Patents by Inventor Shirley Smith

Shirley Smith 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: 20240141677
    Abstract: A stacked temporary lodging, including a lower insulated cabin, having side walls and a top cover, and an upper tent, having a base surface disposed adjacent and above the top cover of the lower insulated cabin, and a top surface. A plurality of tensioned straps are attached to the lower insulated cabin and extend over the top surface of the upper tent. A plurality of fasteners attach an upper edge of the lower insulated cabin to the base surface of the upper tent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Publication number: 20240041191
    Abstract: A recliner system, including a suspension point adapted to be mounted onto an upright anchor and to extend outwardly therefrom. The recliner system further includes a support platform and a plurality of cords, each attached to the support platform at two attachment points and suspended from the suspension point. The support platform is adjustable between an upright position and a reclined position by pulling on at least a subset of the plurality of cords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: 11800923
    Abstract: A recliner system, including a suspension point adapted to be mounted onto an upright anchor and to extend outwardly therefrom. The recliner system further includes a support platform and a plurality of cords, each attached to the support platform at two attachment points and suspended from the suspension point. The support platform is adjustable between an upright position and a reclined position by pulling on at least a subset of the plurality of cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: 11306501
    Abstract: A retrofit trampoline into a gazebo, covered shelter, or the like is created by attaching upward-oriented and/or sideways oriented poles to existing vertical poles of a trampoline. A removable cap is attached to the top of the vertical poles onto which the upward-oriented and/or sideways oriented poles can attach. The sideways oriented polls can be a rollable fabric which can be unrolled to form sidewalls. The upward-oriented poles can meet and/or cross at a horizontal center of the trampoline and/or support a canopy cover which is solid and/or mesh. Seats, such as circumferential seats, which extend around the perimeter of the trampoline inside of the side walls can be added. In some embodiments, a tensioning rope attaches the removable cap to a lower section of the trampoline or ground for support and in some embodiments a tensioning rope is used to hold the cap to the vertical poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Publication number: 20210093939
    Abstract: A retrofit trampoline into a gazebo, covered shelter, or the like is created by attaching upward-oriented and/or sideways oriented poles to existing vertical poles of a trampoline. A removable cap is attached to the top of the vertical poles onto which the upward-oriented and/or sideways oriented poles can attach. The sideways oriented polls can be a rollable fabric which can be unrolled to form sidewalls. The upward-oriented poles can meet and/or cross at a horizontal center of the trampoline and/or support a canopy cover which is solid and/or mesh. Seats, such as circumferential seats, which extend around the perimeter of the trampoline inside of the side walls can be added. In some embodiments, a tensioning rope attaches the removable cap to a lower section of the trampoline or ground for support and in some embodiments a tensioning rope is used to hold the cap to the vertical poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: 10676953
    Abstract: A tent is designed for use in the air, connected at its vertices to trees or the like. The tent is further designed with enough support from an independent support structure to create a shelter there-in while in the air or on the ground. Further, the tent is built atop a floating mat or base. In order to provide enough strength to the base that it can be used to float the entire tent or hold the tent airborne, straps extend from each vertex of the mat through a central portal and connect back to themselves. From these straps, loops are further created to attach the tent, by way of the loops, to trees while the entirety of the mat is buoyant enough to hold the tent and people there-in afloat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Publication number: 20190323257
    Abstract: A tent is designed for use in the air, connected at its vertices to trees or the like. The tent is further designed with enough support from an independent support structure to create a shelter there-in while in the air or on the ground. Further, the tent is built atop a floating mat or base. In order to provide enough strength to the base that it can be used to float the entire tent or hold the tent airborne, straps extend from each vertex of the mat through a central portal and connect back to themselves. From these straps, loops are further created to attach the tent, by way of the loops, to trees while the entirety of the mat is buoyant enough to hold the tent and people there-in afloat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: 10378233
    Abstract: A tent is designed for use in the air, connected at its vertices to trees or the like. The tent is further designed with enough support from an independent support structure to create a shelter there-in while in the air or on the ground. Further, the tent is built atop a floating mat or base. In order to provide enough strength to the base that it can be used to float the entire tent or hold the tent airborne, straps extend from each vertex of the mat through a central portal and connect back to themselves. From these straps, loops are further created to attach the tent, by way of the loops, to trees while the entirety of the mat is buoyant enough to hold the tent and people there-in afloat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Publication number: 20190119943
    Abstract: A tent is designed for use in the air, connected at its vertices to trees or the like. The tent is further designed with enough support from an independent support structure to create a shelter there-in while in the air or on the ground. Further, the tent is built atop a floating mat or base. In order to provide enough strength to the base that it can be used to float the entire tent or hold the tent airborne, straps extend from each vertex of the mat through a central portal and connect back to themselves. From these straps, loops are further created to attach the tent, by way of the loops, to trees while the entirety of the mat is buoyant enough to hold the tent and people there-in afloat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Publication number: 20170247908
    Abstract: A tent (100) comprising: a ground sheet (220); a canopy sheet (230) adapted to extend over at least part of the ground sheet to form at least a partially enclosed internal space when the tent is assembled; and at least one pair of pocket elements (250,252) each attached either to the ground sheet or the canopy sheet, each pocket element comprising a pocket in which an end of a pole (210) may be received, wherein, the pocket elements (250,252) are secured in spaced apart locations which, when the tent is assembled, are within the enclosed internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Tentsile Limited
    Inventors: Alex Shirley-Smith, Kirk Kirchev
  • Patent number: 9603763
    Abstract: These new inventions aim to solve problems that are related to healthcare concerns. Each invention is designed to scope the needs of patients whether they are at home, in a nursing home, or a hospital facility. These products are designed to be hassle-free when removing them on and off the patient. Both of them will provide privacy, safety, and dignity allowing the patients to be respected. The privacy jacket is a two component garment with a medium top pocket on the left side. It also has an opening at the arm and neck with three snaps down the right side. The privacy jacket shields the body and provide warmth while the patient is using it, and it has a secret pocket inside the back panel. The pocket holds the collapsible disposable bucket. The disposable bucket is comprised of a soft, molded texture, with padded sections that absorbs both feces and urine. It has flexible elastic wings that expand into a bucket to fit underneath the shower chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Shirley Smith, Jacklyn Smith Sanders, Dedtra Deneat Smith, Christina Smith-Massey, Justice Lugretta Smith, Micheal Smith, James Smith, Sr., Charleston Dakota Smith
  • Patent number: D755322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D768797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D774614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventors: Alex Shirley-Smith, Kirk Kirchev
  • Patent number: D781389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventors: Alex Shirley-Smith, Kirk Kirchev
  • Patent number: D825704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D825705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D828891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D829840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TENTSILE LTD
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith
  • Patent number: D1004030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Alex Shirley-Smith