Patents by Inventor Ray Ricks

Ray Ricks 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: 7669398
    Abstract: A machine is provided for harvesting produce such as fruit from a pair of adjacent, generally parallel rows of trees. The machine includes a land vehicle for being driven between the adjacent rows of trees. The land vehicle includes a chassis that supports a fruit collection receptacle. There are at least one pair of selectively extendible and retractable lift arms pivotably mounted to the chassis. Each arm in each pair supports proximate a distal end thereof a carrier for holding a person. Each arm is adjustable to position the carrier such that a person in the carrier is able to manually collect fruit form a respective one of the rows of trees. There are plurality conduits, each of which is attached proximate an upper end thereof to a respective one of the carriers such that an entrance of the conduit is accessible to a person in a respective carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Supertrak, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. King, Bobby Ray Ricks
  • Publication number: 20070220602
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for management of internet and computer network security threats comprising: a centralized monitoring service; a security management center, wherein the security management center is engineered with rule based and non-linear adaptive analytics to provide intrusion detection, automated response to intrusion attempts, virus detection scanner, spyware scanner, a virtual private network engine, network vulnerability scanner, network activity logger, content filter, SPAM prevention, email activity log and filter, and TBD threat vectors; a remote client; and a hardware device located at the client, wherein the hardware self boots and automatically initiates a virtual private network session with the hosted monitoring and management center after connection to the internet and electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Ray Ricks, Wayne Varga