Patents by Inventor Steven Robert Pripps

Steven Robert Pripps 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: 11828495
    Abstract: The present disclosure solves the problem of solar energy capture and storage for solar power generating devices. This power system does not rely on batteries to accomplish energy generation during nighttime operating hours or during cloudy days. Solar energy is collected in a chamber equipped with opposing parabolic mirrors and a gaseous medium. The solar energy collector traps the majority of incoming sunlight and, through the processes of thermal radiation, heat conduction, and heat convection, converts said sunlight into useable heat energy. The heated gaseous medium is pumped to a Stirling engine for the purpose of conversion to mechanical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Steven Robert Pripps
  • Patent number: 6561394
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device designed to carry children in a chair like structure to be supported upon a carrier's shoulders. It is an improvement on previous shoulder mounted designs in that it is meant to be used by a lone person who may place the child in the seat, secure the child with straps and buckles, hoist the child and seat onto the shoulders, and secure the seat to the person by a second system of straps and buckles. It may also rest on any flat surface in a stable manner while the child is seated therein and indeed may double as a chair when not being used as a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventors: Steven Robert Pripps, Donald Joseph Bolieau
  • Publication number: 20020179654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device designed to carry children in a chair like structure to be supported upon a carrier's shoulders. It is an improvement on previous shoulder mounted designs in that it is meant to be used by a lone person who may place the child in the seat, secure the child with straps and buckles, hoist the child and seat onto the shoulders, and secure the seat to the person by a second system of straps and buckles. It may also rest on any flat surface in a stable manner while the child is seated therein and indeed may double as a chair when not being used as a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Steven Robert Pripps, Donald Joseph Bolieau