Patents by Inventor Sean L. Thomas

Sean L. Thomas 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: 20230389558
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system for rotating a product during processing comprising a shackle system comprising a trolley, a rotator, and a rotating shackle and a track wherein the trolley is coupled to the track and configured to undergo translational motion along the track causing the shackle system to move along the track and wherein and the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Comas Haynes, Aklilu G. Giorges, Saikamal Srinivas, Sean L. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9403101
    Abstract: A multiple activity toy for both entertaining and improving a child's manual dexterity includes a box-like housing having a front panel displaying a plurality of transparent or translucent graphic images and including a pair of spaced-apart three-way switches that control the on/off state of a string of battery powered LED's that are plugged into apertures located beneath the graphic images. Also included in the housing is a record/playback circuit to which a plurality of push-button switches are connected to control the recording and playback of voice, music or other sounds via a speaker mounted within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sean L. Thomas, Pamela R. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20150196853
    Abstract: A multiple activity toy for both entertaining and improving a child's manual dexterity includes a box-like housing having a front panel displaying a plurality of transparent or translucent graphic images and including a pair of spaced-apart three-way switches that control the on/off state of a string of battery powered LED's that are plugged into apertures located beneath the graphic images. Also included in the housing is a record/playback circuit to which a plurality of push-button switches are connected to control the recording and playback of voice, music or other sounds via a speaker mounted within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Sean L. Thomas, Pamela R. Thomas