Patents by Inventor James McLain

James McLain 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: 20260111807
    Abstract: A container management system including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may receive a request associated with a container and a user device location from a user device. The processor may obtain the request and the user device location from the transceiver, and may estimate a container location based on the user device location. The processor may further predict a type of content stored in the container based on the container location. The processor may additionally transmit an information associated with the type of content and the request to an external computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: Swap Out, LLC
    Inventor: James McLain
  • Patent number: 12478128
    Abstract: Disclosed is a waterproof shoe with an improved ventilation mechanism, designed to circulate air from the outside environment through the shoe in order to provide convective cooling to a wearer's foot. In a desired embodiment, the shoe may incorporate a pump-ventilation mechanism which, coupled with airflow channels incorporated in the upper, acts to establish continuous substantially one-way airflow through the shoe in a heel-to-toe direction while a user walks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: TBL Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Dulude, Brian Lee Strother, James McLain, Stephen Douglas Ammon, Thomas Yeh, Emily V. Miller
  • Publication number: 20220225725
    Abstract: Disclosed is a waterproof shoe with an improved ventilation mechanism, designed to circulate air from the outside environment through the shoe in order to provide convective cooling to a wearer's foot. In a desired embodiment, the shoe may incorporate a pump-ventilation mechanism which, coupled with airflow channels incorporated in the upper, acts to establish continuous substantially one-way airflow through the shoe in a heel-to-toe direction while a user walks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TBL Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Dulude, Brian Lee Strother, James McLain, Stephen Douglas Ammon, Thomas Yeh, Emily V. Miller
  • Patent number: 11297893
    Abstract: Disclosed is a waterproof shoe with an improved ventilation mechanism, designed to circulate air from the outside environment through the shoe in order to provide convective cooling to a wearer's foot. In a desired embodiment, the shoe may incorporate a pump-ventilation mechanism which, coupled with airflow channels incorporated in the upper, acts to establish continuous substantially one-way airflow through the shoe in a heel-to-toe direction while a user walks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TBL Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Dulude, Brian Lee Strother, James McLain, Stephen Douglas Ammon, Thomas Yeh, Emily V. Miller
  • Publication number: 20190365023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a waterproof shoe with an improved ventilation mechanism, designed to circulate air from the outside environment through the shoe in order to provide convective cooling to a wearer's foot. In a desired embodiment, the shoe may incorporate a pump-ventilation mechanism which, coupled with airflow channels incorporated in the upper, acts to establish continuous substantially one-way airflow through the shoe in a heel-to-toe direction while a user walks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: TBL Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Dulude, Brian Lee Strother, James McLain, Stephen Douglas Ammon, Thomas Yeh, Emily V. Miller