Patents by Inventor Randall Mier

Randall Mier 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: 3996950
    Abstract: A rollable device, designed to be pushed by a blind person, has a plurality of sensors so spaced and so located upon a wheeled mount as to detect the presence of an object, step, or depression in the path of the user, and in so doing actuate electrical means designed to instantaneously inform the user of the presence of the potentially dangerous condition.The electrically actuated means includes vibratory devices in the handle of the device, so located as to acquaint a blind person with the locaton and nature of the dangerous condition in his or her path. Means is also incorporated in the device, in the form of a buzzer or other electrically actuated audible device, signifying the presence of objects such as automobile bumpers which are elevated above the ground surface and would therefore otherwise go undetected.Incorporated in the device, also, is a means actuable by the user for sounding a horn or the like for the purpose of seeking help or for warning others of his approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Inventor: Randall Mier