Patents by Inventor Jerry Carlson

Jerry Carlson 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: 20110038159
    Abstract: A string of detachably connected lights may include a first light being magnetically detachably connected to a magnetic surface and a second light being magnetically detachably connected to the magnetic surface and being electrically connected to the first light. The first light may include a first filament, and the second light may include a second filament. The first light may include a first light base member, and the second light may include a second light base member. The first light may include a first magnetic housing member, and the second light may include a second housing member. The first housing member may include a first magnetic enclosure portion, and the second magnetic housing member may include a second magnetic enclosure portion. The first magnetic housing member may include a first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jerry Carlson
  • Publication number: 20100012204
    Abstract: A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Dale A. Stretch, Jeffrey C. Thompson, Mahesh Joshi, Shrikant Basurtekar, Jerry Carlson, Aaron H. Jagoda, Jayakumar Ravathur, Otto Schultheis, Glenn C. Fortune, Paul Brenner, Thomas J. Stoltz