Patents by Inventor Robert A. Welch

Robert A. Welch 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: 20070063063
    Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: John Welsch, James Janick, Robert Welch, Joseph Petcavage
  • Publication number: 20070057131
    Abstract: A shelf support system includes a sleeve or wedge member and a collar adapted to be secured to a generally cylindrical support post, that is one that is circular when viewed in radial cross-section. The sleeve has an inner surface that is configured to embrace the support post and an outer surface formed with a first axially outwardly inclined wedge portion and at least one second axially outwardly inclined wedge portion that, when viewed in such radial cross-section, extends at an angle to the first portion. Additionally, the collar is adapted to be secured to a member to be supported and to embrace the sleeve. The collar has a first wedge surface formed to mate with the first portion of the outer surface of the sleeve and at least one second wedge surface formed to mate with the second portion of the outer surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Metro Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Welch, David Reppert, John Welsch
  • Patent number: 7153280
    Abstract: Two embodiments of an annular cervical ring have an internal diameter 14 for surrounding the cervix 12. Each embodiment also includes a tightening device 16 for decreasing the internal diameter 14 to tighten the annular ring down around the cervix 12 to hold the cervix 12 closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Inventor: Robert A. Welch
  • Publication number: 20060226313
    Abstract: A support system includes a support post and support means for adjustably supporting a member to the support post. The support means includes a locking mechanism movable between a first position for press-fitting the support means, directly or indirectly, against the support post and a second position for releasing the press-fitting. The locking mechanism has a surface that abuts the support post, or a wedge member associated with the support post, when in the first position thereby to effect the press-fitting and that is released from the support post when moved to the second position to release the press-fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Robert Welch, James Hill, Jeffrey Olson, Robert Steele, Cheryl Kniffin, Katherine McGillivray
  • Publication number: 20060173908
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method providing an efficient ted customization of an existing workflow management system. Agent software utilized to operate autonomously to instruct a generic workflow tool provided by sting workflow management system to accomplish the customization process direct human supervision. Thus, a non-developer user who does not have dge of the process definition language provided by the workflow management may accomplish a successful customization. Further, the present invention costs and resources to customize an existing workflow management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Michelle Browning, Robert Welch
  • Publication number: 20060123557
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Deckner, Errol Wahl, Ruth Murphy, Charles Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Dihora, Ellen Baker, Janet Littig, Timothy Schroeder, Steven Diersing, Malcolm Dodd, Lois Gallon
  • Publication number: 20060123556
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Deckner, Errol Wahl, Charles Hensley, Ruth Murphy, Toan Trinh, Jiten Dihora, Ellen Baker, Janet Littig, Timothy Schroeder, Steven Diersing, Malcolm Dodd, Lois Gallon
  • Publication number: 20060102817
    Abstract: A wall-mounted shelving system is provided that is easy to install, allows for a placement which is unlimited by stud location, holds heavy loads, and is easily cleanable. This wall-mounted shelving system includes a track and a bracket engagable with the track. The bracket has a collar for supporting a shelf-carrying pilaster and an engaging element protruding from the collar that includes a floor and an arm projecting upwardly from the floor to define an elbow. The track is adapted to be mounted horizontally on a wall and includes a downwardly open channel at its top and an outwardly projecting ledge at its bottom. The upper extreme of the engaging element arm is received in the channel of the track while the elbow can be supported to rest on the ledge. A pilaster is adapted to then be supported in the collar through an intermediate wedge member, and shelves and other objects can be supported on the pilaster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: INTERMETRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Swartz, Kenton Droppers, Robert Welch, James Janick, Jeffrey Olson, Robert Steele
  • Publication number: 20060100534
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for non-invasive, real-time monitoring of the autonomic nervous systems. The present invention allows for monitoring of the autonomic nervous system using spectral analysis of both heart rate and respiratory signals. A preferred embodiment uses short-time Fourier transform (STFT) with a novel modified Bartlett windowing scheme in real-time so that the dynamic interactions between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system can be independently monitored. In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention uses the same techniques to monitor other biological or physiological data, including continuous blood pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Ansar, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Colombo, Robert Welch, Benhur Aysin
  • Publication number: 20060021907
    Abstract: A method for upgrading heavy oils by contacting the heavy oil with an inhibitor additive and then thermally treating the inhibitor additized heavy oil. The invention also relates to the upgraded product from the inhibitor enhanced thermal treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ramesh Varadaraj, Christopher Eppig, Douglas Hissong, Robert Welch
  • Publication number: 20050263933
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of using the apparatus to deliver metered quantities of powder to a target area in a laser sintering process from a single sided bi-directional powder delivery system to ensure fresh powder is preheated prior to fusing the powder with a laser beam. Metered quantities of powder are deposited for preheating adjacent the target area and then are spread by a mechanism that traverses the target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Welch, Tae Chung, Christopher Hanna
  • Publication number: 20050234938
    Abstract: A method for preserving the read/unread data when a database associated with an email program is moved from a source database to a destination database comprising a Migration Program (MP). The MP addresses the problem of the integrity of the association between the note IDs and the universal IDs when the database is moved, which alters the read/unread data for the user's messages. The MP determines the universal IDs associated with the note IDs. The MP then translates the note IDs into large pointers using the universal IDs. The MP then copies the read/unread table to the destination database and correlates the note IDs to the universal IDs. The MP then creates the note IDs. The result is that the association between the note IDs in the read/unread table, the universal IDs in the universal table, and thus the document data is preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle Browning, Robert Welch
  • Publication number: 20050202990
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Deckner, Errol Wahl, Ruth Murphy, Charles Hensley, Betty Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Dihora, Ellen Baker, Janet Littig, Timothy Schroeder, Steven Diersing, Malcolm Dodd, Lois Gallon
  • Publication number: 20050176611
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Deckner, Errol Wahl, Ruth Murphy, Charles Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Dihora, Ellen Baker, Janet Littig, Timothy Schroeder, Steven Diersing, Malcolm Dodd, Lois Gallon
  • Patent number: 6918341
    Abstract: A support adapted for use between first and second panels at a joint includes a distal end including a flange, an anchoring end including a flange and an anchor, and an intermediate section connecting the distal end and the anchoring end. The intermediate section is shaped to mate with adjoining edges of the first and second panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Welsch, Robert Welch, Willard J. Sickles, James D. Hill
  • Patent number: 6905472
    Abstract: Two embodiments of an annular cervical ring have an internal diameter 14 for surrounding the cervix 12. Each embodiment also includes a tightening device 16 for decreasing the internal diameter 14 to tighten the annular ring down around the cervix 12 to hold the cervix 12 closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Robert A. Welch
  • Publication number: 20050032629
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a catalyst system used in the production of high octane, low sulfur naphtha products through skeletal isomerization of feed olefins and hydrotreating with the optional removal of basic nitrogen-containing compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Stuart Shih, David Stem, Madhav Acharya, Robert Welch, Gordon Stuntz
  • Publication number: 20050026793
    Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Debra Caswell, Robert Welch, Mark Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Charles Albert Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon
  • Publication number: 20050023190
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for producing high octane, low sulfur naphtha products through skeletal isomerization of feed olefins and hydrotreating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Welch, Gordon Stuntz, Stuart Shih
  • Publication number: 20050021049
    Abstract: Two embodiments of an annular cervical ring have an internal diameter 14 for surrounding the cervix 12. Each embodiment also includes a tightening device 16 for decreasing the internal diameter 14 to tighten the annular ring down around the cervix 12 to hold the cervix 12 closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Welch