Patents by Inventor Steve Grinstead

Steve Grinstead 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: 20230241270
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area with an atomized disinfectant fluid may include a plurality of fogging devices each including a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the atomizing disinfectant generator and the wireless transceiver. The processor may be configured to communicate within a wireless communications network to initiate a treatment cycle on a coordinated schedule with the other fogging devices, and cause the atomizing disinfectant generator to dispense atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area along with the other fogging devices based upon the coordinated schedule. The system may also include at least one fan configured to wirelessly communicate within the wireless communications network and operate to circulate air based upon the coordinated schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: STEVE GRINSTEAD, FRANCES GRINSTEAD
  • Patent number: 11642427
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include a humidity sensor, and a fogging device including a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, at least one output circuit carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to determine a humidity level within the enclosed area based upon the humidity sensor, operate a humidity control device via the at least one output circuit responsive to the determined humidity control level being outside of a starting humidity range, cease operating the humidity control device responsive to the humidity level being within the starting humidity range based upon the humidity sensor, and initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead
  • Publication number: 20210128766
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include a humidity sensor, and a fogging device including a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, at least one output circuit carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to determine a humidity level within the enclosed area based upon the humidity sensor, operate a humidity control device via the at least one output circuit responsive to the determined humidity control level being outside of a starting humidity range, cease operating the humidity control device responsive to the humidity level being within the starting humidity range based upon the humidity sensor, and initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: STEVE GRINSTEAD, FRANCES GRINSTEAD
  • Patent number: 10894107
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include at least one ultraviolet (UV) light and a fogging device which may include a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, after a first time period activate the at least one UV light while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and after a second time period later than the first time period deactivate the at least one UV light and prior to completion of the treatment cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead
  • Publication number: 20180353631
    Abstract: A system for disinfecting an enclosed area may include at least one ultraviolet (UV) light and a fogging device which may include a portable housing, an atomizing disinfectant generator carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing. The processor may be configured to initiate a treatment cycle during which the atomizing disinfectant generator dispenses atomized disinfectant fluid into the enclosed area, after a first time period activate the at least one UV light while the atomized disinfectant fluid is being dispensed into the enclosed area, and after a second time period later than the first time period deactivate the at least one UV light and prior to completion of the treatment cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Grinstead, Frances Grinstead