Patents by Inventor Erin Tilley

Erin Tilley 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).

  • Apparatus and method of communicating information about a packaged food product
    Patent number: 11468487
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering information to a mobile computing device regarding a packaged food product includes an information delivery computing device comprising a processor and non-transitory memory. The non-transitory memory includes executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the information delivery computing device to send information about one or more characteristics of the packaged food product to the mobile computing device in response to a request from the mobile computing device. The request from the mobile computing device can be received by the information delivery computing device when a customer scans a QR code on the packaged food product with a camera on the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TYSON FOODS, INC.
    Inventors: Erin Tilley, Jake Wiedower
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT A PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20210248657
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering information to a mobile computing device regarding a packaged food product includes an information delivery computing device comprising a processor and non-transitory memory. The non-transitory memory includes executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the information delivery computing device to send information about one or more characteristics of the packaged food product to the mobile computing device in response to a request from the mobile computing device. The request from the mobile computing device can be received by the information delivery computing device when a customer scans a QR code on the packaged food product with a camera on the mobile computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Tyson Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin TILLEY, Jake WIEDOWER
  • Apparatus for swinging a golf club
    Patent number: 5672116
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting a disabled person play golf is described. The apparatus includes a frame, a rod, a golf club holder, and an actuator. The rod is rotatably mounted in the frame. The frame is secured to a ambulatory handicap device such as a wheelchair, walker, scooter, or golf cart. The golf club holder is connected to a distal end of the rod, and is adapted to releasably engage a golf club head. The actuator, conversely, is connected to a distal end of the rod so that the actuator is within reach of a person utilizing the handicap device. The person actuates the actuator to rotate the rod and swing the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventors: Jennifer Bryan, Justin Herman, Laura Hordesky, Colleen Nolan, Mike Pincus, Nathan Reinhardt, Erin Tilley