Patents by Inventor Scott A. Davis

Scott A. Davis 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).

  • Case for electronic tablet
    Patent number: 9226559
    Abstract: A front cover for a portable electronic device, such as a tablet computer, includes a plurality of panel sections and a plurality of hinges formed in the front cover. Each panel section is separated from another by a hinge. This front cover can be folded along the hinges to act as stand for the portable electronic device. This stand can support the device in various working and viewing angles, for both portrait and landscape orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Incase Designs Corp.
    Inventors: Markus Diebel, Scott Davis, Luke Arthur Pushee, Bruce Owyoung, Timothy Ahn
  • Pressure-relief pillows
    Patent number: 9220345
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device comprising a body that defines a first surface and a second surface and defines a first, second, third and fourth lateral sides. In one embodiment, the first surface defines a first aperture and a second aperture. In one embodiment, the thickness of the body along the first lateral side is greater than the thickness of the body along the third lateral side such that the first surface slopes downwards from the first lateral side towards the third lateral side. The device not only reduces the pressure on the tailbone or on the hemorrhoids for a person in a seated position, but also reduces the discomfort or pain associated with settling into a seated position or emerging from a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Richard Coponi, Calvin G. Tabor
  • Database access using a common web interface
    Patent number: 9208344
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing databases using a common web interface are provided. A method for transmitting data retrieved from an endpoint device to a client device using a common web interface includes providing the common web interface to the client device. The common web interface allows access to a plurality of endpoint devices, each endpoint device comprising a unique endpoint address. The method further includes receiving, by a computer, identification data from the client device, retrieving an endpoint address for one of the plurality of endpoint devices based on the identification data, connecting to the endpoint device corresponding to the endpoint address, retrieving data from the endpoint device, and transmitting the retrieved data to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LexisNexis, A Division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McCray, Eric Scott Davis
  • Adjustable support apparatus
    Patent number: 9149125
    Abstract: An adjustable support apparatus for a user includes a cover defining a user-facing surface, at least a portion of the user-facing surface defining a plurality of raised members each defining a distal end, wherein the distal end of each raised member defines a planar surface. The apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism at least partially enclosed by the cover. The adjustment mechanism is structured to be urged toward or away from the user so as to urge the user-facing surface and plurality of raised members toward or away from the user, respectively, so as to increase or decrease, respectively, the spacing between the distal ends of the raised members to thereby increase or decrease, respectively, the force exerted by the raised members against the user so as to impart a stretching or lengthening effect or contraction effect, respectively, on the vertebral column and intervertebral discs of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Richard Coponi
  • METHODS FOR USING HEAD POSITIONING PILLOWS TO OPTIMIZE RESPIRATORY TITRATION
    Publication number: 20150265793
    Abstract: Presented herein are various methods for using head positioning pillows to optimize respiratory titration. More specifically, the method includes a first step of determining an optimal relative angle between the patient's mouth and throat at which the patient's airway is optimally opened. The method also includes a second step of adjusting a head positioning pillow relative to the patient's head and neck to modify and transform the configuration of the pillow to achieve a pillow position that achieves the optimal relative angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Antonio Arcieri
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150253041
    Abstract: Materials, components, and methods consistent with the disclosure are directed to the fabrication and use of micro scale channels with a gas, where the micro channel can include a base (110) and a side (120), where the base and the side can be configured to form at least a portion of an inflow opening, and an outflow opening. The micro channel can be configured to accommodate a flow of the gas from the inflow opening to the outflow opening in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the micro channel. The side can have a thickness in a range 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m, where the micro channel with a thickness in a range 0.5 ?m and 500 ?m is formed, in part, by providing the side on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Forced Physics LLC
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • INSULATION PAD FOR PIPES AND VESSELS
    Publication number: 20150247270
    Abstract: An insulation pad includes a binderless pack of glass fibers and an envelope around the binderless pack of glass fibers. The glass fibers are mechanically entangled by needling such that the binderless pack has a density of from 4.5 to 5.5 pounds per cubic foot. The insulation pad is used to insulate pipes and vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Albert Thaxton, Andrew Scott Davis, Glenn Eric Haley, David Cox, John William Hoffman, William Henry Stauch
  • APPARATUS, METHODS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR EXTRACTING, PROVIDING AND REVIEWING DATA
    Publication number: 20150213540
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture are shown, for providing vehicle cost structure data to buyers and sellers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Sean Wolfington, Scott Davis
  • PILLOW AND METHOD FOR USE WITH ASSISTED BREATHING MASKS
    Publication number: 20150201767
    Abstract: A device for use with a respiratory mask comprises a pillow having at least one recess structured to receive the mask so that the pillow does not exert substantial pressure on the mask, and a cover that at least partially covers the exterior surface of the pillow and substantially follows the contours of the at least one recess. A method of using a respiratory mask comprises providing a pillow having at least one recess, positioning a cover on the pillow so that the cover substantially follows the contours of the at least one recess, positioning a respiratory mask on the head of a user, and positioning the user's head on the cover and pillow such that the mask is received in the at least one recess so that the pillow and cover do not exert substantial pressure on the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Antonio Arcieri
  • Method and Apparatus for Control of Fluid Temperature and Flow
    Publication number: 20150192328
    Abstract: Materials, components, and methods consistent with the present invention are directed to the fabrication and use of micro-scale channels with a fluid, where the temperature and flow of the fluid is controlled through the geometry of the micro-scale channel and the configuration of at least a portion of the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles that make up the fluid. Moreover, the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles are configured such that collisions between the constituent particles and the wall are substantially specular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATE CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150172731
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing alternate content in a network, such as in the instance where content is restricted. In one embodiment, a server within the network assigns a location identifier to a plurality of client devices and associates the identifier to a location value. The location value is used to register a certain set of the client devices to a given service area. The server in one variant creates one or more lists associating the client devices to location values, and location values to primary and alternate content. The information is published and accessible to other network components. The server receives a request for content from the client device and either references the list or communicates with another server to determine appropriate content to send. Based on the determination, the server transmits the appropriate content to the requesting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Hasek, Norrie Bush, Wilfred Jaime Miles, Glen Hardin, Scott Davis, Todd Bowen
  • PATIENT SUPPORT WITH UNIVERSAL ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150135436
    Abstract: A patient support includes a patient support surface, a DVT pump mounted in the patient support, and a port mounted at the patient support in selective fluid communication with the DVT pump. Optionally, the patient support further includes a control system to detect when a DVT device is coupled or in close proximity to the port and/or the type of DVT device. Further, the control system may be configured to control the pump based on the type of DVT device coupled to the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Martin W. Stryker, Kevin Conway, Scott Davis, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Richard A. Derenne
  • Pillow and method for use with assisted breathing masks
    Patent number: 9009897
    Abstract: A device for use with a respiratory mask comprises a pillow having at least one recess structured to receive the mask so that the pillow does not exert substantial pressure on the mask, and a cover that at least partially covers the exterior surface of the pillow and substantially follows the contours of the at least one recess. A method of using a respiratory mask comprises providing a pillow having at least one recess, positioning a cover on the pillow so that the cover substantially follows the contours of the at least one recess, positioning a respiratory mask on the head of a user, and positioning the user's head on the cover and pillow such that the mask is received in the at least one recess so that the pillow and cover do not exert substantial pressure on the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Banyan Licensing L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Antonio Arcieri
  • Patient lift
    Patent number: 8997276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a patient lift for transferring a person from a hospital bed to another patient support structure. The patient lift includes a mast, a boom, a stabilizer leg, and a coupler leg adapted to couple to the hospital bed. The boom is mounted to the top of the mast, and extends outwardly from a central vertical axis of said mast. In one aspect, the boom may rotate independently of the stabilizer leg about the central vertical axis while above the hospital bed and while within an angular distance of a side of the hospital bed. Once the boom moves past the angular distance, the boom and stabilizer leg may begin to rotate together about the central vertical axis. In another aspect, the boom is capable of being positioned in a stowed position above a footboard of the hospital bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Martin W. Stryker, Cory P. Herbst, Jeffrey L. Lewandowski, Scott Davis
  • Method and apparatus for control of fluid temperature and flow
    Patent number: 8986627
    Abstract: Materials, components, and methods consistent with the present invention are directed to the fabrication and use of micro-scale channels with a fluid, where the temperature and flow of the fluid is controlled through the geometry of the micro-scale channel and the configuration of at least a portion of the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles that make up the fluid. Moreover, the wall of the micro-scale channel and the constituent particles are configured such that collisions between the constituent particles and the wall are substantially specular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Forced Physics, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Davis
  • Cylindrical Object Latch
    Publication number: 20150060503
    Abstract: A cylindrical object latch is a holding device that has a face that fits the height of a cylindrical object and two ends that fit over the ends of the cylindrical object and exert tension on both ends of the cylindrical object to hold the cylindrical object in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Davis, Bradley Andrew Reece
  • Method for bonding zircon substrates
    Patent number: 8956484
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for bonding refractory substrates, such as zircon substrates, without the use of a bonding agent. Exemplary methods include (a) providing a plurality of refractory components, each component having at least one surface to be bonded, (b) polishing each surface to be bonded to a surface roughness (Ra) of 200 nm or finer, (c) contacting the surfaces to be bonded to form an unbonded refractory substrate, (d) firing the unbonded refractory substrate, and (e) subjecting the surfaces to be bonded to a compressive force during firing. Methods for making refractory forming bodies are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: William Peter Addiego, Michael John Bennett, Michael Patrick Carson, Jeffrey Scott Davis, Martin Herbert Goller, Benjamin Zain Hanson, Tracey Lynn Timmons
  • Method and vessel for shipping hazardous chemicals
    Patent number: 8955448
    Abstract: A method and vessel for shipping hazardous chemicals, includes an articulated tug barge having a plurality of holds substantially filled with containers or tanks of hazardous chemicals, each container, or tank, being associated with an ISO frame, and the holds include a plurality of cofferdam bulkheads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Minyan Marine LLC
    Inventors: Joel G. Altman, Scott A. Davis
  • MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK
    Publication number: 20150035300
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock that is equipped with at least one locking mechanism, one lock housing (1), a drive unit (2) arranged in the lock housing (1), and with at least one output element (3, 4) acted upon by the drive unit (2). The drive unit (2) is enclosed in a drive housing (8, 9), that is separate from the lock housing (1), is arranged therein, and is sealed relative to the lock housing (1). The output element (3, 4) is designed in two parts, with an interior element (3) arranged in the drive housing (8, 9) and an exterior element (4) that is mechanically coupled with the interior element (3), and is sealed relative to the drive housing (8, 9) and is arranged on the outside thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: David Taylor, Scott Davis
  • PILLOW
    Publication number: 20150026891
    Abstract: A pillow is provided comprising a first member having first and second side portions and a medial portion extending therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the first and second side portions and the medial portion define a recess; and wherein the pillow further comprises an elongate second member, the second member being structured to be removably attached to the first member within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Calvin Tabor