Patents by Inventor Kenneth Payne

Kenneth Payne 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: 11291894
    Abstract: A putter holding assembly for storing a putter golf club on a golf cart includes a tube for accommodating a handle of a putter golf club having a head of the putter golf club being exposed for gripping. A receiver is provided and the receiver is coupled to the tube. The receiver insertably receives the handle of the putter golf club when the handle of the putter golf club is inserted into the tube for storage. A pair of brackets is each positionable around the tube. Each of the brackets engages a structure on a golf cart for retaining the tube on the golf cart. A support is movably coupled to the tube and a towel is coupled to the support such that the towel is available to a golfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Kenneth Payne
  • Publication number: 20210086046
    Abstract: A putter holding assembly for storing a putter golf club on a golf cart includes a tube for accommodating a handle of a putter golf club having a head of the putter golf club being exposed for gripping. A receiver is provided and the receiver is coupled to the tube. The receiver insertably receives the handle of the putter golf club when the handle of the putter golf club is inserted into the tube for storage. A pair of brackets is each positionable around the tube. Each of the brackets engages a structure on a golf cart for retaining the tube on the golf cart. A support is movably coupled to the tube and a towel is coupled to the support such that the towel is available to a golfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Kenneth Payne
  • Patent number: 9962458
    Abstract: A super absorbent, honey-dosed foam/fiber composite, gap patterned wound dressing, comprising: a patterned foam/fiber composite structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the patterned side includes a pattern of foam/fiber gaps disposed between foam/fiber areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam/fiber gaps is formed by the honey-dosed areas, such that the patterned foam/fiber composite structure includes a layer of super absorbent material located substantially adjacent to the honey-dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey-dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone and a portion of the exudate that is collected in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps is transferred to and collected in the super absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Links Medical Products Incorporated
    Inventors: Howard Kenneth Payne, Gregory Frank Devenish
  • Patent number: 9358256
    Abstract: A gap-patterned wound dressing, including a patterned foam structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the gap patterned side includes a pattern of foam gaps disposed between foam areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam gaps is formed by the honey dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Links Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Devenish, Howard Kenneth Payne
  • Patent number: 9271690
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass or volume of a subject comprises performing a dual-energy X-ray scan of the subject; generating at least one image of the subject from the dual-energy X-ray scan; identifying a region of interest on the at least one image; dividing the region of interest into a plurality of sections; determining an outer transverse extent of a coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; determining a subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) composition for each of the plurality of sections, wherein the SAT composition determination is restricted to an area directly anterior and posterior the coelom or inner abdominal cavity of the subject; and determining a VAT mass and/or volume for the region of interest based on the determined SAT composition for each of the plurality of section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Randall Kenneth Payne, Wynn Keith Wacker
  • Patent number: 9254101
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) of a subject comprising performing a dual-energy X-ray scan of the subject; generating at least one image of the subject from the dual-energy X-ray scan; identifying a region of interest; dividing the region of interest into a plurality of sections; generating a soft tissue composition profile for each of the plurality of sections, wherein the soft tissue composition profile identifies an edge of the subject, an outer edge of an abdominal wall of the subject, a subcutaneous region and a subcutaneous thickness for each of the plurality of sections; determining a subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) composition for each of the plurality of sections, wherein a subcutaneous fat fraction is used to calculate the subcutaneous fat and lean masses and/or volumes; and determining a VAT based on the determined SAT composition for each of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Randall Kenneth Payne
  • Publication number: 20150342785
    Abstract: A super absorbent, honey-dosed foam/fiber composite, gap patterned wound dressing, comprising: a patterned foam/fiber composite structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the patterned side includes a pattern of foam/fiber gaps disposed between foam/fiber areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam/fiber gaps is formed by the honey-dosed areas, such that the patterned foam/fiber composite structure includes a layer of super absorbent material located substantially adjacent to the honey-dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey-dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone and a portion of the exudate that is collected in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps is transferred to and collected in the super absorbent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: HOWARD KENNETH PAYNE, GREGORY FRANK DEVENISH
  • Patent number: 9179884
    Abstract: A method and system for determining normalized metrics for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass and volume estimation. The normalized metrics including a VAT average cross-section determined by dividing a VAT volume by a height of the abdominal region of interest, and a VAT linear mass density determined by dividing the VAT mass by a height of an abdominal region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Randall Kenneth Payne
  • Patent number: 9107974
    Abstract: A super absorbent, honey-dosed foam/fiber composite, gap patterned wound dressing, comprising: a patterned foam/fiber composite structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the patterned side includes a pattern of foam/fiber gaps disposed between foam/fiber areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam/fiber gaps is formed by the honey-dosed areas, such that the patterned foam/fiber composite structure includes a layer of super absorbent material located substantially adjacent to the honey-dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey-dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone and a portion of the exudate that is collected in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps is transferred to and collected in the super absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: LINKS MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Howard Kenneth Payne, Gregory Frank Devenish
  • Publication number: 20150174284
    Abstract: A super absorbent, honey-dosed foam/fiber composite, gap patterned wound dressing, comprising: a patterned foam/fiber composite structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the patterned side includes a pattern of foam/fiber gaps disposed between foam/fiber areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam/fiber gaps is formed by the honey-dosed areas, such that the patterned foam/fiber composite structure includes a layer of super absorbent material located substantially adjacent to the honey-dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey-dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone and a portion of the exudate that is collected in the individual ones of the foam/fiber gaps is transferred to and collected in the super absorbent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Howard Kenneth Payne, Gregory Frank Devenish
  • Publication number: 20150018791
    Abstract: A gap-patterned wound dressing, including a patterned foam structure having a gap patterned side and a non-gap patterned side, wherein the gap patterned side includes a pattern of foam gaps disposed between foam areas dosed with honey, where the pattern of foam gaps is formed by the honey dosed areas; and wherein a wound in contact with the gap patterned side discharges an exudate which substantially collects in the individual ones of the foam gaps causing honey in the individual ones of the honey dosed areas to be substantially dispersed throughout a wound treatment zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: GREG DEVENISH, Howard Kenneth Payne
  • Publication number: 20130281820
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) of a subject comprising performing a dual-energy X-ray scan of the subject; generating at least one image of the subject from the dual-energy X-ray scan; identifying a region of interest; dividing the region of interest into a plurality of sections; generating a soft tissue composition profile for each of the plurality of sections, wherein the soft tissue composition profile identifies an edge of the subject, an outer edge of an abdominal wall of the subject, a subcutaneous region and a subcutaneous thickness for each of the plurality of sections; determining a subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) composition for each of the plurality of sections, wherein a subcutaneous fat fraction is used to calculate the subcutaneous fat and lean masses and/or volumes; and determining a VAT based on the determined SAT composition for each of the plurality of sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Randall Kenneth Payne
  • Publication number: 20130272491
    Abstract: A method and system for determining normalized metrics for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass and volume estimation. The normalized metrics including a VAT average cross-section determined by dividing a VAT volume by a height of the abdominal region of interest, and a VAT linear mass density determined by dividing the VAT mass by a height of an abdominal region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Randall Kenneth Payne
  • Publication number: 20030111877
    Abstract: The purpose of our invention is to use a cooling system i.e. an air conditioner compressor to enable cool air throughout various parts of a hair dryer unit and to reuse the exhausted heat from this cooling unit to provide additional heat to help dry the human hair on top of the head. This also make the cool hot hair dryer a very efficient apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew Anderson Collins, Kenneth Payne Ragland
  • Patent number: D445920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Payne
  • Patent number: D464146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Payne
  • Patent number: D464439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Payne
  • Patent number: D468840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Payne
  • Patent number: D483499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Payne
  • Patent number: D745690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: LINKS MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Frank Devenish, Howard Kenneth Payne