Patents by Inventor Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard 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).

  • Electrostatic discharge device and method for media devices
    Publication number: 20060179446
    Abstract: A player for a media unit. The player includes a front plate formed of metal and having an opening configured to receive a media unit. The player also includes a cover mounted over the opening and having a slit. The slit is aligned with the opening and configured to allow the media unit to pass through the cover and enter the opening. The cover includes an electrical conductor that contacts the front plate and is in electrostatic communication with the slit. The conductor conducts electrostatic charge from the media unit to the front plate as the media unit passes through the slit. The media unit may be a CD, DVD, memory stick, minidisc or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Bickford, Dwight Howard, David Clute, Brian Newlon
  • Seedling tray
    Patent number: D540711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Carolina Soil Co., Inc.
    Inventors: C. Dwight Howard, C. Wilbur Taylor
  • Seedling tray
    Patent number: D592996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Carolina Soil Co., Inc.
    Inventors: C. Dwight Howard, C. Wilbur Taylor