Patents by Inventor John A. Sutton

John A. Sutton 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: 20140098523
    Abstract: A lighted safety belt to provide path lighting for the wearer and to signal presence of the wearer on approaching traffic. The safety belt comprises a band of flexible nylon material having a front segment and a rear segment, a series of light emitting diodes in the front segment to provide path lighting in a direction of movement of the wearer, a light diffusing strip coextensive with a portion of the rear segment of the band to scatter light emitted from a series of light-emitting diodes associated therewith, a battery, a wiring harness to provide electrical power to path-lighting diodes and the diffusing strip, and a controller to control on-off switching of power to or blinking pattern for the path-lighting diodes and the diffusing strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: JOHN A. SUTTON
  • Patent number: 4741539
    Abstract: A board game comprising a playing board of general hexagonal configuration, the playing area being divided into six triangular areas each representing a trait of the personality and each triangular area being divided into contiguous hexagonal areas; at least one set of cards printed with questions to be answered by the players to determine their progress during the game and a plurality of tokens for placing on the board to indicate the position and/or progress of a player during the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: John A. Sutton
    Inventors: John A. Sutton, Philip E. Sawyer