Patents by Inventor Mark L. Taylor

Mark L. Taylor 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).

  • Umbrella support post with rotatable table
    Patent number: 11559135
    Abstract: A method of deploying a collapsible table by sliding both a top hub and a bottom hub in a first direction along the central post toward the hub stop, expanding the collapsible table into the expanded position by forcing one of the top hub and the bottom hub against a hub stop while continuing to slide the other of the top hub and the bottom hub in the first direction along the central post, sliding the adjustable stop along the central post to a first height of the plurality of selectable heights, and affixing the adjustable stop at the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Mark L. Taylor
  • System and method of refining a topological indexed mesh
    Patent number: 9141734
    Abstract: A method of refining a mesh includes selecting an existing coarse element having existing nodes and existing indices, inputting a quantity of refined elements to be created along an element edge, and generating a parametric grid on the existing coarse element. The method may further include placing refined nodes at parametric grid locations wherein the refined nodes have subindices linked to the existing indices. The method may additionally include deleting the existing coarse element, and creating refined elements having subindices linked to the existing indices of the existing coarse element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory H. DeVore, Mark L. Taylor
  • Apparatus and method for the safe and efficient cleaning and maintenance of a vault having submerged equipment
    Patent number: 8377221
    Abstract: A system for cleaning and maintaining a vault includes a vault that may have equipment submerged in water. The vault includes a floor, at least one wall, and a cover that collectively define a vault interior. In some versions there is contaminated water in the vault that is at least one foot above the lowest point on the vault floor. In some versions, the water may be 12 to 14 feet above the lowest point on the floor. A portion of the floor may slope toward a vacuum head that is indirectly coupled with a source of suction. In some versions, at least the vault floor is lined with a liner that has a low coefficient of friction and is corrosive resistant. The source of suction may be a vacuum hose of a vacuum truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Mark L. Taylor
  • Measurement of surface area for electrodeposition plating processes
    Patent number: 4548285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accurately calculating the plating area and current plating density for an etched circuit in connection with the electrodeposition of conducting material upon printed circuit boards used in electronic apparatus, including a system for making comparative weight determinations of a test board and calculating the circuit surface area bored thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Inventors: Richard L. Sells, Mark L. Taylor
  • Training harness for track and field athletes
    Patent number: D290983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Inventor: Mark L. Taylor