Patents by Inventor Michael A. Gregory
Michael A. Gregory 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).
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Publication number: 20170035635Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 9381126Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20150182401Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 8990982Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20140245535Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Invacare CorporationInventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 8590073Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Invacare CorporationInventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20120233779Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of the engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: INVACARE CORP.Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 8191940Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements may be used to raise an object up and out of engagement with the ground or other support surface and to lower the object back onto the ground or other support surface. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Invacare Corp.Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 8059803Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for the automated routing and processing of telecommunication service orders. A system and method in accordance with the present invention may further prioritize the analysis and processing of telecommunication service orders, identify and classify past due telecommunication service orders for analysis and processing, and manage the order of completion of components of a telecommunication service order. A system and process in accordance with the present invention receives a service order and parses it to find messages on the service order that are included on a message table. Analysis rules provide actions to be taken with a service order based on the messages found in the service order.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLCInventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 7941333Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for the automated routing and processing of telecommunication service orders. A system and method in accordance with the present invention may further prioritize the analysis and processing of telecommunication service orders, identify and classify past due telecommunication service orders for analysis and processing, and manage the order of completion of components of a telecommunication service order. A system and process in accordance with the present invention receives a service order and parses it to find messages on the service order that are included on a message table. Analysis rules provide actions to be taken with a service order based on the messages found in the service order.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLPInventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 7806259Abstract: A container for storing an article includes a base, a top, at least one upright, and an elastically deformable member. The top has an opening sized to permit an article to pass through the opening. The at least one upright extends between the base and the top. The elastically deformable member is shift able between a substantially undeformed position and a deformed position. The base, the top, the upright, and the elastically deformable member cooperate to form a storage cavity sized to store the article. The elastically deformable member and at least one of the uprights cooperate to form a gap sized to prevent passage of the article through the gap when the elastically deformable member is in the substantially undeformed position, and the size of the gap is expandable in response to deflection of the elastically deformable member to the deformed position to permit the article to pass through the gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventors: Michael A. Gregory, Erik Eagleman
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Patent number: 7769153Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for the automated routing and processing of telecommunication service orders. A system and method in accordance with the present invention may further prioritize the analysis and processing of telecommunication service orders, identify and classify past due telecommunication service orders for analysis and processing, and manage the order of completion of components of a telecommunication service order. A system and process in accordance with the present invention receives a service order and parses it to find messages on the service order that are included on a message table. Analysis rules provide actions to be taken with a service order based on the messages found in the service order.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLPInventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 7540244Abstract: A locking bracket system comprises a bracket lock and a bracket. The bracket lock may be slidably positioned along the lateral length of the bracket to transition between locked and unlocked configurations. When locked, an upper cantilever tab on the bracket lock secures a wire frame shelf that is recessed in a groove on the bracket. When unlocked, the wire frame shelf is not obstructed by the bracket shelf lock and may be removed. A solid shelf may be used in combination with the locking bracket system, as the bracket shelf lock does not obstruct the shelving plane upon which the solid shelf sits.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Rubbermaid, IncorporatedInventor: Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 7527157Abstract: A wheel barrow storage rack has an elongate vertically oriented body with a top end mounted near to a wall. A wheel barrow support is carried at a bottom end of the body. An adjustable bracket assembly is vertically positionally adjustable along the body. A wheel barrow catch is pivotally carried by the adjustable bracket assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Rubbermaid, IncorporatedInventors: Kevin R. Shinn, Erik Eagleman, Michael Scherzer, Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20090100598Abstract: Latching motion transfer arrangements are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the mechanism is caused to lift and latch by applying force in a first direction, a first time, and is caused to release and lower by applying force in the first direction, a second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: INVACARE CORPORATIONInventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 6883864Abstract: A portable picnic table is disclosed. The picnic table can be configured from a setup configuration to a portable configuration by detachment of the benches from the table, folding the bench supports and the table supports, and attaching the benches to the table, while both are in the folded configuration. Alternately, the benches can remain attached to the table, and the picnic table can be configured from a setup configuration to a portable configuration by simultaneously folding the bench supports and table supports so that the benches and the table lie in one plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20040267586Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for the automated routing and processing of telecommunication service orders. A system and method in accordance with the present invention may further prioritize the analysis and processing of telecommunication service orders, identify and classify past due telecommunication service orders for analysis and processing, and manage the order of completion of components of a telecommunication service order. A system and process in accordance with the present invention receives a service order and parses it to find messages on the service order that are included on a message table. Analysis rules provide actions to be taken with a service order based on the messages found in the service order.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
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Publication number: 20040070235Abstract: A portable picnic table is disclosed. The picnic table can be configured from a setup configuration to a portable configuration by detachment of the benches from the table, folding the bench supports and the table supports, and attaching the benches to the table, while both are in the folded configuration. Alternately, the benches can remain attached to the table, and the picnic table can be configured from a setup configuration to a portable configuration by simultaneously folding the bench supports and table supports so that the benches and the table lie in one plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
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Patent number: 4427024Abstract: An expansible, resilient receptacle positionable about a standpipe installed for the relief of subsurface water pressure occasioned specifically by sewer backup. The receptacle surrounds the standpipe and communicates with the inner portion thereof through strategically located openings in the walls of the standpipe. The water introduced to the receptacle bulges its walls and urges a watertight engagement between the walls and floor about the base of the standpipe. The seal contains any water leaking upwardly around the base of the standpipe and prevents the floor from failing. In the event the excessive subsurface water pressure is encountered, the water is permitted to escape into the room to avoid possible rupture of the floor surface. The water is releaseable from the receptacle when the subsurface pressure diminishes.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1981Date of Patent: January 24, 1984Inventors: Michael A. Gregory, Glenn N. Traeger