Patents by Inventor Simon Christopher Maidment

Simon Christopher Maidment 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).

  • Light apparatus
    Patent number: 6626554
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting apparatus comprising a hollow elastomeric body in which are encased a means for receiving electrical power such as battery terminals, and at least one light-emitting means such as an LED. One or more parts of the hollow elastomeric body are translucent, and light from the light-emitting means is transmitted through the translucent parts of the body in use to produce an attractive diffuse lighting effect. The light emitting means are actuable by means of a latch switch embedded within the hollow elastomeric body. In use a user squeezes the exterior surface to latch the switch to cause the apparatus to light, and may then safely handle the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventors: Aaron Nathan Rincover, Jonathan Richard Coles, Simon Christopher Maidment
  • Light apparatus
    Publication number: 20020012246
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting apparatus comprising a hollow elastomeric body in which are encased a means for receiving electrical power such as battery terminals, and at least one light-emitting means such as an LED. One or more parts of the hollow elastomeric body are translucent, and light from the light-emitting means is transmitted through the translucent parts of the body in use to produce an attractive diffuse lighting effect. The light emitting means are actuable by means of a latch switch embedded within the hollow elastomeric body. In use a user squeezes the exterior surface to latch the switch to cause the apparatus to light, and may then safely handle the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Aaron Nathan Rincover, Jonathan Richard Coles, Simon Christopher Maidment