Patents by Inventor Don C. Williams

Don C. Williams 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: 7055908
    Abstract: A head support system for supporting the user's head in an at least generally upright disposition, while the user, for example, naps or sleeps or otherwise rests while traveling sitting in a seat. The head support element (1) interfaces with the underside of and, preferably, up and around the front of the chin, i.e., the mental proturberance with its central clef, and underneath the user's chin and from side-to-side of and along side the chin, i.e., the mandible body, in “face-to-face” surface engagement over a relatively large area, essentially forming a supportive cup for the chin, with a self-supporting but soft, solid block of molded, supportive material having an oblong shape with a reduced sized central portion (10) for hand grasping, with its angled, flat bottom (31) resting centrally on the central upper chest area of the user, preferably over and across the manubrium sterni area, with an anchoring strap (41) positioned, for example, around and about the back of the user's neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Don C. Williams
  • Publication number: 20040124598
    Abstract: A wheeled, collapsible grocery cart (10) for carrying groceries (20/30) having an operative “L” shaped configuration for transporting bagged groceries suspended on hooks (17/17A) but also collapsible for storage. A series of laterally and longitudinally spaced, protruding, hooks on the “vertical” member (11) located at three (3) height levels, allowing the bagged groceries to be suspended either completely above the base member (12) or with the bottoms of at least some of the loaded grocery bags to be supported on the base member but with their tops suspended up by the hooks. The cart allows a large quantity of bagged and other groceries to be typically in one trip. The cart's small size with bagged groceries often can be placed in the user's vehicle and transported in its “L” shaped configuration, saving time and effort in moving the groceries from the store into the user's home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Don C. Williams
  • Publication number: 20040060840
    Abstract: Multiple containers (e.g. cups 10/20/30/40) for liquid or solid materials each having along it top, peripheral edge (17/27/37) at least one series of peripherally extended, spaced, intelligent indica (13/23/33), four embodiments being illustrated (FIGS. 1-4). The indicia can be a series of letters (e.g., the alphabet “A-Z” 11/12/31), or numeric sequence (21/22/32, “0-9”) with special value indicia (e.g., “100,” “200”). The user selects desired ones of the indicia for identification purposes from the one or more series and high-lights the selected ones by, for example, crushing a plastic bubble, pulling a tab, scratching of a covering or physically marking them with a writing instrument, etc. For example, using two alphabetic series of indicia, a user can mark his/her cup with his/her basic initials (FIG. 1) or, for further example, using two numeric series of indicia and special quantum indicia a number between 0-299 could be used to identify the container (FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Don C. Williams, Michael Monmouth
  • Patent number: D438534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Don C. Williams
  • Patent number: D447132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventor: Don C. Williams