Patents by Inventor Mark Ryans

Mark Ryans 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: 20070063462
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate pivotally mounted to a rear portion of the shopping cart and a seat member made from a plastic material. The seat member is mounted to the gate of the shopping cart via a pivot mechanism to extend in a position to support a child within the shopping cart. The seat member includes a generally curved concave portion having an apex adjacent the gate and a generally straight portion on a side of the seat member opposite the apex of the generally curved concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: William Splain, Robert Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark Ryan, David Pruitt
  • Publication number: 20070063463
    Abstract: A handle for a shopping cart includes a frame defining a unitary member in a substantially continuous loop. At least one connection portion extends from the frame for securing the frame to a basket of a shopping cart and is configured to position the loop of the frame to be generally parallel to and spaced from an upper portion of a basket of the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: William Splain, Robert Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark Ryan, David Pruitt, Ann Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20070063465
    Abstract: A basket for a shopping cart comprising a single unitary member molded from a plastic material. The basket includes a frame including a plurality of generally vertical upright frame members spaced apart from each other, with each frame member including a generally smooth outer surface without holes. A front panel extends generally vertically and laterally across the front portion of the single unitary member between two of the generally vertical upright frame members. A pair of side panels extends generally vertically, being generally parallel to each other and spaced from each other. Each side panel extends from a front portion to a rear portion of the basket between two of the generally vertical upright frame members. The front panel and each side panel comprise a generally flat portion defining a plurality of holes and have a substantially uniform thickness at least about two times less than a thickness of the generally vertical upright frame members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: William Splain, Robert Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark Ryan, David Pruitt
  • Publication number: 20070063464
    Abstract: A shopping cart includes a base, a pair of masts, and a basket. The base extends generally horizontally between a front portion and a rear portion of the cart and including a plurality of wheels. The pair of masts extends generally vertically upward from the base in a generally singular plane extending laterally across the rear portion of the cart. Each mast includes a rear portion facing the rear portion of the cart and defining a generally straight surface, and a front portion facing in a direction generally opposite the rear portion of the respective mast and defining a generally concave curved portion. The basket includes a front portion and a rear portion with the rear portion of the basket connected to the base via the pair of masts to support the front portion of the basket in a vertically spaced relationship over the base adjacent the front portion of the cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: William Splain, Robert Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark Ryan, David Pruitt
  • Patent number: 7185044
    Abstract: A weather system available through the Internet provides for clean and consistent global navigation, brings content close to the consumer, and allows consumers to plan their lives based on the weather. The weather system provides consumers with multiple methods of navigating through the site, including: geographical, categorical/activity-based, localized/contextual, and temporal. These navigation methods are not mutually exclusive but instead are tightly nested to allow consumers to navigate seamlessly through the site, switching from one method to the next. On a local weather page, the information is organized in a hub-and-spoke fashion so that consumers can navigate to interrelated information. The weather system can quickly give consumers the local weather at any location, but also empowers consumers to plan their lives based on the weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Weather Channel
    Inventors: Mark Ryan, Jody Fennell, Joe Pearson
  • Publication number: 20060263379
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition of at least one Bordetella antigen and an effective adjuvant amount of interleukin-12 (IL-12), and uses thereof as a vaccine against Bordetella infection. Methods for using IL-12 as an adjuvant in combination with vaccines against Bordetella are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Kingston Mills, Bernard Mahon, Mark Ryan, Fiona Griffin
  • Publication number: 20060263380
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition of at least one Bordetella antigen and an effective adjuvant amount of interleukin-12 (IL-12), and uses thereof as a vaccine against Bordetella infection. Methods for using IL-12 as an adjuvant in combination with vaccines against Bordetella are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Kingston Mills, Bernard Mahon, Marks Ryan, Fiona Griffin
  • Publication number: 20060257419
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition of at least one Bordetella antigen and an effective adjuvant amount of interleukin-12 (IL-12), and uses thereof as a vaccine against Bordetella infection. Methods for using IL-12 as an adjuvant in combination with vaccines against Bordetella are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: National University of Ireland
    Inventors: Kingston Mills, Bernard Mahon, Mark Ryan, Fiona Griffin
  • Patent number: 6977116
    Abstract: Polymeric structures, methods for making same, fibrous structures comprising same and fibrous product incorporating same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David William Cabell, David Loebker, Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Ryan Richards, Fred J. Keck
  • Publication number: 20050206280
    Abstract: The improved storage cabinet incorporates several improvements. These improvements include cabinet doors with an interior space; adjustable door hinges that allow the assembler or end user to adjust the fit and movement of the doors; door hinges located on the periphery of the doors that are adapted so the doors do not require any clearance to open; a shelf/drawer mounting system that allows a shelf or drawer to be mounted directly to the side wall of the cabinet without the necessity of a mounting bracket; and a shelf/drawer mounting system that allows for the easy interchange of drawers and shelves both during production and by an end-user. These features, can be implemented as individual improvements of a cabinet or can be implemented as combinations or subcombinations of improvements of a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: WATERLOO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: 6923274
    Abstract: An apparatus for drilling one or more holes at an angle to a wellbore. The apparatus includes a tubular housing defining one or more openings. Each opening is configured to provide an exit through which a drilling assembly drills to form a hole at an angle to the wellbore. The apparatus further includes one or more deflectors. Each deflector defines a surface for guiding the drilling assembly through an opening, and each deflector is positioned inside the tubular housing such that the surface is facing the opening. The apparatus further includes an anchor having a bottom portion attached to a top portion of the tubular housing and having a top portion configured to be removably fixed to a conveyance tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Dale Rodgers, Mark C. Glaser, Doug Durst, Mike Johnson, Steve R. Delgado, Mark Ryan
  • Publication number: 20040249066
    Abstract: Crosslinking systems suitable for use in a polymer melt composition wherein the polymer melt composition comprises a hydroxyl polymer; polymeric structures made from such polymer melt compositions; and processes/methods related thereto are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Linda Evers Smith, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, John Gerhard Michael, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Patent number: 6807184
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for parameter borrowing for network address translator (NAT) configuration by receiving, at a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) device, a DHCP lease request from a client, determining, from the DHCP lease request, first communication parameters of the client, and enabling the determined first communication parameters to be used by a second DHCP device, the determined first communication parameters adapted for use in upstream DHCP lease requests by the second DHCP device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Mark Ryan Mayernick, David Lee Ryan
  • Publication number: 20040129458
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus for drilling one or more holes at an angle to a wellbore. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a tubular housing defining one or more openings. Each opening is configured to provide an exit through which a drilling assembly drills to form a hole at an angle to the wellbore. The apparatus further includes one or more deflectors. Each deflector defines a surface for guiding the drilling assembly through an opening, and each deflector is positioned inside the tubular housing such that the surface is facing the opening. The apparatus further includes an anchor having a bottom portion attached to a top portion of the tubular housing and having a top portion configured to be removably fixed to a conveyance tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Ken Dale Rodgers, Mark C. Glaser, Doug Durst, Mike Johnson, Steve R. Delgado, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D513141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D518310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D520264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D520273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D536202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: D537664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan