Patents by Inventor Douglas J. Bogner

Douglas J. Bogner 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).

  • Condition responsive indicating system for interactively indicating status of a plurality of electrical appliances
    Patent number: 5774528
    Abstract: The operating status of a plurality of laundry appliances including washing machines and/or driers is sensed, and a controller generates and transmits corresponding status signals to remote transceivers which include visual or audio indicators for indicating the information. Each transceiver can interrogate the controller to determine the status of the appliances, with the status being transmitted only to the interrogating transmitter. Each transceiver can also transmit a reservation signal to the controller to reserve a selected appliance for a predetermined period of time. The controller also transmits status signals for the selected appliance only to the transceiver of the user who reserved the appliance when the operating cycle is finished, or at a predetermined period of time prior to the end of the operating cycle. The transceivers can communicate with the controller over a telephone line, or over A.C. power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Advanced Laundry Devices
    Inventors: Douglas J. Bogner, Jason H. Mernick
  • Condition responsive indicating system for interactively indicating status of a plurality of electrical appliances
    Patent number: 5680445
    Abstract: The operating status of a plurality of laundry appliances including washing machines and/or driers is sensed, and a controller generates and transmits corresponding status signals to remote transceivers which include visual or audio indicators for indicating the information. Each transceiver can interrogate the controller to determine the status of the appliances, with the status being transmitted only to the interrogating transmitter. Each transceiver can also transmit a reservation signal to the controller to reserve a selected appliance for a predetermined period of time. The controller also transmits status signals for the selected appliance only to the transceiver of the user who reserved the appliance when the operating cycle is finished, or at a predetermined period of time prior to the end of the operating cycle. The transceivers can communicate with the controller over a telephone line, or over A.C. power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Advanced Laundry Devices
    Inventors: Douglas J. Bogner, Jason H. Mernick
  • Condition responsive indicating system for interactively indicating status of a plurality of electrical appliances
    Patent number: 5586174
    Abstract: The operating status of a plurality of laundry appliances including washing machines and/or driers is sensed, and a controller generates and transmits corresponding status signals to remote transceivers which include visual or audio indicators for indicating the information. Each transceiver can interrogate the controller to determine the status of the appliances, with the status being transmitted only to the interrogating transmitter. Each transceiver can also transmit a reservation signal to the controller to reserve a selected appliance for a predetermined period of time. The controller also transmits status signals for the selected appliance only to the transceiver of the user who reserved the appliance when the operating cycle is finished, or at a predetermined period of time prior to the end of the operating cycle. The transceivers can communicate with the controller over a telephone line, or over A.C. power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Laundry Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Bogner, Jason H. Mernick