Patents by Inventor James Albert Gavney

James Albert Gavney 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: 20240117980
    Abstract: An air treatment system includes germicidal air circulation unit with a germicidal chamber with disinfection stages or channels each having UVC LED light engines therein. The air treatment system includes an intake port, an exhaust port and a circulation fan that pushes or pulls air into and through the germicidal chamber. The germicidal chamber can include baffle structures and can contain a metal-oxide material and/or a metal-sulfide material. The air treatment system includes a control unit and sensor that regulates air flow provided by the circulation fan and/or the fluence or power levels of the UVC LED light engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ARURA BLUE LLC
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, JR., Jesse James Graham, Blane Goettle
  • Publication number: 20240044461
    Abstract: A T-LED light engine that provides up-light and down light. The T-LED has a top lens that emits a “bat-wing” light pattern and a bottom lens that emits a Lambertion light pattern. The T-LED light engine has an internal or on-board driver unit and/or on-board control unit. End caps of the T-LED light engine can be removed to service or replace internal components. The end caps have two-pin contact configurations that mate with tombstone style sockets or connectors and/or have bridge connector for connecting multiple T-LED light engines in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Earth Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Donald A. Peifer, James Albert Gavney, JR., Todd Farmer
  • Publication number: 20220168459
    Abstract: A germicidal light fixture includes a disinfecting chambers or germicidal camber with a UV or UVC light engine therein for treating air. The disinfecting chamber is in communication with ventilation that includes for examples fans the draws untreated air into the disinfecting chamber and pushes treated and sanitized air out of the germicidal chamber. To control residency times that volumes of air spend within the disinfecting chamber, stationary baffles, ribbons, tabs or other structures or structures protrude from interior walls of the disinfecting chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: AURA BLUE LLC
    Inventors: Biane Goettle, Yan Zhou, James Albert Gavney, JR.
  • Patent number: 9386897
    Abstract: A device comprising an absorbent structure and one or more resilient contact elements integrated into the absorbent structure is disclosed. The absorbent structure is preferably a sponge or foam structure and the resilient contact elements are squeegees, nodules, or combinations thereof. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the resilient contact elements include anchor features that are embedded within the absorbent stricture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: IGI LLC
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, Jr., Jerry Mix
  • Publication number: 20160072937
    Abstract: A auto-response message (ARM) system is disclosed. In operation a sender generates an executable ARM and sends the executable ARM to one or more contacts, receivers or recipients. When one more contacts, receivers or recipients accepts the ARM, the ARM is executed to remind the or more contacts, receivers or recipients of an activity, event or some other time sensitive subject. In further embodiments, a user sets their smart device to send and ARM responses to incoming texts or phone calls based on the user's activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: James Albert Gavney, JR.
  • Patent number: 9168116
    Abstract: A device with two or more regions configured to clean or treat a working surface is disclosed. Preferably, the device is an oral-care device with a power cleaning head. The power cleaning head comprises two or more regions, wherein at least one of the regions is configured to move and wherein at least one of the regions comprises a squeegee element. Preferably, the regions are configured to independently rotate, oscillate, vibrate or otherwise move while cleaning teeth and gums and can each include bristles, nodules, squeegee elements, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, Jr., Jerry Mix
  • Publication number: 20150207961
    Abstract: A video system is disclosed that include a video robot. The video robot includes a video capturing device and a location sensing mechanism for sensing locations of a target within a space. The robot also include a mechanism for automatically selecting a field of view of the video capturing device to correspond to the locations of the subject as the subject moves through the locations in the space. In the method of the invention, locations of the target are monitored with a video capturing unit using location signals transmitted from a sensor on or near the target. Based on the locations of the target, the field of view of the video capturing unit to automatically adjusted to correspond to the locations of the subject as the subject moves through the space while the video unit simultaneously captures video data and displays representations of the video data on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: James Albert Gavney, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150208032
    Abstract: A system for manipulating content data such as video, word documents, graphics, spread sheets and data bases is disclosed. The system includes a networked viewing device that displays representations of the content data that pushed from or originating from a applications running on a networked computing device, such as a smart phone. This viewing device includes a touch screen or a periphery tool, such as keyboard and/or a computer mouse which is synchronized to the computing device for manipulating the content data while viewing a representation of the content data on the viewing device. In further embodiments of the invention the a periphery tool is the computing device, whereby a control application is running on the computing device to manipulate the content data originating from invisible application or program running on the computing device while the content data is displayed on the networked viewing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: James Albert Gavney, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150113746
    Abstract: A device comprising an absorbent structure and one or more resilient contact elements integrated into the absorbent structure is disclosed. The absorbent structure is preferably a sponge or foam structure and the resilient contact elements are squeegees, nodules, or combinations thereof. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the resilient contact elements include anchor features that are embedded within the absorbent stricture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: IGI LLC
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, JR., Jerry Mix
  • Patent number: 8943637
    Abstract: Multi-directional wiping elements are disclosed. The wiping elements comprise intersecting squeegee segments that provide top wiping squeegee edges and side wiping squeegee edges. Devices utilizing the multi-directional wiping elements of the present invention can include bristles that are configured to simultaneously wipe a working surface with the wiping elements. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, the multi-directional wiping elements are utilized in a toothbrush cleaning head that is configured to be operated manually or, alternatively, is motorized and is configured to rotate, oscillate, vibrate and/or move according to a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, Jr., Jerry Mix, Dennis Boyle, Rickson Sun, Christopher Loew, Pascal Homero Soboll, Daniel Sung-hwe Kim
  • Publication number: 20140201932
    Abstract: A device with two or more regions configured to clean or treat a working surface is disclosed. Preferably, the device is an oral-care device with a power cleaning head. The power cleaning head comprises two or more regions, wherein at least one of the regions is configured to move and wherein at least one of the regions comprises a squeegee element. Preferably, the regions are configured to independently rotate, oscillate, vibrate or otherwise move while cleaning teeth and gums and can each include bristles, nodules, squeegee elements, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, JR., Jerry Mix, Dennis Boyle, Rickson Sun, Christopher Loew, Pascal Homero Soboll, Daniel Sung-hwe Kim
  • Patent number: 6571417
    Abstract: A dentition cleaning device and system is disclosed for cleaning teeth, gums and dentures. The dentition cleaning device utilizes squeegees that protrude from a cleaning head to provide efficient contact of dentition surfaces during cleaning. The dentition cleaning device is particularly useful for cleaning teeth because the squeegee contact surfaces and remove residues, such as plaque, without causing significant abrasion to surrounding gum tissue which can lead to gum recession. The dentition cleaning device can be configured with bristle sections or with squeegees that are configured to retain water in squeegee channels. The dentition cleaning device is adaptable to water assisted tooth cleaning system and motorized electric teeth cleaning systems. The dentition cleaning device is also particularly useful to be used in conjunction with a low viscosity tooth cleaner that is capable of being delivered through a conventional pump dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, Jr., Gregory Lee Keaton
  • Patent number: 6463619
    Abstract: A device, system and method is disclosed for removing residues from a surface, for treating the surface and/or for applying materials to the surface. The device, system and method of the instant invention utilize a squeegee configuration with at least one curved elongated squeegee which provides wiping in plurality of directions against the surface. The squeegee configuration can also have bristles for brushing the surface and/or apertures for treating the surface. In still further embodiments, the squeegee configuration can have a sponge section and/or an abrasive section. Preferably, the curved elongated squeegee protrudes from a support structure, such as a toothbrush head or other household appliance. Squeegee configurations can include, a spiral squeegee, a continuous squeegee, a squiggling or wave-like squeegee, a squeegee segment and/or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: James Albert Gavney, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6319332
    Abstract: A device, system and method is disclosed for removing residues from surfaces and for applying materials to surfaces. The device system and method of the instant invention utilize a squeegee configuration with a first continuous squeegee edge. Preferably, the first continues squeegee edge protrudes from a squeegee support element with squeegee walls that extend in all directions of a wiping plane. Within the boundary formed by the first continuous squeegee edge there are preferably additional cleaning elements such as bristles, sponges and/or additional squeegees. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a second squeegee edge protrudes from the inner squeegee region of the first continuous squeegee edge to form a squeegee compartment. Cleaning solutions and other materials are applied to surfaces by placing the solutions or materials into the squeegee compartment and wiping the surface with the squeegee edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventors: James Albert Gavney, Jr., Gregory Lee Keaton
  • Publication number: 20010039689
    Abstract: A device, system and method is disclosed for removing residues from surfaces and for applying materials to surfaces. The device system and method of the instant invention utilize a squeegee configuration with a first continuous squeegee edge. Preferably, the first continues squeegee edge protrudes from a squeegee support element with squeegee walls that extend in all directions of a wiping plane. Within the boundary formed by the first continuous squeegee edge there are preferably additional cleaning elements such as bristles, sponges and/or additional squeegees. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a second squeegee edge protrudes from the inner squeegee region of the first continuous squeegee edge to form a squeegee compartment. Cleaning solutions and other materials are applied to surfaces by placing the solutions or materials into the squeegee compartment and wiping the surface with the squeegee edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: James Albert Gavney