Patents by Inventor Fredrick T. Howard

Fredrick T. 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).

  • Publication number: 20230200646
    Abstract: The disclosed system comprises a primary air curtain system and one or more optional apparel and/or accessory air curtain subsystem components. The primary system and subsystem(s) are configured to create a directionally controlled air curtain effect that repulses, repels, redirects, neutralizes, and/or disperses airborne infectious pathogens, carcinogens, chemicals, and other contaminants away from the body of a user or a surface susceptible to foreign contamination within a protected enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Fredrick T Howard
  • Patent number: 11423443
    Abstract: The system facilitates time restricted audio content where specified end users can alter or manipulate the content for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. After going live, the content may be voted on by additional end users for a predetermined period of time. At the end of the predetermined period of time, content with a score lower than a threshold may be removed from the server. In an embodiment, advertising content may be displayed in place of the removed content for a limited time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Fredrick T Howard
  • Patent number: 11164113
    Abstract: This system introduces photo imagery, video imagery, animation imagery, graphic interchange format (GIF) imagery, written content imagery, audio wave imagery, audio file imagery, and streaming media imagery, which is subject to an appearing, disappearing, deletion, and expiring time restriction as set by the sender or system administrator. The system primarily facilitates time restricted appearing content such as selfies, standard photos, video, and audio files where end-users can alter, manipulate or replicate the content against a competing clock for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. In addition, a sender or system administrator may grant preferred end-users pre-release authority to replicate the sender's original content within the server so that it may later be compared against the sender's original content sent to a website display or gallery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Fredrick T Howard
  • Publication number: 20200193482
    Abstract: The system facilitates time restricted audio content where specified end users can alter or manipulate the content for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. After going live, the content may be voted on by additional end users for a predetermined period of time. At the end of the predetermined period of time, content with a score lower than a threshold may be removed from the server. In an embodiment, advertising content may be displayed in place of the removed content for a limited time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Fredrick T. Howard
  • Publication number: 20190005419
    Abstract: This system introduces photo imagery, video imagery, animation imagery, graphic interchange format (GIF) imagery, written content imagery, audio wave imagery, audio file imagery, and streaming media imagery, which is subject to an appearing, disappearing, deletion, and expiring time restriction as set by the sender or system administrator. The system primarily facilitates time restricted appearing content such as selfies, standard photos, video, and audio files where end-users can alter, manipulate or replicate the content against a competing clock for a predetermined period of time while the content is still in a server or electrical storage device prior to going live on a social media website or in a private in-house website forum. In addition, a sender or system administrator may grant preferred end-users pre-release authority to replicate the sender's original content within the server so that it may later be compared against the sender's original content sent to a website display or gallery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Fredrick T Howard
  • Publication number: 20110099683
    Abstract: A process to produce clothing for a male and clothing for a female that is different than the clothing for the male includes the steps of providing at least first and second pieces of like clothing; forming apertures in each piece of clothing by shooting the clothing with a firearm; marking the first piece of clothing at a first location to indicate the first piece of clothing is for males; and, marking the second piece of clothing at a second location different from the first location to indicate the second piece of clothing is for females.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Fredrick T. Howard
  • Publication number: 20100043195
    Abstract: A method to protect a police officer receiving small arms fire utilizes a pliable armor sheet of interconnected, hinged, articulating panels. During construction of a police vehicle outwardly curving convex panel windows are utilized and made from tempered glass or from laminated glass including an outer convex surface, a first glass panel, a second glass panel, and a polymer sheet intermediate said first and second glass panels. The armor sheet is mounted in a dispensing unit housing in a wound configuration in said driver's side door for deployment therefrom at an angle canted inwardly toward said interior of said frame, to contact directly with said outer convex surface of a convex window in the driver's side door to form a canted convex small arms fire-resistant laminate comprising the armor sheet and the window in the driver's side door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Fredrick T. Howard
  • Publication number: 20090241318
    Abstract: A method to protect a police officer receiving small arms fire utilizes a pliable armor sheet of interconnected, hinged, articulating panels. During construction of a police vehicle outwardly curving convex panel windows are utilized and made from tempered glass or from laminated glass including an outer convex surface, a first glass panel, a second glass panel, and a polymer sheet intermediate said first and second glass panels. The armor sheet is mounted in a dispensing unit housing in a wound configuration in said driver's side door for deployment therefrom at an angle canted inwardly toward said interior of said frame, to contact directly with said outer convex surface of a convex window in the driver's side door to form a canted convex small arms fire-resistant laminate comprising the armor sheet and the window in the driver's side door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Fredrick T. Howard
  • Publication number: 20080184478
    Abstract: A steam-water shower provides an inexpensive and easy to operate system which is low operating cost and easy to convert a convention shower to the present invented shower. This shower has a pivotal top which is hinged, at one end to the upper end of one of the walls. The top is provided with a slid able rod to enable to open and closed the top whichever is desirable. When steam shower is desired, the top can be closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventor: Fredrick T. Howard