Patents by Inventor Keith C. Bernard

Keith C. Bernard 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: 6766591
    Abstract: A garment drying apparatus includes a housing forming a base. A heater is mounted in the base for warming ambient air drawn into the base via a fan through openings formed in the base. A pair of air ducting walls are mounted in the base to direct a portion of the warm air in a first flow path and the remaining portion of the warm air in a second flow path. The flow paths are disposed in substantially diametrically opposed directions within the base. The housing further includes a top wall for covering the base. The top wall includes vent openings aligned with distal ends of the first and second flow paths. Garment support members are mounted on the top surface of the top wall and are pivotable between a first position where support is aligned substantially horizontally in a stowed position on the top wall and a second position where the support is substantially upright relative to the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: HP Intellectual Corp.
    Inventors: Larry Todd McKinney, Keith C. Bernard, Joseph J. Laskowski
  • Publication number: 20020148122
    Abstract: A hand held battery operated can opener comprising a housing; a drive located in the housing and having a can contacting drive wheel; a rechargeable battery connected to the drive; and a movable section movably connected to the housing. The movable section comprises a cutting blade. The housing is sized and shaped to be grasped by a single hand of a user in a grasping position. The grasping position comprises a back of the housing being matingly received in a palm of the hand and fingers of the hand being located at left and bottom sides of the housing and, while the user is grasping the housing in the grasping position, at least one finger of the hand can articulate to move the movable section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: HP INTELLECTUAL CORP.
    Inventors: Albert L. Sanchez, C. Sven Johnson, David Robert Arnott, Anthony M. DeMore, Craig A. DuBois, Keith C. Bernard, Stuart Naft