Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Horton

Jerry L. Horton 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).

  • Patent number: 5091926
    Abstract: A head-activated fluoroscopic control which is characterized in a preferred embodiment by a continuous wave infrared transmitter located in a cartridge adapted for attachment to eyeglasses, a headband or other headpiece worn by a surgeon or attending physician and a detector or receiver tuned to the frequency of the continuous wave infrared transmitter for receiving a partially collimated infrared signal beam and activating a fluoroscope. The infrared transmitter emits the collimated beam and the beam is received by the receiver when the surgeon's head is turned toward the fluoroscope monitor upon which the receiver rests or in which the receiver is mounted, to facilitate selective operation of the fluoroscope during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Inventors: Jerry L. Horton, Claude H. Baines
  • Patent number: 4975937
    Abstract: A head-activated fluoroscopic control which is characterized in a preferred embodiment by a continuous wave infrared transmitter located in a cartridge adapted for attachment to eyeglasses, a headband or other headpiece worn by a surgeon or attending physician and a detector or receiver tuned to the frequency of the continuous wave infrared transmitter for receiving a partially collimated infrared signal beam and activating a fluoroscope. The infrared transmitter emits the collimated beam and the beam is received by the receiver when the surgeon's head is turned toward the fluoroscope monitor upon which the receiver rests or in which the receiver is mounted, to facilitate selective operation of the fluoroscope during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventors: Jerry L. Horton, Claude H. Baines
  • Patent number: 4537144
    Abstract: A propelled water craft which is generally characterized by a twin pontoon barge having a generally flat deck, a pair of seat pedestals mounted on the deck and carrying rotatable, folding seats, and further characterized by port and starboard variable speed, reversible motors mounted in the rear of the water craft behind each one of the pontoons and operative responsive to on-off pressure switches mounted on a portable support, and forward and reverse thrust switches, and speed control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Small Waters, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry L. Horton
  • Patent number: 4311108
    Abstract: A propelled water craft which is generally characterized by a twin pontoon barge having a generally flat deck, a seat pedestal mounted on the deck and carrying a rotatable, folding seat, and further characterized by port and starboard variable speed, reversible motors mounted in the rear of the water craft behind each one of the pontoons and operative responsive to on-off pressure switches, forward and reverse thrust switches, and speed controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Inventor: Jerry L. Horton