Patents by Inventor SARA ELIZABETH WOLF

SARA ELIZABETH WOLF 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).

  • Patent number: 9934767
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching band equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrea Michelle Sumner, Wendi Weimar, Sara Elizabeth Wolf
  • Publication number: 20160372093
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching band equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrea Michelle SUMNER, Wendi WEIMAR, Sara Elizabeth WOLF
  • Patent number: 9437175
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching band equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrea Michelle Sumner, Wendi Weimar, Sara Elizabeth Wolf
  • Publication number: 20150129624
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching and equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: ANDREA MICHELLE SUMNER, WENDI WEIMAR, SARA ELIZABETH WOLF