Patents by Inventor Stephen B. Mills

Stephen B. Mills 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: 20080137880
    Abstract: A speaker system employs a first device and a second device where one of the first device and the second device is a speaker. The first device has a supporting surface, from which a positioning element protrudes and forms a distal end. The positioning element tapers from the supporting surface to a smaller dimension at the distal end. The second device has a cavity receiving the positioning element. In one embodiment, the first device has a first electrical contact positioned adjacent to the positioning element and the second device has a second electrical contact engaging the first electrical contact. In another embodiment, the first and second device are rotationally repositionable relative to one another, and an electrical connection is created between the first device and the second device when the cavity receives the positioning element at more than one relative rotational position between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Mills, Vian W.Y Li
  • Publication number: 20080043424
    Abstract: A substantially waterproof player presents content stored on an electronic storage device. The player has a body with a recess that houses the storage device and a closeable opening to permit access to the recess. A door is connected to the body and moves between an open position allowing access to the recess from outside the body and a closed position covering the opening. A docking piece in the recess holds the storage device, and moves between a receiving position for receiving and removing the storage device and a housed position for holding the storage device. The docking piece moves into the receiving position when the door moves into the open position. The docking piece moves into the housed position when the door is moved into the closed position. An input device in the recess receives the content from the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Burout, Stephen B. Mills
  • Publication number: 20070267020
    Abstract: A device for applying treatment, or therapy, to a body part directs air efficiently and effectively to the body part by using an air diverter. In particular, a device for treating a body part, such as a massager, has one or more treatment areas positioned to deliver treatment to the body part and an air blower having an air outlet that creates a flow of air in an outward direction from the air outlet. The air diverter is positioned to divert the flow of air to the one or more treatment areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: BROOKSTONE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: David Harris, Stephen B. Mills, Charles J. Burout