Patents by Inventor Richard Lee Thompson

Richard Lee Thompson 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: 20150027505
    Abstract: An emergency shelter including a support frame and an outer covering. The covering includes an upper panel positioned on top of the frame, and a side panel wrapped around the frame. The upper panel has at least one downwardly extending flap with one or more fasteners. The side panel has an upper edge portion with one or more fasteners removably fastened to the fastener(s) of the at least one downwardly extending flap. Optionally, a lower panel having at least one upwardly extending flap with one or more fasteners is positioned under the frame. The side panel may have a lower edge portion with one or more fasteners removably fastened to the fastener(s) of the at least one upwardly extending flap of the lower panel. One or more packs configured to change a temperature inside the shelter relative to a temperature outside the shelter may be placed inside the shelter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Shields Products Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Lee Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090189901
    Abstract: An example method for coordinate system identification that includes obtaining an attribute and a spatial entity of a region and identifying a number of information repositories using a business rule, the business rule identified using the attribute. The method further includes accessing the number of information repositories to identify a number of coordinate systems, each of the number of coordinate systems defined for the spatial entity. The method further includes selecting one of the number of coordinate systems, transforming spatial data for the region based on the one of the number of coordinate systems to generate a map, and displaying the map including the spatial data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Robert Steinthal, Richard Lee Thompson