Patents by Inventor Patrick McGonagle

Patrick McGonagle 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: 20230130818
    Abstract: A voting apparatus for receiving a ballot paper comprises a voting aid for overlying the ballot paper, the voting aid comprising a respective ballot marking aid for each voting option of the ballot paper. The apparatus includes an audio system and an activation button for voting option. The audio system audibly renders the relevant ballot information in response to operation of any one of the buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick McGonagle, Stephen McGilloway, Richard Bell, Duncan Johnston
  • Publication number: 20180371774
    Abstract: The present invention finds utility as a voting assembly providing a temporary voting booth for use as a private area within the polling station for voters to cast their vote when otherwise-used facilities act as a polling station, and which can be easily assembled and/or disassembled for ease of transport and storage during times when the facility does not act as a polling station. The invention provides a voting assembly comprising a panel and at least one shelf mountable to the panel, wherein the shelf comprises at least one support, and wherein the panel comprises means for mounting the shelf to the panel (mounting means) and means for securing the support to the panel (securing means).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick MCGONAGLE
  • Patent number: 9826826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a voting booth assembly. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a voting booth assembly comprising at least one extendable panel adapted for positioning the extendable panel adjacent a substantially planar structure to define a voting compartment between the extendable panel and the substantially planar structure. The voting booth is operable between a collapsed state and an expanded state, thereby providing a temporary voting booth for use as a private area within the polling station for voters to cast their vote when otherwise-used facilities act as a polling station, and which can be easily assembled and/or disassembled for ease of transport and storage during times when the facility does not act as a polling station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: PAKFLATT (UK) LIMITED
    Inventor: Patrick McGonagle
  • Publication number: 20160255949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a voting booth assembly. In particular, the present invention relates to a voting booth assembly comprising at least one extendable panel adapted for positioning the extendable panel adjacent a substantially planar structure to define a voting compartment between the extendable panel and the substantially planar structure. The present invention finds utility as a voting booth operable between a collapsed state and an expanded state, thereby providing a temporary voting booth for use as a private area within the polling station for voters to cast their vote when otherwise-used facilities act as a polling station, and which can be easily assembled and/or disassembled for ease of transport and storage during times when the facility does not act as a polling station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: PAKFLATT (UK) LIMITED
    Inventor: Patrick McGonagle
  • Patent number: 8011138
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a privacy booth comprising at least two partition members having first and second terminal ends; and at least two linking members having first and second opposed ends, each second terminal end of the partition member and each first opposed end of the linking members forming a first pivotable coupling, each first terminal end of the partition members and each second opposed end of the linking member forming a second pivotable coupling, the privacy booth being operable between a deployed state, in which adjacent partition members are spaced-apart to define a respective compartment therebetween, and a storage state in which adjacent partition members are substantially parallel with one another, and preferably flat packed against one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Pakflatt (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Patrick McGonagle, Richard Bell
  • Patent number: 7395956
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ballot box comprising a base, a sidewall secured to the base and defining an interior volume therewith, a lid releasably secured to the sidewall and enclosing said interior volume, and a slot provided in the ballot box to enable posting of ballots into the interior volume, wherein the sidewall comprises a modular assembly of spaced apart elongate struts extending between the base and the lid and a plurality of panels each disposed between a pair of adjacent struts to enclose said interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pakflatt Limited
    Inventors: Richard Bell, Patrick McGonagle
  • Publication number: 20070227078
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a privacy booth comprising at least two partition members having first and second terminal ends; and at least two linking members having first and second opposed ends, each second terminal end of the partition member and each first opposed end of the linking members forming a first pivotable coupling, each first terminal end of the partition members and each second opposed end of the linking member forming a second pivotable coupling, the privacy booth being operable between a deployed state, in which adjacent partition members are spaced-apart to define a respective compartment therebetween, and a storage state in which adjacent partition members are substantially parallel with one another, and preferably flat packed against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick McGonagle, Richard Bell