Patents by Inventor Nancy M. Morris

Nancy M. Morris 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).

  • Adaptive writing utensil
    Patent number: 11565543
    Abstract: A writing utensil adapted for promoting the development of a tripod writing grip includes an elongate body having a substantially polygonal cross section, and having three faces extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, and a boss member extending from an intermediate portion of the elongate body, the boss member being adapted for impeding a user's fingers from sliding along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Two Sparrows Learning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy M. Morris, Davide Piovesan
  • Adaptive Writing Utensil
    Publication number: 20200219411
    Abstract: A writing utensil adapted for promoting the development of a tripod writing grip includes an elongate body having a substantially polygonal cross section, and having three faces extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, and a boss member extending from an intermediate portion of the elongate body, the boss member being adapted for impeding a user's fingers from sliding along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Nancy M. Morris, Davide Piovesan
  • Adaptive writing utensil
    Patent number: 10636319
    Abstract: A writing utensil adapted for promoting the development of a tripod writing grip includes an elongate body having a substantially polygonal cross section, and having three faces extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, and a boss member extending from an intermediate portion of the elongate body, the boss member being adapted for impeding a user's fingers from sliding along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Two Sparrows Learning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy M. Morris, Davide Piovesan
  • Adaptive Writing Utensil
    Publication number: 20190122575
    Abstract: A writing utensil adapted for promoting the development of a tripod writing grip includes an elongate body having a substantially polygonal cross section, and having three faces extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, and a boss member extending from an intermediate portion of the elongate body, the boss member being adapted for impeding a user's fingers from sliding along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Nancy M. Morris, Davide Piovesan
  • Catalysts and processes for formaldehyde-free durable press finishing of cotton textiles with polycarboxylic acids, and textiles made therewith
    Patent number: 5221285
    Abstract: Catalysts for the rapid esterification and crosslinking of fibrous cellulose in textile form by polycarboxylic acids at elevated temperatures are disclosed. The catalysts are acidic or weakly basic salts selected from the alkali metal dihydrogen phosphates and alkali metal salts of phosphorous, hypophosphorous, and polyphosphoric acids. Suitable polycarboxylic acids include saturated, unsaturated and aromatic acids, as well as alpha-hydroxy acids. The textiles so treated exhibit high levels of wrinkle resistance and smooth drying properties durable to repeated laundering in alkaline detergents, and do not contain or release formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Bethlehem K. Andrews, Nancy M. Morris, Darrell J. Donaldson, Clark M. Welch