Patents by Inventor Robert Jerome Weaver

Robert Jerome Weaver 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).

  • Transaction product with paddle
    Patent number: 8701987
    Abstract: A transaction product includes a paddle, a string, a ball, and an account identifier. The paddle defines an enlarged portion and an elongated handle extending from the enlarged portion. The paddle is formed as a single piece of material. The string defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of the string is coupled to the paddle. The ball is coupled to the second end of the string and is configured to bounce on the paddle. The account identifier is statically connected to the paddle and links the paddle to at least one of an account and a record and is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Albers, Robert Jerome Weaver, Melissa M. Andrykowski, Marta Harding, Jessica D. Albrecht, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • Transaction product with selectively illuminated buttons
    Patent number: 8647203
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica A. Albrecht, Madelaine Ann Hague, Aaron Muther, Allan Peters, Robert Jerome Weaver, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • TRANSACTION PRODUCT WITH SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATED BUTTONS
    Publication number: 20130116050
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica D. Albrecht, Madelaine Ann Hague, Aaron Muther, Allan Peters, Robert Jerome Weaver, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • TRANSACTION PRODUCT WITH PADDLE
    Publication number: 20120323823
    Abstract: A transaction product includes a paddle, a string, a ball, and an account identifier. The paddle defines an enlarged portion and an elongated handle extending from the enlarged portion. The paddle is formed as a single piece of material. The string defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of the string is coupled to the paddle. The ball is coupled to the second end of the string and is configured to bounce on the paddle. The account identifier is statically connected to the paddle and links the paddle to at least one of an account and a record and is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Chad Albers, Robert Jerome Weaver, Melissa M. Andrykowski, Marta Harding, Jessica D. Albrecht, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • Transaction product
    Patent number: D738957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Albers, Robert Jerome Weaver, Anthony V. Roberts