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).

  • Publication number: 20170035635
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 9381126
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20150182401
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 8990982
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20140245535
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 8590073
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20120233779
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: INVACARE CORP.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 8191940
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Invacare Corp.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 8059803
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLC
    Inventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 7941333
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLP
    Inventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 7806259
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael A. Gregory, Erik Eagleman
  • Patent number: 7769153
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLP
    Inventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 7540244
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Rubbermaid, Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 7527157
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Rubbermaid, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin R. Shinn, Erik Eagleman, Michael Scherzer, Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20090100598
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: INVACARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert R. Bly, Kevin S. Wysocki, Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 6883864
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20040267586
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Harold Lester McDougal, Stan Neidecker, Michael A. Gregory
  • Publication number: 20040070235
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Michael A. Gregory
  • Patent number: 4427024
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Inventors: Michael A. Gregory, Glenn N. Traeger