Patents by Inventor Simon Minnis

Simon Minnis 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: 9336642
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to bicycle storage systems and, in particular, to shared-use bicycle systems. Several embodiments herein are directed to a shared-use bicycle system, comprising a bicycle having a locking device and an accessory-receiving area. The locking device can extend horizontally from the bicycle, and the accessory-receiving area being positioned below the locking device. The shared-use bicycle system also comprises a bicycle rack having a horizontally-extending rigid member with at least one opening thereon to receive the locking device of the bicycle in a secured manner. When the bicycle is received in the at least one opening of the bicycle rack in the secured manner, access to the accessory-receiving area of the bicycle is restricted by the horizontally-extending rigid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventor: Simon Minnis
  • Publication number: 20140277706
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to bicycle storage systems and, in particular, to shared-use bicycle systems. Several embodiments herein are directed to a shared-use bicycle system, comprising a bicycle having a locking device and an accessory-receiving area. The locking device can extend horizontally from the bicycle, and the accessory-receiving area being positioned below the locking device. The shared-use bicycle system also comprises a bicycle rack having a horizontally-extending rigid member with at least one opening thereon to receive the locking device of the bicycle in a secured manner. When the bicycle is received in the at least one opening of the bicycle rack in the secured manner, access to the accessory-receiving area of the bicycle is restricted by the horizontally-extending rigid member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Simon Minnis
  • Publication number: 20060143207
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems and computer-readable media for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin script in a software product. An embodiment of this transliteration system and method comprises loading a text of characters and words in one of a Cyrillic or Latin script into a character transliteration module. This module converts each character in the one of a Cyrillic or Latin script into a corresponding opposite transliterated Cyrillic or Latin character. Then each word is examined in a word capitalization and exception module that compares each transliterated word against a set of predetermined grammatical rules to determine whether there are exceptions in capitalization. If there are, then appropriate internal capitalization of characters is added. Each word of the text to be transliterated is sequentially examined and converted until all words have been examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andre McQuaid, Andrej Koklic, Colin Fitzpatrick, Simon Minnis, Silvana Hadzic