Patents by Inventor Patrick Close

Patrick Close 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).

  • Illuminated power receptacle
    Patent number: 10868394
    Abstract: An illuminated power receptacle includes a base having at least one set of contacts for receiving a plug. Each set of contacts having at least two openings for receiving a respective prong of a plug. There is a cover mounted on the base with an outlet member corresponding to each set of contacts. Each outlet member includes an outlet face with an opaque material and an outer periphery. Each outlet face includes at least two openings configured to receive and guide a respective prong of the plug into the set of at least two openings of the corresponding set of contacts. Each outlet member also includes an outlet rim made of a translucent material disposed about the outer periphery of the outlet face. There is light source disposed between the base and the cover that transmits light that passes through each outlet rim and is blocked by the opaque material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Close, William Henry Dietz, Thomas Louis Scanzillo, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Jason Zachary Walker, Roy Itzler
  • ILLUMINATED POWER RECEPTACLE
    Publication number: 20200335918
    Abstract: An illuminated power receptacle includes a base having at least one set of contacts for receiving a plug. Each set of contacts having at least two openings for receiving a respective prong of a plug. There is a cover mounted on the base with an outlet member corresponding to each set of contacts. Each outlet member includes an outlet face with an opaque material and an outer periphery. Each outlet face includes at least two openings configured to receive and guide a respective prong of the plug into the set of at least two openings of the corresponding set of contacts. Each outlet member also includes an outlet rim made of a translucent material disposed about the outer periphery of the outlet face. There is light source disposed between the base and the cover that transmits light that passes through each outlet rim and is blocked by the opaque material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Close, William Henry Dietz, Thomas Louis Scanzillo, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Jason Zachary Walker, Roy Itzler
  • Illuminated power receptacle
    Patent number: 10741980
    Abstract: An illuminated power receptacle includes a base having at least one set of contacts for receiving a plug. Each set of contacts having at least two openings for receiving a respective prong of a plug. There is a cover mounted on the base with an outlet member corresponding to each set of contacts. Each outlet member includes an outlet face with an opaque material and an outer periphery. Each outlet face includes at least two openings configured to receive and guide a respective prong of the plug into the set of at least two openings of the corresponding set of contacts. Each outlet member also includes an outlet rim made of a translucent material disposed about the outer periphery of the outlet face. There is light source disposed between the base and the cover that transmits light that passes through each outlet rim and is blocked by the opaque material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Close, William Henry Dietz, Thomas Louis Scanzillo, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Jason Zachary Walker, Roy Itzler
  • ILLUMINATED POWER RECEPTACLE
    Publication number: 20200067240
    Abstract: An illuminated power receptacle includes a base having at least one set of contacts for receiving a plug. Each set of contacts having at least two openings for receiving a respective prong of a plug. There is a cover mounted on the base with an outlet member corresponding to each set of contacts. Each outlet member includes an outlet face with an opaque material and an outer periphery. Each outlet face includes at least two openings configured to receive and guide a respective prong of the plug into the set of at least two openings of the corresponding set of contacts. Each outlet member also includes an outlet rim made of a translucent material disposed about the outer periphery of the outlet face. There is light source disposed between the base and the cover that transmits light that passes through each outlet rim and is blocked by the opaque material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Close, William Henry Dietz, Thomas Louis Scanzillo, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Jason Zachary Walker, Roy Itzler