Patents by Inventor Kent Merritt

Kent Merritt 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: 20070096920
    Abstract: A support includes a base having an outwardly extending projection with a passageway therethrough, and having a tag receiving portion configured to removably support a tag on the base adjacent one end of the passageway. A different arrangement involves a tag that includes a housing having an opening therethrough and having an annular surface around the opening, an annular gasket engaging the annular surface, and circuitry within the housing having a sensor located in the region of the opening and having a transmitter that can transmit wireless signals. A method includes defining a passageway that provides fluid communication between an interior and exterior of a container, supporting a tag on the exterior of the container, and causing the tag to sense, at a location in the region of an end of the passageway, a condition within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Savi Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikola Cargonja, Timothy Redler, Richard Lockyer, Kent Merritt
  • Publication number: 20050134457
    Abstract: A device has a support that can resiliently and removably grip an edge portion of a member with first and second portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of the member. A further portion on the first portion can operatively couple sensing structure to an electrical conductor portion on the third portion. A different embodiment has a support that can resiliently and removably grip an edge portion of a member with first and second portions thereof disposed on opposite sides of the member. A further portion on the support has circuitry coupled to a wireless communication portion on the first portion. Another embodiment has a support with structure supported thereon, the support resiliently and removably gripping the edge portion of a movable door with first and second portions of the support disposed on opposite sides of the edge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Savi Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravindra Rajapakse, Steven Farrell, Mark Weidick, Nicholas Cova, John Goodell, Edward Schultheis, William Dawson, Kent Merritt