Patents by Inventor John Berra

John Berra 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: 5414408
    Abstract: An emergency action plan for coordinating the activities of emergency action teams during an emergency condition including a display, an emergency icon supported by the display, a plurality of action lines extending downwardly on a surface of the display relative to the emergency icon, a plurality of team member blocks supported by the display and connected to the action lines on the display, a plurality of action indicators connected by the action lines from the team member blocks, and a plurality of position areas arranged on the display and supporting at least some of the action indicators thereon. Each of the position areas is a rectangular surface extending over a portion of the display. Each of the position areas is of a different color than an adjacent position area. The position areas vary in visual prominence relative to the importance of the position during the emergency condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Inventor: John Berra
  • Patent number: 5280271
    Abstract: An emergency action plan comprising: a display, an emergency icon illustrated at the top of the display for identifying an emergency condition, a plurality of action lines extending downwardly on the display from the emergency icon for directing the steps to be taken in an emergency condition, a plurality of team member blocks of desired color, and a plurality of action indicators connected by action lines to the team member blocks. The importance of a team member block in relation to another team member block corresponds to the brightness of the color of the team member block, the team member block of most importance being positioned in the middle of the display. The action indicators have a color corresponding to the color of the particular team member block to which it is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Inventor: John Berra