Patents by Inventor Richard Lane Rakes, Jr.

Richard Lane Rakes, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for selecting a vehicle seat and obtaining user information
    Patent number: 5806046
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for selecting a vehicle seat and obtaining user information includes a CPU (11) connected to an input device (12), a monitor (13), a speaker (14) and a memory (15). A method of operating the apparatus (10) includes storing a plurality of vehicle interior photographs in the memory (15), generating screens on the monitor (13) and audio on the speaker (14) requesting user related information be entered utilizing the input device (12), utilizing the user entered information to select a vehicle having the seat best suited for the user, displaying the stored photograph of the selected vehicle interior on the monitor (13) and storing the user entered information in the memory (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Curran, James Edward Mitchell, Earl Clyde Lucas, Jr., Richard Lane Rakes, Jr., Andrea M. Paquin