Patents by Inventor E. Frederick Bird

E. Frederick Bird 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).

  • Remote electronic information display system for retail facility
    Patent number: 5995015
    Abstract: A system for communicating between a store computer and locations in the les of a retail facility. A hard wired grid connects the store computer to a plurality of transceivers located in zones throughout the facility and the transceivers establish a wireless link to the locations. One embodiment is a product information display system in which the locations are fixed information display terminals, such as price displaying shelf tags. Another embodiment is an item tracking system, in which the locations are movable shopping carts or baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Electronic Advertising Solutions Innovators, Inc. D/B/A EASI, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. DeTemple, Peter Abell, E. Frederick Bird, Milton L. Goff
  • Remote electronic information display system for retail facility
    Patent number: 5572653
    Abstract: A system for communicating between a store computer and locations in the aisles of a retail facility. A hard wired grid connects the store computer to a plurality of transceivers located in zones throughout the facility and the transceivers establish a wireless link to the locations. One embodiment is a product information display system in which the locations are fixed information display terminals, such as price displaying shelf tags. Another embodiment is an item tracking system, in which the locations are movable shopping carts or baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Rest Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. DeTemple, Peter Abell, E. Frederick Bird, Milton L. Goff
  • Apparatus for dispensing a cooked food product
    Patent number: 5197376
    Abstract: An apparatus that dispenses a cooked food product measures out a predetermined quantity of dehydrated food material for a cooking portion, quickly adds liquid to the material to produce a rehydrated food material of uniform consistency, and simultaneously shapes the rehydrated material into desired size and shape pieces, and delivers the pieces to a cooking unit. After the pieces are cooked, they are automatically dispensed from the apparatus and the next portion is prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Services Alimentaires, S.A.
    Inventors: E. Frederick Bird, Ray N. Dushane