Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Lowell

Jeffrey Lowell 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: 20230145842
    Abstract: A repositionable closet bar for hanging clothes includes an elongate rigid bar having a distal section, a proximal section, an intermediate section between the distal section and the proximal section, and a downward-directed seat. The elongate rigid bar is formed with molded walls forming upward-facing walls and side walls that are reinforced by ribs connecting the walls. The elongate rigid bar is configured to be positioned between a closet shelf and a closet rod, repositioned side-to-side between the closet shelf and rod and repositioned in a forward or rearward direction between the closet shelf and rod. When in use, no portion of the bar is fastened to the closet shelf or the closet rod. The downward-directed seat is configured to engage an upward-facing surface of the closet rod when the flat upward-facing wall of the distal section engages the bottom surface of the closet shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Closet Toolz Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Streets
  • Patent number: 11571064
    Abstract: A system includes a rail having a rail body that includes a perimeter edge and first and second channels. The first and second channels each include a seat, brace and passageway extending from the perimeter edge of the rail body to the seat. Each seat has an arc greater than 90 degrees. An upwardly directed surface of a first brace may be substantially colinear with the second upwardly directed surface of a second brace, and the first and second channels are separated by a working area that may be used to secure hook, pegs and the like. The first and second elongate rigid bars are configured to be positioned between a closet shelf and rod. Each rigid bar includes a distal section with an upward facing surface for engaging the closet shelf, a downward facing surface for engaging the closet rod, and an intermediate section having a semicircular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Closet Toolz Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Streets
  • Publication number: 20220338626
    Abstract: A system includes a rail having a rail body that includes a perimeter edge and first and second channels. The first and second channels each include a seat, brace and passageway extending from the perimeter edge of the rail body to the seat. Each seat has an arc greater than 90 degrees. An upwardly directed surface of a first brace may be substantially colinear with the second upwardly directed surface of a second brace, and the first and second channels are separated by a working area that may be used to secure hook, pegs and the like. The first and second elongate rigid bars are configured to be positioned between a closet shelf and rod. Each rigid bar includes a distal section with an upward facing surface for engaging the closet shelf, a downward facing surface for engaging the closet rod, and an intermediate section having a semicircular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Streets
  • Patent number: 11350742
    Abstract: A repositionable closet bar for hanging clothes includes an elongate rigid bar having distal, proximal and intermediate sections, wherein the distal section has an upward-facing surface for engaging a bottom surface of a closet shelf, wherein the intermediate section has an upward-facing surface that is convex for receiving and supporting a hook of a clothes hanger, wherein the proximal section has an upward-facing surface that extends radially outward beyond at least a portion of the convex surface of the intermediate section, and wherein the elongate rigid bar further includes a downward-facing surface for engaging a top surface of a closet rod. The repositionable closet bar may optionally further include a hook extending from a proximal end, a first compressible gripping pad for engaging the bottom surface of the closet shelf and/or a second compressible gripping pad for engaging the top surface of the closet rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Closet Toolz Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Streets
  • Patent number: 9861899
    Abstract: A mobile application is disclosed enabling a first sporting event spectator to efficiently record game actions and a second sporting event spectator to simultaneously record real-time video of the game actions. Using a mobile device having a touch screen, the first user can efficiently, and with limited user interaction, indicate fast paced game actions of players engaged in a sport. Using a separate mobile device, or a video system in communication with a network, the second user can record video of a presently occurring game in which the game actions occur. A system in communication with the first and second users' devices can receive indications of game actions, and receive video of the game, and associate each indicated game action with a portion of the video of the game action. The system may, for example, use these associations to generate an index that enables users to view descriptions of the game actions and jump to corresponding video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sports Logic Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson, Darrell Knudson
  • Patent number: 9772758
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an administration system which facilitates efficient setup, organization, and maintenance of tournaments, including league games. In particular, the administration system provides a user-friendly, intuitive and efficient-to-use interface for organizing tournaments and tournament brackets. The user interfaces and methods described provide tournament organizers and administrators with the ability to quickly and dynamically build custom tournament brackets of virtually any desired depth and configuration. The administration system, and in particular the tournament bracket management user interfaces, enable tournament administrators to focus on the task of building a custom tournament bracket structure quickly, while also automatically handling the minute logistics underlying the tournament such as when and where games are to be played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SPORTS LOGIC GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson
  • Patent number: 9454993
    Abstract: A mobile application is disclosed enabling a first sporting event spectator to efficiently record game actions and a second sporting event spectator to simultaneously record real-time video of the game actions. Using a mobile device having a touch screen, the first user can efficiently, and with limited user interaction, indicate fast paced game actions of players engaged in a sport. Using a separate mobile device, or a video system in communication with a network, the second user can record video of a presently occurring game in which the game actions occur. A system in communication with the first and second users' devices can receive indications of game actions, and receive video of the game, and associate each indicated game action with a portion of the video of the game action. The system may, for example, use these associations to generate an index that enables users to view descriptions of the game actions and jump to corresponding video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sports Logic Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson, Darrell Knudson
  • Patent number: 9451334
    Abstract: A mobile application is disclosed enabling a first sporting event spectator to efficiently record game actions and a second sporting event spectator to simultaneously record real-time video of the game actions. Using a mobile device having a touch screen, the first user can efficiently, and with limited user interaction, indicate fast paced game actions of players engaged in a sport. Using a separate mobile device, or a video system in communication with a network, the second user can record video of a presently occurring game in which the game actions occur. A system in communication with the first and second users' devices can receive indications of game actions, and receive video of the game, and associate each indicated game action with a portion of the video of the game action. The system may, for example, use these associations to generate an index that enables users to view descriptions of the game actions and jump to corresponding video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sports Logic Group, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson, Darrell Knudson
  • Patent number: 9330726
    Abstract: A mobile application is disclosed enabling a first sporting event spectator to efficiently record game actions and a second sporting event spectator to simultaneously record real-time video of the game actions. Using a mobile device having a touch screen, the first user can efficiently, and with limited user interaction, indicate fast paced game actions of players engaged in a sport. Using a separate mobile device, or a video system in communication with a network, the second user can record video of a presently occurring game in which the game actions occur. A system in communication with the first and second users' devices can receive indications of game actions, and receive video of the game, and associate each indicated game action with a portion of the video of the game action. The system may, for example, use these associations to generate an index that enables users to view descriptions of the game actions and jump to corresponding video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SPORTS LOGIC GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson, Darrell Knudson
  • Publication number: 20160070452
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an administration system which facilitates efficient setup, organization, and maintenance of tournaments, including league games. In particular, the administration system provides a user-friendly, intuitive and efficient-to-use interface for organizing tournaments and tournament brackets. The user interfaces and methods described provide tournament organizers and administrators with the ability to quickly and dynamically build custom tournament brackets of virtually any desired depth and configuration. The administration system, and in particular the tournament bracket management user interfaces, enable tournament administrators to focus on the task of building a custom tournament bracket structure quickly, while also automatically handling the minute logistics underlying the tournament such as when and where games are to be played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson
  • Patent number: 9233310
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an administration system which facilitates efficient setup, organization, and maintenance of tournaments, including league games. In particular, the administration system provides a user-friendly, intuitive and efficient-to-use interface for organizing tournaments and tournament brackets. The user interfaces and methods described provide tournament organizers and administrators with the ability to quickly and dynamically build custom tournament brackets of virtually any desired depth and configuration. The administration system, and in particular the tournament bracket management user interfaces, enable tournament administrators to focus on the task of building a custom tournament bracket structure quickly, while also automatically handling the minute logistics underlying the tournament such as when and where games are to be played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SPORTS LOGIC GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson
  • Publication number: 20150111642
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an administration system which facilitates efficient setup, organization, and maintenance of tournaments, including league games. In particular, the administration system provides a user-friendly, intuitive and efficient-to-use interface for organizing tournaments and tournament brackets. The user interfaces and methods described provide tournament organizers and administrators with the ability to quickly and dynamically build custom tournament brackets of virtually any desired depth and configuration. The administration system, and in particular the tournament bracket management user interfaces, enable tournament administrators to focus on the task of building a custom tournament bracket structure quickly, while also automatically handling the minute logistics underlying the tournament such as when and where games are to be played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Sports Logic Group, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson
  • Patent number: 8753213
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an administration system which facilitates efficient setup, organization, and maintenance of tournaments, including league games. In particular, the administration system provides a user-friendly, intuitive and efficient-to-use interface for organizing tournaments and tournament brackets. The user interfaces and methods described provide tournament organizers and administrators with the ability to quickly and dynamically build custom tournament brackets of virtually any desired depth and configuration. The administration system, and in particular the tournament bracket management user interfaces, enable tournament administrators to focus on the task of building a custom tournament bracket structure quickly, while also automatically handling the minute logistics underlying the tournament such as when and where games are to be played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Sports Logic Group, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell Lawson
  • Publication number: 20050188779
    Abstract: A shift lever assembly is provided that includes a shift lever having a fulcrum. A shift lever arm is attached to the shift lever. The shift lever arm has a first cable attachment site disposed at a first radial distance from the fulcrum. A short throw assembly is attached to one of the shift lever and the shift lever arm. The short throw assembly has a second cable attachment site disposed at a second radial distance from the fulcrum, such that second radial distance is greater than the first radial distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell
  • Patent number: 6590481
    Abstract: An electrically powered, fast acting transfer switch utilizes a single action solenoid that, alternately, through a mechanical assembly, moves the handle of one electric power switch between OFF and ON positions. A coupling including a rigid strap operates the handle of a second electric power switch oppositely between ON and OFF positions. The mechanical assembly includes an electromagnet drive plate to which the electromagnet of the solenoid is secured and an armature drive plate carrying the solenoid armature. A latch mechanism alternately holds one drive plate and then the other stationary so that the electromagnet and armature alternately move to effect reciprocal movement of the handle of the one electric power switch, and through the rigid strap, the handle of the second electric power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: David Curtis Turner, Jeffrey Lowell Woods, David Michael Olszewski, William Ellsworth Beatty, Jr., Ronald Dale Hartzel
  • Patent number: 6577216
    Abstract: An electrically powered, fast acting transfer switch utilizes two electric power switches mounted in spaced relation with the handles confronting and moveable in a common plane, but in opposite directions, so that when simultaneously operated by an electrically powered operator positioned between the two switches, one switch is ON and the other is OFF. A mechanical assembly converts the motion of a single acting solenoid into reciprocal operation of the switch handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: David Curtis Turner, Jeffrey Lowell Woods, David Michael Olszewski, William Ellsworth Beatty, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6464056
    Abstract: A hydraulic coupling for use in a vehicle drivetrain includes a housing and a pair of rotary members projecting therefrom. The hydraulic coupling also includes a hydraulic circuit defining a low-pressure portion wherein the hydraulic fluid is at a first, lower pressure and a high-pressure portion wherein the hydraulic fluid is in a second, elevated pressure relative to the first pressure. A hydraulic pump is operatively supported within the housing and located within the path of the hydraulic circuit between the low pressure and high-pressure portions. The hydraulic pump is operable to pump hydraulic fluid from the low-pressure portion to the high-pressure portion of the hydraulic circuit. In addition, a clutch is supported within the housing and located within the high-pressure portion of the hydraulic circuit. The clutch is actuable by hydraulic fluid that is pumped by the hydraulic pump at the second, elevated pressure to couple the pair of rotary members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lowell, Brian D. Macy, Joseph Treiber
  • Publication number: 20020105397
    Abstract: An electrically powered, fast acting transfer switch utilizes two electric power switches mounted in spaced relation with the handles confronting and moveable in a common plane, but in opposite directions, so that when simultaneously operated by an electrically powered operator positioned between the two switches, one switch is ON and the other is OFF. A mechanical assembly converts the motion of a single acting solenoid into reciprocal operation of the switch handles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: David Curtis Turner, Jeffrey Lowell Woods, David Michael Olszewski, William Ellsworth Beatty
  • Publication number: 20020093405
    Abstract: An electrically powered, fast acting transfer switch utilizes a single action solenoid that, alternately, through a mechanical assembly, moves the handle of one electric power switch between OFF and ON positions. A coupling including a rigid strap operates the handle of a second electric power switch oppositely between ON and OFF positions. The mechanical assembly includes an electromagnet drive plate to which the electromagnet of the solenoid is secured and an armature drive plate carrying the solenoid armature. A latch mechanism alternately holds one drive plate and then the other stationary so that the electromagnet and armature alternately move to effect reciprocal movement of the handle of the one electric power switch, and through the rigid strap, the handle of the second electric power switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: David Curtis Turner, Jeffrey Lowell Woods, David Michael Olszewski, William Ellsworth Beatty, Ronald Dale Hartzel
  • Patent number: 6168545
    Abstract: A limited slip differential for use with an automotive vehicle comprising differential gearing including a pair of differential side gears, one side gear being connected to each of two axle shafts for vehicle traction wheels, a differential carrier housing supporting differential pinions engageable with the side gears, the differential carrier being connected drivably through a drive shaft to the vehicle engine, first and second clutches connecting the differential carrier with each side gear, a mechanical cam mechanism for transferring a clutch-engaging force from the carrier to each of the clutches, thereby establishing a mechanical torque bias in the differential mechanism, and a clutch spring acting on each clutch to partially engage the clutches whereby the clutch-engaging force increases as a function of engine throttle position at a first rate for low engine throttle settings and at a higher rate for advanced engine throttle settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Lowell