Patents by Inventor James E. Tucker

James E. Tucker 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: 20240115831
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide customized feedback content during a meditation experience. For example, an example process may include obtaining physiological data via one or more sensors, determining that an attentive state based on the physiological data, customizing feedback content based on a user attribute to change the attentive state during the meditation mode, and providing the customized feedback content during the meditation mode after a delay time based on the user attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christine E. Welch, Alastair K. Fettes, Amy E. DeDonato, Christine Godwin, Dorian D. Dargan, Eric Landreneau, Gary I. Butcher, Grant H. Mulliken, Hugh A. Sider, Izzet B. Yildiz, James D. Dusseau, Jean-Francois St-Amour, Joanne Lee, Lucie Belanger, Michael B. Tucker, Philipp Rockel, Theodore Nestor Panagiotopoulos
  • Patent number: 7577680
    Abstract: The present invention provides network based reporting techniques designed to meet the needs of subscription based marketers. Clients access, edit report on, and analyze their subscriber database using the Internet, for example. In a representative embodiment, a plurality of client computers connect to the Internet using a local area network (LAN), for example. The client computers pass security protocols before gaining access to web, application, and database servers. Once connected, the client computers are able to retrieve and display information using a web browser. Database contents are denormalized to provide the capability to generate reports based upon relatively large amounts of information. In addition, the data is transformed into a structure specifically to facilitate and enhance multi-channel subscription marketing activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Integrated Marketing Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Williams, Mace Wolf, James E Tucker
  • Patent number: 4821681
    Abstract: A birdfeeder includes a upwardly-opening tray (12) that has an center post or rod (14) affixed thereto and a cover or hood (16) supported on the post and biased by biasing member (32) towards an upward collar (20) with the biasing member accommodating tilting of the cover upon the application of an external force to eject the species that produces the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventor: James E. Tucker
  • Patent number: 4688541
    Abstract: An attachment for a barbecue grill consists of a generally L-shaped support frame that is formed by bending wire to a generally U-shaped configuration with the free ends of the wire having downwardly bent portions that act as hooks for supporting the frame on clips attached to the rim of the grill. A serving board has grooves extending from the lower surface thereon for receiving the rod portions so that the board is securely positioned on the frame and also has gripping openings so that the board can easily be removed for use as a serving tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James C. Stephen, James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: 4677964
    Abstract: A gas grill includes a cart and a cooking vessel supported on the cart with the cooking vessel having a lower gas burner assembly, an intermediate sear grid assembly and an upper cooking grid. The sear grid assembly includes inverted V-shaped sear bars that cause evaporation of greases from the food on the cooking grid. The cooking vessel has a lower removable grease pit for any unvaporized grease and a separate burner unit is supported on the cart. The cart also has a fuel indicator device for supporting a portable tank. The burner assembly is constructed to be assembled without the use of any tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: Charles W. Lohmeyer, Erich J. Schlosser, James E. Tucker, James C. Stephen, Andrzej Leja, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: 4635613
    Abstract: A portable outdoor grill including a hemispherical bowl and a hemispherical lid with the bowl having outwardly-directed flanges supported on spaced side members of a cart. The side members have lid-supporting clips adjacent the bowl that support the lid in an upright position adjacent the bowl. The clips are held on the side members for limited longitudinal movement by offset ends on an article-support surface to be assemblable without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, James C. Stephen, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: 4632061
    Abstract: A birdfeeder consisting of a center column or post that has a multi-sided sloped roof on the upper end thereof and downwardly-directed abutments spaced inwardly from the outer edges. A lower support member is carried by the post and a plurality of identical compartments are configured to be inserted by sliding engagement with the outer wall against the abutment and subsequent inward tilting to position the lower edge over the support member to rest on the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, Charles W. Lohmeyer, John Beecher, III, James C. Stephen
  • Patent number: 4195421
    Abstract: A shape matching device includes a frame for rotatably supporting a generally conical container having a plurality of input apertures in a circumferential mantle. Each input aperture is shaped and dimensioned to allow insertion into the container of only one of a plurality of associated blocks. The tapered end of the container is truncated to provide an exit aperture dimensioned for unobstructed ejection of the associated blocks from the container. Along the interior surface of the mantle, a pair of curved longitudinal ribs is provided to support the blocks when the container is rotated in a counterclockwise direction and provide a gravitational slide for the blocks toward the exit aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, Burton C. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4150839
    Abstract: A riding vehicle includes a body and a top portion defining a seat upon which the operator of the vehicle may sit. A plurality of wheels are rotatably secured to the body for movement over a suitable surface. A pair of the wheels are pivotally mounted on a steering column for controlling the direction of the vehicle. A grasping mechanism including a pair of operable jaw members is mounted by the steering column to permit grasping of objects such as, toys, balls, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, Burton C. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4140325
    Abstract: A riding toy vehicle for picking up objects from a playing surface such as the floor, comprises a vehicle body having a seat, an open mouth adjacent the forward end and a bottom wall rearward of the mouth for holding the objects as they are picked up. A pair of front and rear wheels are provided for supporting the body for movement over the playing surface and a pair of pick up members are mounted for rotation in the mouth and are driven independently by the front wheels for engaging the objects on the playing surface and moving them upwardly onto the bottom wall of the body through the open mouth. A deflectable tongue is provided to extend downwardly towards the bottom wall for retaining the objects that are picked up once they are positioned on the bottom wall in the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, Burton C. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4107872
    Abstract: An action toy for children of tender years useful on land and water comprises a body having an outer surface shaped to resemble a human form in a generally horizontal position as in riding the surf. The body includes a pair of forwardly extending spaced apart arms and a pair of rearwardly extending spaced apart legs. A pair of relatively large wheels formed of flotation material such as resilient foam are mounted for rotation on a pair of spaced apart transverse axes extending between opposite outer end portions of the arms and legs respectively, and a power source such as a rubber band is provided for rotatively driving at least one of the wheels to propel the toy across a supporting surface or across the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Marvin Glass & Associates
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, Joseph M. Burck, Howard J. Morrison
  • Patent number: D289094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James C. Stephen, James E. Tucker, Charles W. Lohmeyer, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D289210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D297271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D297272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D298406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James C. Stephen, James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D298792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John F. Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D299996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D299997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products Co.
    Inventors: James E. Tucker, John Beecher, III
  • Patent number: D302675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Inventor: James E. Tucker