Patents by Inventor Raymond E. Tate

Raymond E. Tate 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: 4725999
    Abstract: A medicine timer provides a frame mounting a series of compartments in a row for holding medicine such as different kinds of pills, either in containers or not. Associatable with each compartment is a respective timer head, by means of detachable electrical plug-in connections in the frame adjacent each compartment. Each timer head, of which five or more can be provided, is adjustable by means of a rotary pointer and hour marks to which pointed to signal at desired times such as, for example, every two hours. A range of selectable times for each timer head of at least up to twenty-four hours is desirable although each timer head may be different. Signal is preferably by sound for a general alert, and by light, each timer head also having a light on it for specific alert, day or night, as well as a reset and an on-off switch button. Battery power is in the frame and preferably the sounding device is also in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventor: Raymond E. Tate