Patents by Inventor Lawrence L. Smith

Lawrence L. Smith 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: 20240093476
    Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
  • Publication number: 20150118671
    Abstract: Exemplary data structures designed for log files of game/simulation-based educational assessments are described. An exemplary data structure may comprise at least one session element representing an assessee's participation in an educational assessment session; a session identification element identifying the educational assessment session represented by the session element; an assessee identification element identifying the assessee participating in the educational assessment session represented by the session element; an events element representing a collection of events occurring in the educational assessment session represented by the session element; an event element representing one event in the collection of events; an event time element indicting a time associated with the event; an event performer element indicating a performer of the event; an event target element indicating a target of the event; and an event result element representing a result of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jiangang Hao, Alina von Davier, Robert J. Mislevy, Lawrence L Smith, III
  • Patent number: 5833081
    Abstract: A universal hanger 2 placed between opposed surfaces within a motor vehicle and provides temporary support of articles of clothing. The universal hanger comprises a crossbar 6 from which the articles can be hung, a pair of spaced apart head pads 14 extending outwardly from the crossbar for removably engaging one of the opposed surfaces, a shaft 26 pivotally mounted to the crossbar, a sectional rail 56 in longitudinal telescopic engagement with the shaft for longitudinal movement relative thereto, a foot pad 70 depending from the rail to removably engage the other opposed surface, and a spring 44 disposed within the shaft to enforce frictional engagement of the head and foot pads with the respective opposed surfaces. A kit for the universal hanger comprises the rail and a rack 5 having the crossbar and the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Smith
  • Patent number: 4159231
    Abstract: A long-lived electrode is produced, for use in the electrowinning of metals, by electrodepositing a coating onto the electrode substrate. The coating has a uniform grain size and structure which is controlled by superimposing alternating current onto direct current during electrodeposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Smith, Richard G. Sandberg, Ernest R. Cole, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4146341
    Abstract: An unthreaded, slip-on fitting for connecting a length of structural pipe to another length of structural pipe and/or to a stationary structural member such as a floor or wall, which is usable in building scaffolding, shelving, railing and the like. The body of the fitting has extending from it a pair of spaced parallel arms between which a locking element is pivotally mounted on a transverse pin spanning the arms. A set screw which is accessible from the exterior of the fitting body when the arms are inserted into the interior of a pipe to which the fitting is connected, engages a portion of the pivotal locking element extending into a cavity in the fitting body communicating with the slot. When the set screw is advanced inwardly, the locking element is pivoted, moving outwardly in opposite directions a pair of pipe clamping projections on the locking element, to grip the interior of the pipe, thereby securing it to the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: The Hollaender Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Smith