Patents by Inventor Michael W. Ayette

Michael W. Ayette 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: 20190095663
    Abstract: A system for monitoring items, in particular food products, includes a food storage cabinet having an interior with a plurality of food storage compartments; a plurality of food storage containers shaped to fit within the compartments, each of the containers having machine-readable indicia associated therewith indicative of an aspect of the food product therein; a plurality of sensors, each sensor associated with a different one of the food storage compartments to read the machine-readable indicia of the food storage container in the associated food storage compartment; and a display that receives and displays data from the first plurality of sensors indicative of the aspects of the food products in the food storage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. Ayette
  • Patent number: 8001634
    Abstract: A restraint for holding a person atop a gurney or on a vehicle seat. A harness includes a pair of straps slidably mounted to a main frame. The straps are connected to an adjuster. A slide plate is mounted to the frame with the straps extending therethrough. A spring loaded device normally positions the plate to position the straps apart from the shoulders of a person positioned beneath the straps until the straps are pulled relative to an adjuster moving the plate and the straps adjacent the shoulders of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Ayette, Guy R. Dingman
  • Publication number: 20110056022
    Abstract: A restraint for holding a person atop a gurney or on a vehicle seat. A harness includes a pair of straps slidably mounted to a main frame. The straps are connected to an adjuster. A slide plate is mounted to the frame with the straps extending therethrough. A spring loaded device normally positions the plate to position the straps apart from the shoulders of a person positioned beneath the straps until the straps are pulled relative to an adjuster moving the plate and the straps adjacent the shoulders of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Michael W. Ayette, Guy R. Dingman
  • Patent number: 7861341
    Abstract: A restraint for holding a person atop a gurney or on a vehicle seat. A harness includes a pair of straps slidably mounted to a main frame. The straps are connected to an adjuster. A slide plate is mounted to the frame with the straps extending therethrough. A spring loaded device normally positions the plate to position the straps apart from the shoulders of a person positioned beneath the straps until the straps are pulled relative to an adjuster moving the plate and the straps adjacent the shoulders of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Ayette, Guy R. Dingman
  • Publication number: 20080168603
    Abstract: A restraint for holding a person atop a gurney or on a vehicle seat. A harness includes a pair of straps slidably mounted to a main frame. The straps are connected to an adjuster. A slide plate is mounted to the frame with the straps extending therethrough. A spring loaded device normally positions the plate to position the straps apart from the shoulders of a person positioned beneath the straps until the straps are pulled relative to an adjuster moving the plate and the straps adjacent the shoulders of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Michael W. Ayette, Guy R. Dingman