Patents by Inventor Richard Harcourt Burns

Richard Harcourt Burns 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: 20220372739
    Abstract: A controller is provided for use in a wet environment such as an ablutionary setting. The controller includes a base member, an input member, a seal extending between the input member and the base member, and a sealed internal volume defined at least partially by the base member, the input member, and the seal. The input member is moveable relative to the base member between a neutral position and a control position. The seal biases the input member towards the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Harcourt BURNS
  • Publication number: 20220294661
    Abstract: A control system for a bathing apparatus includes a pairing station associated with the bathing apparatus and having a pairing interface, and a portable user device arranged to be used to control the bathing apparatus, the portable user device being able to control one or more functions of the bathing apparatus only while it is paired with the pairing station. The portable user device is paired with the pairing station by activation of the pairing interface when the portable user device is in a pairing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence SEYMOUR, Alexander Colin FAGG, Richard Harcourt BURNS, Karl Antony FEARNLEY, Christopher John DUKE
  • Patent number: 11356291
    Abstract: A control system for a bathing apparatus includes a pairing station associated with the bathing apparatus and having a pairing interface, and a portable user device arranged to be used to control the bathing apparatus, the portable user device being able to control one or more functions of the bathing apparatus only while it is paired with the pairing station. The portable user device is paired with the pairing station by activation of the pairing interface when the portable user device is in a pairing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence Seymour, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke
  • Patent number: 11016639
    Abstract: A reconfigurable bathing apparatus includes a first showerhead, the first showerhead being connected to a first fluid outlet; a second showerhead, the second showerhead being connected to a second fluid outlet; and a processor, the processor being arranged to control fluid flow through the first fluid outlet in response to a first control action and to control fluid flow through the second fluid outlet in response to a second control action. The processor is arranged to be able to receive and implement a request to reconfigure its response to the control actions such that the first control action controls the second fluid outlet and the second control action controls the first fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence Seymour, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke
  • Publication number: 20190332234
    Abstract: A reconfigurable bathing apparatus includes a first showerhead, the first showerhead being connected to a first fluid outlet; a second showerhead, the second showerhead being connected to a second fluid outlet; and a processor, the processor being arranged to control fluid flow through the first fluid outlet in response to a first control action and to control fluid flow through the second fluid outlet in response to a second control action. The processor is arranged to be able to receive and implement a request to reconfigure its response to the control actions such that the first control action controls the second fluid outlet and the second control action controls the first fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence SEYMOUR, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke
  • Publication number: 20190334738
    Abstract: A control system for a bath includes one or more processors and one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are arranged to sense water flow parameter data as a user fills the bath and to transmit the water flow parameter data to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are arranged to determine water flow parameter values suitable for use to fill the bath based on the water flow parameter data, and store the determined water flow parameter values as a pre-set bath-fill option arranged to be used to automatically fill the bath for future use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence SEYMOUR, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke, Nigel Paul Sansum
  • Publication number: 20190334737
    Abstract: A control system for a bathing apparatus includes a pairing station associated with the bathing apparatus and having a pairing interface, and a portable user device arranged to be used to control the bathing apparatus, the portable user device being able to control one or more functions of the bathing apparatus only while it is paired with the pairing station. The portable user device is paired with the pairing station by activation of the pairing interface when the portable user device is in a pairing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence Seymour, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke
  • Publication number: 20190330827
    Abstract: A bathing system includes a remotely controllable bathing apparatus and one or more computing devices which are arranged to support a plurality of user accounts. Each user account is arranged to control the bathing apparatus. When a first user account of the plurality of user accounts is used to control the bathing apparatus, the other user accounts of the plurality of user accounts are blocked from controlling one or more functions of the bathing apparatus for a blocking period which lasts until a pre-set condition is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Laurence SEYMOUR, Alexander Colin Fagg, Richard Harcourt Burns, Karl Antony Fearnley, Christopher John Duke