Patents by Inventor Dennis P. McElhone

Dennis P. McElhone 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).

  • Patent number: 5347473
    Abstract: An electronic calculator allows a user to quickly add up change. The user simply pushes one of the coin switches clearly marked to represent a particular coin denomination in order to add up the change. Each time a coin switch is activated, an accumulated sum is incremented by a value associated with the value of the coin denomination represented by the activated coin switch. The accumulated sum is then displayed to the user. If the user depresses the wrong coin switch, an error switch is provided which subtracts the previous entry made from the tabulated sum to arrive at the tabulated sum previous to the depression of the coin switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Inventors: Charles D. Hallman, Dennis P. McElhone