Patents by Inventor Keith M. Brown

Keith M. Brown 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: 9779612
    Abstract: An item loss prevention system for protecting from the loss of items from a user, and more specifically to an electronic device utilizing a wireless connection between a remote unit attached to an item, such as a set of one or more keys, and a host or belt unit attached to the user, to prevent the loss of the item. The system includes magnetic sensors between the item and the belt, which are Hall type magnetic sensors, coupled with an accelerometer. With the additional input from the accelerometer, an alarm activates when the item, such as a key, is separated at a distance from the belt or host unit. Additionally, the key unit can attach to an unpairing station to re-set the remote unite for re-pairing to another host unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Tether Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Darval, Keith W. Kirkwood, John D. Suryan, Scott C. Thielman, George M. Niederauer, Keith M. Brown, Edgar R. Neely, III
  • Patent number: 9468318
    Abstract: A machine has a frame on which is mounted a conveyor mechanism including two vertically spaced belts between which the spacing is provided to allow a pillow to travel between the belts. To each side of the conveyor belt, a beater is provided. The beaters are rotatably mounted on the frame about shafts defining their axes of rotation. The two beaters rotate in opposite directions and include peripheries defined by two opposed elongated bars substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the beater. A pillow is fed between the conveyor belts and as it traverses the location where the beater mechanism is located, the beaters sequentially strike the pillow on each side simultaneously to beat the pillow casing and the fiber within, therefore efficiently distributing the fiber fill throughout the pillow casing, removing and lumping, uneven spots, empty areas, and causing the pillow to become more lofty, softer, and completely filled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AMERICAN TEXTILE COMPANY
    Inventors: John M. Johnson, Jesse A. Zipf, Keith M. Brown
  • Publication number: 20160081499
    Abstract: A machine has a frame on which is mounted a conveyor mechanism including two vertically spaced belts between which the spacing is provided to allow a pillow to travel between the belts. To each side of the conveyor belt, a beater is provided. The beaters are rotatably mounted on the frame about shafts defining their axes of rotation. The two beaters rotate in opposite directions and include peripheries defined by two opposed elongated bars substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the beater. A pillow is fed between the conveyor belts and as it traverses the location where the beater mechanism is located, the beaters sequentially strike the pillow on each side simultaneously to beat the pillow casing and the fiber within, therefore efficiently distributing the fiber fill throughout the pillow casing, removing and lumping, uneven spots, empty areas, and causing the pillow to become more lofty, softer, and completely filled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: American Textile Company
    Inventors: John M. Johnson, Jesse A. Zipf, Keith M. Brown
  • Patent number: 8836507
    Abstract: An item loss prevention system for protecting from the loss of items from a user, and more specifically to an electronic device utilizing a wireless connection between a remote unit attached to an item, such as a set of one or more keys, and a host or belt unit attached to the user, to prevent the loss of the item. The system includes magnetic sensors between the item and the belt, which are Hall type magnetic sensors. An alarm activates when the item attached to the remote unit, such as a key is separated from the host unit. A multiple of additional host units and the remote units pairs can operate properly in proximity to each other, and are tuned to respond to rolling average signal strength monitoring, to indicate a separation distance requiring an alarm to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Tether Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. Thielman, Keith M. Brown, George M. Niederauer
  • Publication number: 20140035754
    Abstract: An item loss prevention system for protecting from the loss of items from a user, and more specifically to an electronic device utilizing a wireless connection between a remote unit attached to an item, such as a set of one or more keys, and a host or belt unit attached to the user, to prevent the loss of the item. The system includes magnetic sensors between the item and the belt, which are Hall type magnetic sensors. An alarm activates when the item attached to the remote unit, such as a key is separated from the host unit. A multiple of additional host units and the remote units pairs can operate properly in proximity to each other, and are tuned to respond to rolling average signal strength monitoring, to indicate a separation distance requiring an alarm to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Scott C. Thielman, George M. Niederauer, Keith M. Brown