Patents by Inventor Linda A. Weinstein Ide

Linda A. Weinstein Ide 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: 6992570
    Abstract: A sound producing device adapted for use in a public or private rest room. The device is located within the room, preferably mounted on a wall of a cubicle in the rest room and can be activated to produce a sound upon a person entering the cubicle such that the sound so produced covers up the normal bodily noises of a person using the rest room. In one embodiment, there are a plurality of cubicles with a single sound producing device that emanates sound into each of the cubicles and there is a sensor associated with at least substantially all of the plurality of cubicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventor: Linda A. Weinstein Ide
  • Publication number: 20030222785
    Abstract: A sound producing device adapted for use in a public or private rest room. The device is located within the room, preferably mounted on a wall of a cubicle in the rest room and can be activated to produce a sound upon a person entering the cubicle such that the sound so produced covers up the normal bodily noises of a person using the rest room. In one embodiment, there are a plurality of cubicles with a single sound producing device that emanates sound into each of the cubicles and there is a sensor associated with at least substantially all of the plurality of cubicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Linda A. Weinstein Ide