Patents by Inventor S. Christopher JACKSON

S. Christopher JACKSON 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 system of sensing level of submerged solids
    Patent number: 10260927
    Abstract: Sensing level of submerged solids. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: inserting a level sensing apparatus through an aperture at a top of a reservoir such that a bottom end of an inner tube abuts an upper surface of the submerged solids in the reservoir; utilizing the submerged solids such that the upper surface of the submerged solids recedes and the level sensing apparatus moves downward with the receding upper surface of the submerged solids; constraining downward movement of an outer tube when the upper surface of the submerged solids reaches a predetermined low level; and as the upper surface of the submerged solids continues to recede, sensing relative movement of the outer tube and an inner tube as an indication that the upper surface of the submerged solids is below the predetermined low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cotton Picking Mind, LP
    Inventors: S. Christopher Jackson, Jeremy J. Osborne
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SENSING LEVEL OF SUBMERGED SOLIDS
    Publication number: 20190063979
    Abstract: Sensing level of submerged solids. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: inserting a level sensing apparatus through an aperture at a top of a reservoir such that a bottom end of an inner tube abuts an upper surface of the submerged solids in the reservoir; utilizing the submerged solids such that the upper surface of the submerged solids recedes and the level sensing apparatus moves downward with the receding upper surface of the submerged solids; constraining downward movement of an outer tube when the upper surface of the submerged solids reaches a predetermined low level; and as the upper surface of the submerged solids continues to recede, sensing relative movement of the outer tube and an inner tube as an indication that the upper surface of the submerged solids is below the predetermined low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Cotton Picking Mind, LP
    Inventors: S. Christopher JACKSON, Jeremy J. OSBORNE