Patents by Inventor Franz Klein

Franz Klein 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).

  • Publication number: 20160292710
    Abstract: Consumer operated kiosks can be configured to provide product samples allowing consumers ‘try it before they buy it,’ which can help consumers make purchase decisions. Mobile device modules are disclosed herein that can generate inducements for consumers to interact with such consumer operated kiosks. Inducements can take the form of advertisements, notifications of product sample availability, messages indicating the mobile device is near a consumer operated kiosk, promotion codes, purchase receipts, product placement, etc. When and how the implementations provide inducements to consumers, and the type and content of the inducements, can be based on determinations of consumer product interest and kiosks that are relevant to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Omowale Casselle, Ashtan D. Jordan, Franz Klein
  • Patent number: 5546640
    Abstract: A clamp for arrangement on a carrying arm is described. The clamp has a first and a second clamp half (10, 20) with in each case two lateral angle pieces (12; 21 ), in which are located a hole (14; 23) for positioning the clamp halves (10, 20) on the carrying arm, whereby the angle pieces (12, 21) which are directed against each other lie pairwise against each other and in each case one angle piece (21) of each clamp half (10, 20) lies on the inside and the other angle piece (12) of the same clamp half (10, 20) lies on the outside, and a legged spring (4) which lies between the clamp halves (10, 20) and keeps the clamps (3) closed. The internal angle piece (21) of one clamp half (10; 20) interlocks rotatably with the external angle piece (12) of the other clamp half (20; 10), and the legged spring (4) fills, in axial direction, the space between the internal angle pieces (21) in each case of the clamp halves (10, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Mawa Metallwarenfabrik Wagner GmbH
    Inventors: Karlhans Kronauer, Josef Aigner, Franz Klein, Karsten Weber, Monika Schmid, Robert Pfab
  • Patent number: D737376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Outerwall Inc
    Inventors: Franz Klein, Alex Aziz Doumani, Michael Kahn
  • Patent number: D748196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Outerwall Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kahn, Bradley E. Weinshenker, John Brian Fitzpatrick, Omowale Casselle, Todd C. First, Franz Klein