Patents by Inventor Ralph F. Streb

Ralph F. Streb 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).

  • Patent number: 5522092
    Abstract: A cap with sleep posture alarm comprising a cap adapted for receiving a user's head; alarm circuitry for generating an alarm signal when electrically energized; at least one speaker for transmitting an alarm based upon receipt of an alarm signal; a power source for providing electrical energy to the alarm circuitry; a first switch having an enabled orientation for energizing the alarm circuitry and a disabled orientation for de-energizing the alarm circuitry; and a second switch coupled to the cap and having a biased orientation when tilted forwards and backwards for allowing an alarm signal to be transmitted to the speaker and an unbiased-orientation for preventing such transmission; whereby when the first switch is enabled, and when the second switch is placed in an engaged orientation such as when a user's head falls forwards or backwards when nodding out in sleep, an alarm is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventors: Ralph F. Streb, Melville H. Hutchinson