Patents by Inventor Jay Fording
Jay Fording 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).
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Patent number: 11910985Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc.Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, Jr., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Publication number: 20220218104Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and apparatus related to a storage system. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a foldable panel. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a fixed portion and a sliding portion configured to slide relative to the fixed portion. A modular storage system may be provided including a plurality of cabinet units that may fixedly attach to each other. A locking mechanism including a locking foot and locking element may be provided for connecting multiple cabinets in a modular cabinet assembly. Some embodiments may include a drawer and secondary work surface assembly for a shelf capable of use in a cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: John A. HERMANN, Jay FORDING, Bob HARDISON, Mike WEBB
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Patent number: 11206922Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and apparatus related to a storage system. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a foldable panel. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a fixed portion and a sliding portion configured to slide relative to the fixed portion. A modular storage system may be provided including a plurality of cabinet units that may fixedly attach to each other. A locking mechanism including a locking foot and locking element may be provided for connecting multiple cabinets in a modular cabinet assembly. Some embodiments may include a drawer and secondary work surface assembly for a shelf capable of use in a cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Great Star Industrial USA, LLCInventors: John A. Hermann, Jay Fording, Bob Hardison, Mike Webb
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Publication number: 20210315429Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Publication number: 20200178686Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and apparatus related to a storage system. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a foldable panel. The storage system may include one or more cabinets having shelves including a fixed portion and a sliding portion configured to slide relative to the fixed portion. A modular storage system may be provided including a plurality of cabinet units that may fixedly attach to each other. A locking mechanism including a locking foot and locking element may be provided for connecting multiple cabinets in a modular cabinet assembly. Some embodiments may include a drawer and secondary work surface assembly for a shelf capable of use in a cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: John A. HERMANN, Jay FORDING, Bob HARDISON, Mike WEBB
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Publication number: 20190038095Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Patent number: 10111562Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, Jr., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Publication number: 20170086630Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Jay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, JR., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Publication number: 20160199968Abstract: A hammer comprising a handle and a hammer head. The hammer head includes an integrally molded crash-proof portion therewith that extends downwardly from an initial surface and at least partially wraps the side of the handle beneath the striking face of the hammer head, wherein the initial surface is a surface coinciding the interface between the hammer head and the handle of an ordinary hammer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2013Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Wentian Yu, Alex Ogle, Andy Pardue, Daniel Lyalls, Scott Suttle, Jay Fording
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Publication number: 20050109659Abstract: Dry powder blister packages include sealed blisters with a piezoelectric active layer that flexes to vibrate the dry powder in a blister to facilitate active dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Anthony Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Warden, Keith Johnson, Mark Ketner, Jay Fording, Michael Garten, William Riley, Sean Anderson, Bruce Ferris, Paul Rockwell
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Publication number: 20050103337Abstract: Dry powder inhalers with a multi-dose dry powder package for dispensing pharmaceutical grade formulations of inhalable dry powder, include: (a) a blister package comprising a plurality of spaced apart sealed blisters thereon, each blister having a projecting ceiling and a floor defining a blister channel therebetween, the blister channel comprising a dry powder therein; (b) a movable blade cartridge holding a blade at a forward portion thereof; and (c) an extendable mouthpiece attached to the movable blade cartridge. In operation, a user pulls the mouthpiece outward and then pushes the mouthpiece inward to cause the blister package to advance to position a blister in a selected dispensing position in the inhaler and to cause the blade cartridge to move the blade across a blister ceiling held in the dispensing position in the inhaler to thereby open the blister held in the dispensing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: Anthony James Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Warden, Keith Arthur Johnson, Mark Ketner, Jay Fording, Michael Garten, William Riley, Sean Anderson, Bruce Ferris, Paul Rockwell
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Patent number: D492441Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Reed A. Bradford, James H. Toney, Jr., Ian W. Cunningham, Jay Fording, Keith G. Savas
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Patent number: D581113Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Kiyoshi Hoshino, Curtis J. Eccardt, Edgar Montague, Jay Fording, Arthur Wu
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Patent number: D904081Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL USA, LLCInventors: John A. Hermann, Jay Fording, Bob Hardison, Mike Webb