Patents by Inventor Patrick Ransom

Patrick Ransom 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: 20070091380
    Abstract: A method for the automatic generation of a quick dial reference sheet includes associating each of a plurality of quick dial buttons of an apparatus with a respective entry of a plurality of entries in a quick dial database; defining a layout of the quick dial reference sheet to have a plurality of printable areas respectively associated with the plurality of quick dial buttons; populating each area of the plurality of printable areas in the layout of the quick dial reference sheet with a corresponding identification retrieved from a corresponding one of the plurality of entries of the quick dial database; and printing a copy of the populated layout on a sheet of media. In a further embodiment the quick dial reference sheet can be incised or perforated to a desired size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Shirley Mitchell, Patrick Ransom, Steven Rice
  • Publication number: 20050169662
    Abstract: A housing assembly including a housing having an access opening and a cover movable between a closed position wherein the cover generally covers the access opening and an open position wherein the cover generally does not cover the access opening. The assembly further includes a protrusion located on one of the housing or the cover, and a track located on the other one of the housing or the cover. The protrusion is slidably received in the track, and the track forms a generally closed loop shape such that the protrusion slides in the track when the cover is moved between the open and the closed positions. Additionally ramps may be provided on portions of the track to provide user feed back and to inhibit reverse motion of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Ransom, Brandon Song