Patents by Inventor Kenneth Shay Reid

Kenneth Shay Reid 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: 20240177106
    Abstract: A cabinet that securely stores items in cabinet drawers using preconfigured nests. The drawers can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the drawers into two or more compartments. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses images to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information. In some embodiments, features are implemented to closely monitor the self-serve access and removal of items from the cabinet. Features can include the incorporation of serialization of items and automated tracking of items in a bulk item stocked in the cabinet. Features can also include multimode access such as allowing users to quickly access contents of the cabinet while for example providing graphical illustrations based on information about the stock in a supporting database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
  • Patent number: 11946688
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to medical cabinets and medical cabinet systems are provided. In particular, they include structure and systems that incorporate or expand medical cabinet systems with platform-based (open access) devices that can assist with managing and stocking of medical products in controlled environments (e.g., rooms having restricted access such locks or key codes to allow authorized personnel). They also include providing convenient expansion to temperature regulated products by adapting refrigerators or freezers using specialized shelf top platform devices that operate inside the refrigerator or freezer by way of the integration of algorithms and/or hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FFF Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
  • Patent number: 11907894
    Abstract: A cabinet that securely stores items in cabinet drawers using preconfigured nests. The drawers can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the drawers into two or more compartments. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses images to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information. In some embodiments, features are implemented to closely monitor the self-serve access and removal of items from the cabinet. Features can include the incorporation of serialization of items and automated tracking of items in a bulk item stocked in the cabinet. Features can also include multimode access such as allowing users to quickly access contents of the cabinet while for example providing graphical illustrations based on information about the stock in a supporting database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FFF Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
  • Publication number: 20230384024
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to medical cabinets and medical cabinet systems are provided. In particular, they include structure and systems that incorporate or expand medical cabinet systems with platform-based (open access) devices that can assist with managing and stocking of medical products in controlled environments (e.g., rooms having restricted access such locks or key codes to allow authorized personnel). They also include providing convenient expansion to temperature regulated products by adapting refrigerators or freezers using specialized shelf top platform devices that operate inside the refrigerator or freezer by way of the integration of algorithms and/or hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
  • Publication number: 20220207479
    Abstract: A cabinet that securely stores items in cabinet drawers using preconfigured nests. The drawers can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the drawers into two or more compartments. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses images to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information. In some embodiments, features are implemented to closely monitor the self-serve access and removal of items from the cabinet. Features can include the incorporation of serialization of items and automated tracking of items in a bulk item stocked in the cabinet. Features can also include multimode access such as allowing users to quickly access contents of the cabinet while for example providing graphical illustrations based on information about the stock in a supporting database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
  • Patent number: 11282028
    Abstract: A cabinet that has manually reconfigurable shelves, that can automatically detect the configuration of compartments in a shelf, and that can automatically detect if a user is accessing or restocking the right compartment is contemplated. The shelf can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the shelf into two or more compartments. The compartments can have different sizes and store different items. The compartments can be physically reconfigured by the user and the cabinet can automatically detect the specifics of the reconfiguration and adjust compartment size and availability. A surface of the shelf includes a plurality of visual markers. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses visual markers to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FFF ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Shay Reid
  • Patent number: 11263581
    Abstract: A cabinet that has manually reconfigurable shelves, that can automatically detect the configuration of compartments in a shelf, and that can automatically detect if a user is accessing or restocking the right compartment is contemplated. The shelf can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the shelf into two or more compartments. The compartments can have different sizes and store different items. The compartments can be physically reconfigured by the user and the cabinet can automatically detect the specifics of the reconfiguration and adjust compartment size and availability. A surface of the shelf includes a plurality of visual markers. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses visual markers to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FFF ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Shay Reid
  • Publication number: 20200380464
    Abstract: A cabinet that has manually reconfigurable shelves, that can automatically detect the configuration of compartments in a shelf, and that can automatically detect if a user is accessing or restocking the right compartment is contemplated. The shelf can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the shelf into two or more compartments. The compartments can have different sizes and store different items. The compartments can be physically reconfigured by the user and the cabinet can automatically detect the specifics of the reconfiguration and adjust compartment size and availability. A surface of the shelf includes a plurality of visual markers. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses visual markers to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth Shay Reid
  • Publication number: 20200226545
    Abstract: A cabinet that has manually reconfigurable shelves, that can automatically detect the configuration of compartments in a shelf, and that can automatically detect if a user is accessing or restocking the right compartment is contemplated. The shelf can be reconfigured using one or more dividers to divide the shelf into two or more compartments. The compartments can have different sizes and store different items. The compartments can be physically reconfigured by the user and the cabinet can automatically detect the specifics of the reconfiguration and adjust compartment size and availability. A surface of the shelf includes a plurality of visual markers. The cabinet has cameras mounted to it and uses visual markers to determine if a compartment contains an item and other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth Shay Reid
  • Patent number: 7258241
    Abstract: A display holder provides product information to loaders and pickers of products stored on industrial-sized pallet racks in warehouses. The display holder is disposed on a column in a substantially vertical orientation at a height above the floor of the warehouse that is approximately at or near eye level of an operator seated within a fork-lift or like material handling vehicle. The holder displays product information for all goods stored at the various rack elevations adjacent the column of the rack to which the display holder is mounted. Thus, warehouse loaders and pickers can readily determine the particular type of goods stored on the rack adjacent the display holder, and labels can readily be re-applied, as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Amerisourcebergen Drug Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth Shay Reid