Patents by Inventor JoAnn Frank Knight

JoAnn Frank Knight 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: 20080291011
    Abstract: A system is provided to receive, analyze, and forward data from an electronic monitoring bracelet to a monitoring device capable to alert by means of light, sound, or vibration to the presence of a court mandated electronic bracelet worn by a convicted offender, especially a sexual predator. The system includes an electronic bracelet which emits a Radio Frequency signal or a Global Position Signal, a monitor to receive the GPS or RFM signal and to alert the user of the system to the presence of a braceleted offender in order to avoid contact with the offender. The system provides for a forwarding of the alert to persons, private or public, to aid in avoiding offender contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: JoAnn Frank Knight
  • Patent number: 4078745
    Abstract: A rotary kite suitable for rotation in a direction perpendicular to the wind flow is provided with a symmetrical wind receiving surface supported by a frame and open at the ends thereof permitting the passage of air currents therethrough with at least one vane attached to one end of the frame and extending beyond therefrom into the wind flow to cause rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventors: Carl Edward Knight, JoAnn Frank Knight