Patents by Inventor Mark Barlet

Mark Barlet 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: 20230310981
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a controller device for assisting those with fine motor impairments. The controller device includes an outer disk body and an inner disk body supported at least in part by the outer disk body and configured to translate relative to the outer disk body. The controller device further includes one or more buttons defined by the outer disk body. The inner disk body is configured to receive a user input that causes the inner disk body to translate relative to the outer disk body and actuate at least one of the one or more buttons. The one or more buttons are disposed radially about a peripheral edge of the outer disk body, and an input element operably connected to the inner disk body is configured to cause translation of the inner disk body in a direction responsive to receipt of an applied user input via the input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark BARLET, Christopher POWER, Graham CHING, Denaj MILLER, Muhanad HILANEH, Ordia Demilade Ryan UNUIGBOJE
  • Patent number: 10898794
    Abstract: A gaming support apparatus that includes a holster body is provided. The holster body receives a gaming controller disposed therein and includes a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall, in an operational configuration, partially encloses the gaming controller received by the holster body. The holster body further includes a support web that, in the operational configuration, supports the gaming controller received by the holster body. The holster body further includes at least one opening in the holster body that, in the operational configuration, allows access to one or more input elements of the gaming controller received by the holster body. In the operational configuration, the holster body supports the gaming controller such that a user may actuate the one or more input elements of the gaming controller without supporting the weight of the gaming controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: The AbleGamers Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Barlet, Jessie Hall, Mark Benjamin Greenspan
  • Publication number: 20200030691
    Abstract: A gaming support apparatus that includes a holster body is provided. The holster body receives a gaming controller disposed therein and includes a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall, in an operational configuration, partially encloses the gaming controller received by the holster body. The holster body further includes a support web that, in the operational configuration, supports the gaming controller received by the holster body. The holster body further includes at least one opening in the holster body that, in the operational configuration, allows access to one or more input elements of the gaming controller received by the holster body. In the operational configuration, the holster body supports the gaming controller such that a user may actuate the one or more input elements of the gaming controller without supporting the weight of the gaming controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Barlet, Jessie Hall, Mark Benjamin Greenspan
  • Patent number: D914099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The AbleGamers Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Barlet, Jessie Hall, Mark Benjamin Greenspan