Patents by Inventor Shawn M. Phelps

Shawn M. Phelps 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).

  • Book for joint reading by a visually impaired person and a sighted person
    Patent number: 5033964
    Abstract: A book permitting one person to hold and read, or to follow along with the reader of the book, in which a set of removable pages that correspond numerically to fixed pages in the book include material corresponding to that appearing on the fixed pages. The book can be held and read by an unsighted or visually impaired person by means of Braille and/or large-sized type printed upon the removable pages. The relationship of sighted/unsighted may be reversed; and the invention may be adopted to other educational, translation or instructional purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Inventor: Shawn M. Phelps