Patents by Inventor Randall Barnette

Randall Barnette 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: 20250194864
    Abstract: A dispensing device and method of dispensing fluid are disclosed. The device has an outer shell, an inner pod that holds a bag of fluid, and a top cover that secures the inner pod to the outer shell. A pump/nozzle assembly communicates with an actuator to selectively dispense the fluid. The device may be operated manually or by automatic activation. The device may communicate wirelessly with a mobile communication device allowing the user to purchase use of the dispensing device remotely. User interfaces of the communication device guide the user to execute the purchase, to unlock the device for use among other available functions. A purchase transaction for use of the dispensing device can be achieved within a communication network with options as to how the dispensing device is unlocked and operated. Embodiments include controlled dispensing of alcoholic beverages and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Cole HARDING, Phillip L. HARDING, Andrew Christian MCCLUSKEY, Michael Randall BARNETT, Wells JOHNSTON, Jason Andrew TOREY
  • Patent number: 4506685
    Abstract: A coin-sorting and counting apparatus in which a mixture of coins of different denominations is deposited on a rotating surface and queued thereon by multiple coin guides. These coin guides define a coin-queueing channel for lining up coins on the rotating surface in an orderly fashion preparatory to introducing them into a coin-sorting channel. To increase the speed of sorting, a coin recirculation channel is also provided for receiving certain ones of the coins which have been moved by the rotating surface past the entrance to the coin-queueing channel and redirecting such coins to such entrance. One of the queueing channel guides also acts as a coin position retainer for retaining those coins which have been moved past the entrance of the queueing channel, without forming into the queue, at the same radial distance from the axis of the rotating surface while the surface moves such coins toward the recirculation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Inventors: Roger K. Childers, Kenneth L. Buchanan, Randall Barnette, Delbert L. Buchanan