Patents by Inventor Keith Lapointe

Keith Lapointe 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: 12221958
    Abstract: A power end assembly includes a crankshaft section, a crosshead section, and a connector section coupled together by one, two, or more sets of stay rods. The power end may include one or more support plates that are coupled to the crankshaft section and/or crosshead section. The crosshead section includes a plurality of individual crosshead frames. The connector section may include a plurality of individual connector plates or may be a unitary connector plate. The power end is configured to be coupled to a fluid end assembly by coupling the fluid end assembly to the connector plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kerr Machine Co.
    Inventors: Kelcy Jake Foster, Micheal Cole Thomas, Christopher Todd Barnett, Nicholas Son, John Keith, Mark S. Nowell, Guy J. Lapointe, Michael Eugene May
  • Publication number: 20240078524
    Abstract: A networked and computerized system is disclosed for providing funding allocations, savings, and discounts to certain individuals at the time of purchase from a retail outlet. Specifically, savings and discounts may be provided to SNAP recipients (such as products not eligible for SNAP discounts) by manufacturers when certain products are purchased. The individuals eligible for such discounts are determined based upon the payment information and/or based on their eligibility under the SNAP program. Manufacturers may provide credits back to the retailer as compensation for the savings and discounts. Discounts can be taken at the time of purchase or may be transferred to another account. Funding allocations may be provided to a digital wallet of a qualifying consumer to assist with the purchase of qualifying products. Funding allocations may be made by manufacturers before the purchase transaction takes place, such that no credit need be provided to the retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: David Lidman, David Newton, Jack Newton, Keith Lapointe, Greg Segall
  • Patent number: 6523280
    Abstract: A lightweight bouncing sandal for youths, comprising a tough thin bottom layer, which is durable enough to withstand repeated scuffing and impacting with the ground and has an exposed textured surface to provide traction and reduced slipping when wet, a middle resilient layer of sufficient size and thickness to support a seventy-five pound load without compressing fully, a top confronting layer of semi-flexible material, with sufficient thickness and rigidity to support a two and one half pound per square inch load without distorting, with at least one elastic strap permanently affixed at its ends, such that it lays flat against the top layer without slack in a relaxed state, with an asymmetrically curved base to aid the user in maintaining balance while running, jumping or walking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Brian Keith Lapointe
  • Patent number: 6503119
    Abstract: A rectangular shaped parachute toy, designed to suggest a modern day parafoil, but constructed with a single fabric layer canopy, for simplicity and more rapid opening of the chute. This invention, incorporates the use of two oversized shrouds, each leading up to a section of lightweight mesh, which distributes the forces that each shroud imparts on the canopy, and thereby offers a child an easy to use parachute toy, that is nearly impossible to tangle, a problem commonly found in most parachute toys. The rectangular shape of the canopy and offset attachment of the shrouds results in a parachute toy, which is directional and easy to control. As the parachute descends, it travels forward in the direction that the figure is facing and turns in the direction of a shortened shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Brian Keith Lapointe