to engage the accessory mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11813373
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GERM DOME INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20230248863
    Abstract: A door handle sanitizing apparatus may include a posterior wall configured to be disposed anterior of and substantially parallel to a door surface and having an inner surface, an arch portion extending in an anterior direction from the posterior wall, the arch portion having an anterior end and an inner surface, a first sanitizing agent source disposed on the posterior wall, and a second sanitizing agent source disposed on the inner surface of the arch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20230008428
    Abstract: A system includes an accessory for a mobile computing device, the accessory including a body defining an interior configured to secure a mobile computing device, a communications module configured to receive an electronic command to eject a projectile, and a projectile launcher, coupled to the body, configured to eject a projectile in response to the command. The system also includes a projectile disposed in the projectile launcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11524085
    Abstract: A door handle sanitizing apparatus may include a posterior wall configured to be disposed anterior of and substantially parallel to a door surface and having an inner surface, an arch portion extending in an anterior direction from the posterior wall, the arch portion having an anterior end and an inner surface, a first sanitizing agent source disposed on the posterior wall, and a second sanitizing agent source disposed on the inner surface of the arch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GERM DOME INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11400174
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GERM DOME INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20220023470
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20220016280
    Abstract: A door handle sanitizing apparatus may include a posterior wall configured to be disposed anterior of and substantially parallel to a door surface and having an inner surface, an arch portion extending in an anterior direction from the posterior wall, the arch portion having an anterior end and an inner surface, a first sanitizing agent source disposed on the posterior wall, and a second sanitizing agent source disposed on the inner surface of the arch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20210008236
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10792380
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10744405
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20190022523
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10080959
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20180085481
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9833525
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20170120144
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9486700
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20150290536
    Abstract: Video games can be improved upon by combining traditional gameplay mechanics (e.g., a player's use of a controller) and live-action combat elements that may be measured and scored. For example, a player may fire projectiles at a target when prompted by a game, may have to dodge projectiles fired at the player as part of the game, may have to traverse the room to touch or move an object, and/or may have to strike a dummy or other object as instructed by the game. Such live-action combat aspects may be incorporated into a video game having otherwise traditional gameplay mechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20140291552
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20140284499
    Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Dean Schumacher