Patents by Inventor DOUGLAS GARMANY

DOUGLAS GARMANY 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).

  • Monitoring system and method for monitoring a room
    Patent number: 9739489
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a monitoring system including a detecting device configured to detect at least one of smoke and heat, an alarm in operable communication with the detecting device, wherein the alarm is configured to notify a user after the detecting device detects at least one of smoke and heat, a sensing structure configured to determine whether a heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold, and a processor in operable communication with the sensing structure and at least one of the detecting device and the alarm, the processor configured to at least one of turn off at least one of the alarm and the detecting device; and reduce the sensitivity of the detecting device, when the sensing structure determines that the heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: STOVMINDER, LLC
    Inventors: John Ronk, Bob Ewell, Douglas Garmany, Charles T. Kelly
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A HEATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20160245531
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a monitoring system including a detecting device configured to detect at least one of smoke and heat, an alarm in operable communication with the detecting device, wherein the alarm is configured to notify a user after the detecting device detects at least one of smoke and heat, a sensing structure configured to determine whether a heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold, and a processor in operable communication with the sensing structure and at least one of the detecting device and the alarm, the processor configured to at least one of turn off at least one of the alarm and the detecting device; and reduce the sensitivity of the detecting device, when the sensing structure determines that the heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN RONK, BOB EWELL, DOUGLAS GARMANY, CHARLES T. KELLY