Patents by Inventor Shawn Turner

Shawn Turner 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: 9682818
    Abstract: A combination of a trash container and an anchoring system. The trash container includes a body forming an inner cavity and a bottom surface and a ledge extending from the bottom surface. The anchoring system includes a platform having an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of suction cups secured to the lower surface of the platform, the plurality of suction cups being configured to secure the platform to a ground surface; and a channel member extending from upper surface of the platform, the channel member forming an elongated channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Shawn Turner
  • Publication number: 20080102677
    Abstract: This invention provides a pull-out device for pulling out a connector from an apparatus to which the connector is connected, including a pulling member having one end attached to the connector and the other end with a locking portion, a locking unit arranged to face the connector and to which the locking portion is locked, and a moving unit arranged to move the locking unit and the apparatus relative to each other so as to separate from each other in a pull-out direction of the connector, thereby causing the pulling member to generate tension that pulls out the connector, wherein the locking unit locks with the locking portion such that, as the tension is generated, the locking portion is freely movable within a plane substantially perpendicular to the pull-out direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Sakamoto, Yoichi Hirasawa, Shawn Turner