Patents by Inventor Theo Wanne

Theo Wanne 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: 20230317036
    Abstract: An instrument having an interior body or column wall that includes a plurality of curvilinear modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised curvilinear ridges or curvilinear valleys set into the body wall. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These air-flow disruption modifications are separate and distinct from any tone-changing actuators of the instruments as the instrument may be a woodwind (with tome holes) or a brass instrument (with valves or sliders).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Wanne Inc.
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Patent number: 11749235
    Abstract: An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of curvilinear modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised curvilinear ridges disposed on the baffle of the or curvilinear valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wanne Inc.
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Patent number: 11538447
    Abstract: An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised ridges disposed on the baffle of the or valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wanne Inc.
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Publication number: 20220148543
    Abstract: An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised ridges disposed on the baffle of the or valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Publication number: 20220148542
    Abstract: An instrument mouthpiece having an interior wall that includes a plurality of curvilinear modifications that disrupts airflow through the mouthpiece in order to produce a pleasing sound when a player is playing an instrument. The modifications may comprise raised curvilinear ridges disposed on the baffle of the or curvilinear valleys carved into the baffle. Additionally, the modifications may include specific patterns designed to elicit different, yet still pleasing sounds from the instrument. These patterns may include a first pattern having a first central linear modification flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications wherein each modification has a parabolic focus increasingly more distant from each respective modification in a direction away from the central modification and also flanked by a set of modifications having parabolic elongated modifications fashioned in the opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Patent number: D982071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Wanne Inc.
    Inventor: Theo Wanne
  • Patent number: D996517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wanne Inc.
    Inventor: Theo Wanne