Patents by Inventor Donald Scott

Donald Scott 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).

  • Multi-channel audio panel
    Patent number: 9706293
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signals. In a specific embodiment, a listener wearing stereo headphones listens to simultaneous monaural radio broadcasts from different stations. A differentiation cue is added to at least one of the audio signals from the radio reception to allow the listener to more effectively focus on and differentiate between the broadcasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Donald Scott Wedge
  • MAGNETICALLY OPERATED SEALING BAR ASSEMBLY FOR PACKAGING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20170174377
    Abstract: A sealing bar assembly for a packaging machine includes a mounting frame, first and second sealing bar carriages carried by the mounting frame, at least one of the first and second sealing bars being movable with respect to the mounting frame, first and second sealing bars mounted, respectively, to the first and second sealing bar carriages and movable therewith, the first and second bars including, respectively, first and second opposed sealing surfaces, at least a first electromagnet assembly arranged adjacent to the first sealing bar, and a controller configured to selectively energize the first electromagnet assembly to move the first and second opposed sealing surfaces into and out of engagement across a web of packaging material passing therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KHS USA, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Scott PEEBLES
  • SECONDARY DISPENSER METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170164794
    Abstract: A secondary dispenser readily attachable to a standard toilet-tissue dispenser of a roll type for positioning next to the primary toilet-tissue dispenser for dispensing supplemental materials such as pre-wetted toilet sheets. The sheets can be withdrawn from an open door. A compact auxiliary device providing wetted or self-wetting sheets for releasable proximate mounting in conjunction with a conventional toilet-tissue dispenser of dry sheets; comprises an inexpensive container or magazine component pre-loaded with the supplemental sheets. The magazine can be snapped into functional position rapidly. It serves an improved health care and cleanliness function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Bob's Butt Wipes, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert Delaney, Christopher Montgomery, Donald Scott Rogers, Billy James McDonald
  • BAG FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170129203
    Abstract: A bag forming apparatus includes a pair of opposed sealing bars arranged on opposite sides of a forming plane, a pair of guide arms, each extending from a first arm end through the forming plane to a second arm end and carrying a respective one of the pair of opposed sealing bars, a mounting frame to which the pair of guide arms are movably mounted between the first and second arm ends, and a drive shaft connected to the second arm end of each of the pair of guide arms such that shaft rotation is operable to move the pair of opposed sealing bars into and out of engagement across a web of bag forming material traveling therebetween in the forming plane. The drive shaft can be translatable relative to the mounting frame to adjust a closure gap between the pair of opposed sealing bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: KHS GMBH
    Inventor: Donald Scott Peebles
  • Rope ladder rung and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 9611692
    Abstract: A rope ladder assembly having a colored ladder rung comprised of fiber reinforced thermoplastic is disclosed. The rung has an integrally molded non-skid top surface supported on longitudinally oriented support rib members and a plurality of transversely oriented crossing members. The rung is integrally molded of fiber reinforced plastic that is injected into a mold in a manner such that the flow path of fiber reinforced plastic is directed primarily longitudinally along the length of the rung during the molding process. A color additive comprising a base carrier and a non-organic class of pigment is added to the fiber reinforced thermoplastic prior to injection in the mold. The color additive is added at more than 2% of the thermoplastic mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Apollomarine Specialties, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Scott Rogers
  • METHOD FOR INCREASING THE LEAKAGE RESISTANCE IN A CLOSED, PRESSURIZED SYSTEM COMPRISING A SEPTUM-SEALED CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20170079881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing leakage resistance in a closed, pressurized system. The method involves providing a closed system including a container sealed with a septum having a top surface with an exposed section, which is maintained under a positive pressure of at least about 5 psig. A contact surface of a hard component is fixedly placed adjacent to or in contact with at least a portion of a border section or a central section of the exposed section of the septum, or both, to reduce the size of any bulge or deformation formed in the exposed section of the septum. The present invention also relates to a kit for increasing leakage resistance in a closed, pressurized system, which includes the hard component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas J. SIMPSON, Graham DUNCAN, Donald SCOTT
  • FLEXIBLE FILM CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170081074
    Abstract: A self-supporting flexible film container is disclosed that includes a container base and a flexible film attached to the container base that forms a container wall and defines a packing region within the container. The container wall has at least one support column, such as a tubular support column, integrally formed therein. A method of conforming the container includes providing a web of flexible film, forming tubular support columns in the web of flexible film and forming a container from the web of flexible film containing the support columns. The support columns can be formed by ploughing and forming the web of flexible film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Rolland LORBACH, Sandra K. HAND, Stuart Michael RUAN JONES, Sheryl S. BRUNKEN, Anthony D. GAYLOR, Thomas MILLER, Philip Russell FAWCUS, Steven Jonathan CLARKE, Adrian MORDUE, Donald Scott PEEBLES, Scott FEDOR, David Richard STONEHOUSE
  • Marine lifting vessel
    Patent number: 9567045
    Abstract: For a self-powered marine lifting vessel or catamaran having static buoyancy, a working deck is forcibly raised or lowered by flexing or extending each of a plurality of articulated pairs of fixedly mounted support beams connecting each hull and the deck. One version uses locally applied forces at the joints from adjacent hydraulic cylinders, incidentally causing the hulls to rotate about their axes. Another version forces the hulls to rotate axially from a non-rotating aft inter-hull linkage. Applications include routine harbor maintenance and hull cleaning, then emergency marine pollution including oil cleanup at a polluted site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Scott Thom, Norman Clifford Smith
  • ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170019037
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a joint and an energy harvesting system. The energy harvesting system includes an energy conversion system configured to convert kinetic energy from movement of the joint into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Scott Coonrod, Ronald Wayne Webb
  • ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY INTERROGATION AND DATA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170018173
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a subsea acoustic frequency interrogation and data system. The subsea acoustic frequency interrogation and data system includes a master acoustic transceiver configured to broadcast an acoustic activation signal and an acoustic frequency interrogated data transmitter configured to generate power from the acoustic activation signal and activate a sensor configured to measure an operating parameter of subsea equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventor: Donald Scott Coonrod
  • HYBRID BACK TESTER AND STATISTICAL PROBABILITY ANALYTICS AND OPTIONS TRADE ASSISTANT WITH VISUAL PERSPECTIVE OUTPUT FOR FINANCIAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20170011464
    Abstract: Methods and computer software for options trading, and more specifically, to a analyzing a potential options trade instantaneously are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Morris Donald Scott Puma
  • Secondary dispenser method and apparatus
    Patent number: 9526383
    Abstract: A secondary dispenser readily attachable to a standard toilet-tissue dispenser of a roll type for positioning next to the primary toilet-tissue dispenser for dispensing supplemental materials such as pre-wetted toilet sheets. The sheets can be withdrawn from an open door. A compact auxiliary device providing wetted or self-wetting sheets for releasable proximate mounting in conjunction with a conventional toilet-tissue dispenser of dry sheets; comprises an inexpensive container or magazine component pre-loaded with the supplemental sheets. The magazine can be snapped into functional position rapidly. It serves an improved health care and cleanliness function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sterling Global Products, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Delaney, Christopher Montgomery, Donald Scott Rogers, Billy James McDonald
  • SYSTEM FOR ANALYTIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20160357886
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system for analytic model development. In general, an analytic system may be able to formulate a model of a target system based on user interaction and data received from the system, and to perform real time activities based on the model. An analytics system may comprise at least a segment recipe module (SRM), a user interface module (UIM) and an automated analytics module (AAM). The SRM may include at least one segment recipe for use in configuring the UIM and AAM. For example, the UIM may be configured to present plain language prompts to a user. At least one of the segment recipe or data input by the user in response to the prompts may be used to configure the AAM to generate the model. The AAM may also perform real time activities that generate notifications, etc. based on the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: CELESTE FRALICK, RITA CHATTOPADHYAY, SEBASTIAN SCHOENBERG, DONALD SCOTT WILDE, PHILLIP GURBACKI
  • Exercise lifting bar with translating hand grips
    Publication number: 20160339292
    Abstract: Provided is an exercise lifting bar having at least two hand grips, an integral loading surface for holding optional plate weights coupled to each hand grip, the paired or coupled grips and loading surfaces thereby defining a member; the members further being substantially cylindrical, collinear, and operable to translate relative to one another. Also included is a translation limiter to limit the motion between the members. A method of assembly and exemplary embodiments of the exercise lifting bar for use in cable exercises are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Edge Prototype LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Donald Scott Yeager, Martin Carlos Todd
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING ONE OR MORE UPRIGHT ITEMS FROM A SUPPORT SURFACE
    Publication number: 20160312490
    Abstract: System for supporting an upright member from a support surface includes an elongated carrier releasably engageable with at least one mat of the support surface, a base adapted to extend around at least part of the lower end of the carrier and abut the mat, a lock engageable with the carrier above the base to assist in securing the base against the mat and at least one anchor associated with the carrier and configured to grip the upright member when the upright member is inserted into a bore of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: James Kerwin McDowell, Donald Scott Rogers, Grant Steven Cavalier, Billy James McDonald
  • ARMORER'S BLOCK
    Publication number: 20160290755
    Abstract: A firearm support apparatus for supporting a firearm in a generally horizontal orientation. The firearm support apparatus includes a support plate configured to horizontally support the firearm on both a top face and a bottom face 200 of the support plate. The support plate additionally includes a plurality of projections for providing horizontal restraint to the firearm, and a plurality of cutouts configured to provide clearance and access to portions of the firearm. The firearm support apparatus includes two moveable bosses for frictionally securing the firearm to the firearm support apparatus. The firearm support apparatus includes a striker holder for supporting a striker of the firearm in a generally vertical orientation, and a trigger holder for supporting a trigger of the firearm in a generally horizontal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Donald Scott Folk
  • Progressive rate suspension for agricultural vehicle
    Patent number: 9457634
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus connected to a wheel of a vehicle and includes a first linkage, a second linkage, a third linkage, a bell crank, and a shock absorber. The first linkage connects to the wheel. The second linkage includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to a second portion of the first linkage. The third linkage includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to a second portion of the second linkage. The bell crank includes opposed first and second arms and a central pivot connection to the third linkage, wherein the first arm is pivotally connected to a first portion of the first linkage. The shock absorber has a variable length and includes a first portion that is pivotally connected to the first portion of the third linkage and wherein a second portion of the shock absorber is pivotally connected to the second arm of the bell crank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Scott Hansen, Tony Becker
  • Apparatus and methods for providing illuminated signals from a support surface
    Patent number: 9430943
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing illumination from a support surface includes a shell releasably engageable with the support surface. An electronics system is seated within the shell and projects light up and out of the shell. A power pack releasably engages the shell and electrically engages the electronics system to provide power thereto. The electrical interface between the electronics system and power pack is fluidly sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC
    Inventors: James Kerwin McDowell, Donald Scott Rogers, Grant Steven Cavalier
  • Method for increasing the leakage resistance in a closed, pressurized system comprising a septum-sealed container
    Patent number: 9402784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing leakage resistance in a closed, pressurized system. The method involves providing a closed system including a container sealed with a septum having a top surface with an exposed section, which is maintained under a positive pressure of at least about 5 psig. A contact surface of a hard component is fixedly placed adjacent to or in contact with at least a portion of a border section or a central section of the exposed section of the septum, or both, to reduce the size of any bulge or deformation formed in the exposed section of the septum. The present invention also relates to a kit for increasing leakage resistance in a closed, pressurized system, which includes the hard component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Biocompatabiles UK Limited
    Inventors: Thomas J. Simpson, Graham Duncan, Donald Scott
  • Acoustic frequency interrogation and data system
    Patent number: 9397759
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a subsea acoustic frequency interrogation and data system. The subsea acoustic frequency interrogation and data system includes a master acoustic transceiver configured to broadcast an acoustic activation signal and an acoustic frequency interrogated data transmitter configured to generate power from the acoustic activation signal and activate a sensor configured to measure an operating parameter of subsea equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Scott Coonrod