Patents by Inventor John Cramer
John Cramer 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).
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Publication number: 20230273334Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a single source vessel along a survey path, the source vessel towing a source and a first plurality of streamers; operating a streamer vessel along the survey path, the streamer vessel towing a second plurality of streamers; actuating the source; acquiring near-offset data with a first plurality of receivers; and acquiring long-offset data with a second plurality of receivers. A system includes a source vessel coupled to: a source; and a near-offset survey spread; a streamer vessel coupled to a long-offset survey spread, wherein a streamer spacing density of the long-offset survey spread is no greater than a streamer spacing density of the near-offset survey spread; and a survey plan including navigation information for the source vessel and the streamer vessel, wherein the navigation information directs the source vessel and the streamer vessel along a common survey path while the source is actuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: John CRAMER, Neil PADDY, Manuel BEITZ
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Publication number: 20190000111Abstract: Disclosed is a device (1, 100) for dispensing a food composition (13) from a receptacle (8, 108) comprising a compressed gas inlet (9, 109), the device comprising: a compressed gas source (12); a gas conduit (11) extending from the compressed gas source to a compressed gas outlet (10, 110); a housing (2, 102) surrounding the receptacle and having a door (3, 103) allowing access to the receptacle; and a mechanism (16, 17, 18, 19, 115, 118) for adjusting the relative position of the receptacle and compressed gas outlet in response to movement of the door to urge the compressed gas outlet (10, 110) and the compressed gas inlet (9, 109) into sealing engagement as the door is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: William John CRAMER, Gary Stephen HOWARD, Paul SCOTT, Andrew Julian STOCKDALE, Adrian Michael WOODWARD
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Publication number: 20160185321Abstract: An integrated liquid storage and powered liquid distribution system is secured to or integrated with a boat trailer to provide a rinse system for a boat trailer. It provides a maximum of storage volume through a novel storage tank configuration that is secured to the structure of an open-framework trailer construction. The storage tank is formed of a series of elongated cylinders that are interconnected to form a polygon. The cylinders are each sized to be located and secured to the vertical sides of individual trailer structural members, without extending substantially into the surrounding space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventor: John Cramer
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Patent number: 9145279Abstract: A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: FORCE MULTIPLIER, LLCInventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M. F. Welsch
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Patent number: 9066627Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include instant food systems and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for preparing a hot instant food product. The method can include adding a heated liquid to a container, adding a substantially dry food product mixture to the container, wherein the volume of the dry food product mixture is equal to at least 20% of the volume of heated liquid, placing a mixing head into the container, and rotating the mixing head for a period of less than sixty seconds in order to form a fully hydrated frothed food product. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation machine is included. In an embodiment, a mixing head is included. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation kit is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANYInventors: John Baranowski, Talia Salamon-Hickey, Susan Marie Caime, William John Cramer, John Allen Sinclair, Michael Roy Fairs
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Publication number: 20140027554Abstract: A belt-attachable caddy for carrying a retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet on the hook is wound. The hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidently to the deployed and retracted tines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: FORCE MULTIPLIER, LLCInventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M.F. Welsch
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Patent number: 8556313Abstract: A retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidentally to the deployed and retracted tines. A belt-attachable caddy houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet at the proximal end of the shaft can be wound.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Force Multiplier, LLCInventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M. F. Welsch
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Publication number: 20130069380Abstract: A retractable and fast-deploying grappling hook has a plurality of tines foldable around a central shaft that can quickly be individually set into a deployed position or a retracted position with no more than two turns of a capping head. The speed and ease of operation of the deploying and locking mechanism are due in part to the concavely machined undersurface of the head which mirrors the path end of the tines hinged to the side of the shaft. The same locking maneuver and adjustment of the head apply coincidentally to the deployed and retracted tines. A belt-attachable caddy houses a slotted receptacle for a removable plate mounting a take-up reel around which a cable secured to an eyelet at the proximal end of the shaft can be wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Brian M. Miller, John Cramer, David B. Lyon, Eric J. Hostetler, Bernard M.F. Welsch
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Patent number: 7051675Abstract: An automatic animal feeder includes a housing has a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral wall having an opening therein. A plurality of food delivery assemblies is positioned in the opening. Each of the food delivery assemblies includes a food drawer slidably positioned in the opening. The drawer is selectively extended inwardly or outwardly of the housing when a rod threadably coupled thereto is rotated. A motor is mechanically coupled to the driving rod. A processor is mounted in the housing and is electrically coupled to each of the food delivery assemblies for selectively turning on the motors. A first time control is electrically coupled to the processor for selectively inputting a time and date when each of a selected one of the food trays will be extended outwardly from the housing. A cooling assembly is mounted in the housing for selectively cooling an interior of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Inventors: Richard E. Mayer, John Cramer, Heather J. Cramer
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Patent number: D1016870Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Ernestine Fu, John Suh, Prasanna Natarajan, Jacob Viau, Andriy Banadyga, Brandon Cramer, Grey Parker, David Byron, Andrew John Harris