Patents by Inventor Robert H. Whyte

Robert H. Whyte 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: 20110205757
    Abstract: An improved and novel system is needed to provide a lighting to a room using light emitting diode (“LED”). The novel system utilizes a thin edge panel composed of LEDs, plates and a polycarbonate material. The plates are manufactured from injection molded technology and include guides to allow various panels to be connected to one another. The novel system can be secured to ceilings and walls to provide an efficient and cost effective lighting solution in lieu of current lighting systems, such as fluorescent lighting systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Robert H. Whyte
  • Patent number: 5499837
    Abstract: A swivelable mount for the boot bindings of a snowboard or the like, including a low profile housing with walls enclosing a cylindrical cavity, the housing bottom having a bore concentric with and smaller in diameter than the cavity, the bore being surrounded by an upward-facing annular surface, the housing top adapted for the mounting of a boot binding. A circular member for rotatably mounting the housing is secured to the snowboard and has a stem journaled in the housing bore and a larger diameter cap fitting in the housing cavity. The cap provides a downward-facing annular flange positioned opposite the upward-facing annular surface of the housing, and prevents upward movement of the housing from the snowboard. A circular locking plate rotatably mounted in the cavity above the top of the housing mount has a top surface characterized by a plurality of radially extending undulations, and the top wall of the housing cavity is provided with a similar undulating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Joseph P. Hale, Robert H. Whyte