Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Leanheart

Stephen J. Leanheart 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: 6669092
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a light box upon which a display piece can be removably positioned and illuminated from behind. The display piece carries a machine-readable tag from which a tag reader in the light box may obtain identifying information. A central processing unit in the light box selectively energizes a digital audio player and an aroma diffuser in response to the identifying information obtained from the machine-readable tag by the tag reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: SensoryScapes, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Leanheart, Joshua I. Feldstein, Richard P. Meyst, Steven G. Yoder
  • Publication number: 20030029918
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a light box upon which a display piece can be removably positioned and illuminated from behind. The display piece carries a machine-readable tag from which a tag reader in the light box may obtain identifying information. A central processing unit in the light box selectively energizes a digital audio player and an aroma diffuser in response to the identifying information obtained from the machine-readable tag by the tag reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen J. Leanheart, Joshua I. Feldstein, Richard P. Meyst, Steven G. Yoder