Patents by Inventor Ken Black

Ken Black 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).

  • Publication number: 20230159247
    Abstract: A support panel for use in protecting a piece of merchandise packaged within a bubble portion adhered to a card portion. The support panel includes a support enclosure defining a receptacle that is sized and configured to house the bubble portion therein and to generally conform to a number of corresponding exterior surfaces of the bubble portion. The support panel also includes a planar portion that extends outward from a periphery of the receptacle that is sized and configured to be disposed against the card portion when the bubble portion is housed within the support enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: COLLECTOR ARCHIVE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER WHITLOCK, KEN BLACK
  • Patent number: 10809976
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Publication number: 20200073630
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Patent number: 10481868
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Publication number: 20170344340
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Patent number: 9733898
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Patent number: 9346472
    Abstract: A drop-center rail road freight car may have a gondola body for carrying lading, which may have end sections and a deep central section therebetween. The body may include a decking or floor structure, and longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The car may have U-shaped bending-moment transmitting cross-bearers. The cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners may have inner and outer flange continuity such as to transmit a bending moment. The car may have stub sills. The stub sills may each have an inboard gooseneck that extends downward and inboard. The gooseneck may have a longitudinally extending portion that connects to the endmost cross-bearer of the central portion of the car. The main shear plate may lap the side sills, and may be bent downwardly to mate with the end margins of the side sheet lower portion to form a converging box-like truncated pyramidal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventors: Ken Black, James Batchelor, James W. Forbes, Damon King Quan
  • Publication number: 20150068425
    Abstract: A drop-center rail road freight car may have a gondola body for carrying lading, which may have end sections and a deep central section therebetween. The body may include a decking or floor structure, and longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The car may have U-shaped bending-moment transmitting cross-bearers. The cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners may have inner and outer flange continuity such as to transmit a bending moment. The car may have stub sills. The stub sills may each have an inboard gooseneck that extends downward and inboard. The gooseneck may have a longitudinally extending portion that connects to the endmost cross-bearer of the central portion of the car. The main shear plate may lap the side sills, and may be bent downwardly to mate with the end margins of the side sheet lower portion to form a converging box-like truncated pyramidal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventors: Ken BLACK, James BATCHELOR, James W. FORBES, Damon King QUAN
  • Publication number: 20140039652
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Patent number: 8554512
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black
  • Publication number: 20080015819
    Abstract: An athletic performance data system has an athletic field data collection system for obtaining athletic performance data and athlete identifying information for plural athletes at an athletic performance event. An athletic data host server receives the athletic performance test data and athlete identifying information from the athletic field data collection system, and the athletic performance data and athlete identifying information are posted to an athletic performance web site in a separate, personalized page for each of the plural athletes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Matt Sayre, Ken Black