Patents by Inventor Michael Shirley

Michael Shirley 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: 20060116801
    Abstract: A system for enabling a vehicle with a conventional steering system to make tighter right and left turns. The vehicle has one or more computers that monitor the steering angle and that are also capable of independently controlling a right braking unit and a left braking unit. When the computers detect that the steering angle is near the rightmost steering angle, the computers actuate the right braking unit to a greater extent than the left braking unit to allow the vehicle to make a tighter right turn. When the computers detect that the steering angle is near the leftmost steering angle, the computers actuate the left braking unit to a greater extent than the right braking unit to allow the vehicle to make a tighter left turn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Shirley, Christopher Pardue
  • Publication number: 20050199566
    Abstract: A display rack facilitates displaying at least one blister package. The display rack includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail, and a siderail support member. The first and second elongated rails each include a first end, a second end, and a channel extending therebetween. The siderail support member extends substantially perpendicularly between the first and second elongated rail first ends such that the channel defined within the first elongated rail substantially mirrors that defined within the second elongated rail channel such that a display area is defined between the first and second elongated rail channels. The first elongated rail is spaced a distance from the second elongated rail such that the display area is sized to receive at least one blister package therein, and such that the at least one blister package is retained within the display area by the first and second elongated rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Brandon Sudholt, Michael Shirley