Patents by Inventor Matthew Kepner

Matthew Kepner 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: 20220381066
    Abstract: Security systems and methods are provided. In one example, a security system includes at least one lock configured to protect one or more items from theft from the fixture, wherein the lock comprises a plunger pin configured to be moved between a latched position and an unlatched position, and wherein the fixture is configured to be accessed in the unlatched position. The lock comprises a cam configured to be moved between a locked state and an unlocked state for allowing the plunger pin to be moved between the latched position and the unlatched position when in the unlocked state, wherein the cam is configured to be moved in response to receiving a wireless authorization signal to transition the lock between the locked state and the unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ethan Evan Wood, Wesley J. Blanchard, Matthew Kepner
  • Publication number: 20070044270
    Abstract: A pneumatic cleaner that can be worn as a backpack has a reduced unit overall depth. The impeller shaft is mounted at an acute angle. Tangential airflow chambers are disposed around the motor assembly and substantially surround the impeller. Two of the airflow chambers extend substantially the entire overall unit depth, and have lateral lengths that exceed the overall unit depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Crevling, Craig Seasholtz, Matthew Kepner
  • Publication number: 20060179601
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner having a housing defining a blower port, an exhaust port, and a flow path between the blower port and the exhaust port. The vacuum cleaner also includes a removable cap assembly for the blower port to direct discharge airflow via the flow path to the exhaust port. The removable cap assembly, in turn, includes a cap head that engages the blower port to close the blower port, a cap body coupled to the cap head and inserted in the flow path, the cap body comprising a frame through which the discharge airflow passes, and a sound-influencing material supported by the frame within the flow path to reduce noise effected by the discharge airflow. The sound-influencing material may include a reticulated foam roll disposed in the frame to diffuse the discharge airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Crevling, James Blackwell, Matthew Kepner