Patents by Inventor Edward Sims

Edward Sims 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).

  • Patent number: 12290185
    Abstract: A convertible soothing seat for an infant is provided. The convertible soothing seat includes a support frame and a seat portion pivotably connected to the support frame. The seat portion is pivotable between a soothing configuration and a sleep-safe configuration, and includes a retractable harness. The retractable harness covers a portion of the seat portion in a covering position when the seat portion is in the soothing configuration and retracts to a retracted position wherein the retractable harness does not cover the portion of the seat portion when the seat portion is in the sleep-safe configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Connell, Elise Rebecca Filleul, Poppy Farrugia, Edward Sims, Bernadette Deere
  • Publication number: 20240261188
    Abstract: A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when activated by compression and re-expansion, and a support body tightly supporting the dome portion to form a chamber with air therein. The support body includes first and second vial seats, and a transfer conduit. The first and second vial seats are arranged to receive the first and second vials. When the first and second vials are received in the first and second vial seats, the transfer conduit is arranged to establish a fluid connection between the first vial and the second vial. Upon activation of the dome portion, air is delivered into the first vial, thereby creating a pressure rise in the first vial which causes the liquid to transfer from the first vial to the second vial through the transfer conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Maxime GAILLOT, Roberta LEAH, Declan REILLY, Thomas THUEER, Jack CARROLL, James COOP, Edward SIMS, Mark TEUCHER
  • Patent number: 11951073
    Abstract: A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when activated by compression and re-expansion, and a support body tightly supporting the dome portion to form a chamber with air therein. The support body includes first and second vial seats, and a transfer conduit. The first and second vial seats are arranged to receive the first and second vials. When the first and second vials are received in the first and second vial seats, the transfer conduit is arranged to establish a fluid connection between the first vial and the second vial. Upon activation of the dome portion, air is delivered into the first vial, thereby creating a pressure rise in the first vial which causes the liquid to transfer from the first vial to the second vial through the transfer conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Thomas Thueer, Jack Carroll, James Coop, Edward Sims, Mark Teucher
  • Patent number: 11951036
    Abstract: A device for providing a droplet of a liquid stored in an interior of a vial is disclosed that includes a support body and a resilient dome portion mounted to the support body to form a chamber having air, with the dome portion being configured to create an air flow when activated by compression. The support body includes a vial seat, a nozzle, and air flow and transfer conduits. The support body is arranged, when the vial is received by the vial seat, such that the air flow conduit establishes an air connection between the vial interior and the chamber, the transfer conduit establishes a fluid connection between the vial and the nozzle, and, upon activation of the dome portion, the air flow delivers air into the vial that causes liquid to be transferred from the vial to the nozzle through the transfer conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Maxime Gaillot, Roberta Leah, Declan Reilly, Thomas Thueer, Jack Carroll, James Coop, Edward Sims, Mark Teucher
  • Publication number: 20210401621
    Abstract: A device for providing a droplet of a liquid stored in an interior of a vial is disclosed that includes a support body and a resilient dome portion mounted to the support body to form a chamber having air, with the dome portion being configured to create an air flow when activated by compression. The support body includes a vial seat, a nozzle, and air flow and transfer conduits. The support body is arranged, when the vial is received by the vial seat, such that the air flow conduit establishes an air connection between the vial interior and the chamber, the transfer conduit establishes a fluid connection between the vial and the nozzle, and, upon activation of the dome portion, the air flow delivers air into the vial that causes liquid to be transferred from the vial to the nozzle through the transfer conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Maxime GAILLOT, Roberta LEAH, Declan REILLY, Thomas THUEER, Jack CARROLL, James COOP, Edward SIMS, Mark TEUCHER
  • Publication number: 20210196571
    Abstract: A device for transferring a liquid from a first vial to a second vial is disclosed having a dome portion configured to create an air flow when activated by compression and re-expansion, and a support body tightly supporting the dome portion to form a chamber with air therein. The support body includes first and second vial seats, and a transfer conduit. The first and second vial seats are arranged to receive the first and second vials. When the first and second vials are received in the first and second vial seats, the transfer conduit is arranged to establish a fluid connection between the first vial and the second vial. Upon activation of the dome portion, air is delivered into the first vial, thereby creating a pressure rise in the first vial which causes the liquid to transfer from the first vial to the second vial through the transfer conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Maxime GAILLOT, Roberta LEAH, Declan REILLY, Thomas THUEER, Jack CARROLL, James COOP, Edward SIMS, Mark TEUCHER
  • Patent number: 6998526
    Abstract: A capo device for a stringed musical instrument having a series of strings extending along a fretboard with spaced frets, in which each string passes through an aperture in a capo element which is slidable on the string, each element being such that when held against the fretboard it stops the string on which it is mounted at the adjacent fret. The elements have horse-shoe type magnets which interact with a ferromagnetic fretboard to hold each element against the fretboard at one of a number of selected positions while allowing the element to be moved to a stored position when not in use. The stored position is provided between a string nut and a string guide which contacts the strings between the nut and tuning pegs for the strings, the elements being movable over the nut into the stored position. The fretboard preferably has no magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher George Sims, Jonathan Edward Sims
  • Publication number: 20050136109
    Abstract: This invention relates to an extended release tableted dosage formulation of the antidepressant venlafaxine hydrochloride or an optical form thereof having improved bioavailability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Michael Rowley, Angela Potts, Edward Sims
  • Patent number: 6013868
    Abstract: A capo device for a stringed musical instrument having a series of strings extending along a fretboard with spaced frets, in which each string passes through a bore in an element which is slidable on the string, each element being dimensioned so that when held against the fretboard the element stops the string on which it is mounted at the adjacent fret. The elements and the fretboard have interacting magnetic means capable of holding each element against the fretboard at one of a number of selected positions during the playing of the instrument, while allowing the element to be moved to a stored position when not in use. The stored position is usually between a string nut or zero fret, and a string guide which contacts the strings between the nut or zero fret and tuning pegs for the strings, the elements being movable over the nut or zero fret into the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventors: Christopher George Sims, Jonathan Edward Sims