Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Mitchell

Thomas A. Mitchell 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).

  • Food product dispenser and valve
    Patent number: 9717354
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
  • SURROUND SOUND APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES FOR VERTICALLY-ORIENTED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170150263
    Abstract: Examples described herein include surround sound systems for vertically-oriented displays and televisions that may leverage existing audio formats, recording techniques and audio authoring tools specifically for vertical display applications. Audio speakers and the vertically-oriented display may all be arranged on a single vertical plane to deliver visual image and spatial audio sound and sound effects on the vertical (e.g. top and bottom) and horizontal (e.g. left and right) axes in relation to the user. Speakers can be positioned separate from the vertically-oriented display as a method or integrated with the display using a frame system or within the housing of a display or television device itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: THOMAS MITCHELL DAIR
  • Rescue chair
    Patent number: 9629765
    Abstract: The present invention is portable lifting apparatus for raising a supine bipedal user into a sitting position with the assistance of sequentially inflated bodies. This device includes a sectional cot, a plurality of inflatable bodies, and a rigid, foldable, locking frame. The addition of the frame, as opposed to the sole use of the inflatable bodies, provides additional stability for the apparatus during the rescue process. Further, due to the rigidity of the frame, it allows another person to lift and carry the apparatus with the patient on it. The apparatus may also include collapsible armrest for use by the patient. The inflatable bodies may inflate simultaneously, resulting in a rapidly raising the patient to a sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Mitchell
  • Multi-stage suspended wave screen and coastal protection system
    Patent number: 9624636
    Abstract: A shoreline protection system comprising a first barrier assembly, which comprises a first pile extending into a bottom of a body of water, a second pile extending into the bottom of the body of water, wherein the first pile and the second pile are spaced apart and essentially parallel relative to each other, and a first screen having an upper edge, a lower edge, and a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the first screen extends between the first pile and the second pile, wherein the lower edge of the first screen is spaced from the bottom of the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Integrated Shoreline Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Mitchell Andrus, James Paul Quackenbos, Jr., Michael Leon Pugh, Jr.
  • Pump with mechanical seal assembly
    Patent number: 9617994
    Abstract: A sliding vane, positive displacement pump is provided which includes a dual mechanical seal that protects against leakage from a pump chamber while also reducing slip across rotor end faces. The dual mechanical seal may be formed as a cartridge seal that is readily demountable from the pump for replacement and service, and is retrofittable to existing pumps to improve the performance thereof. The pump may integrally include a dual mechanical seal, or the mechanical seal assembly may be provided for use by itself or in combination with a replaceable head ring that can be installed on existing pumps for repair thereof or for a retrofit upgrade of such existing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Douglas Walters, Michael Thomas Mitchell
  • Compact common aperture imager system
    Patent number: 9568737
    Abstract: An optical imager design that is capable of imaging a common scene to two or more optical systems, and is more compact in physical size and superior in throughput than previous designs is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Wavefront Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Mitchell
  • Optical relay with adjustable magnification
    Patent number: 9459145
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imaging system with adjustable magnification. In one aspect, the optical imager, which defines an optical axis, includes an object plane and an image plane, an optical sub-system located along the optical axis and optically disposed between the object plane and the image plane, the optical sub-system being configured to substantially image electromagnetic radiation emanating from the object plane onto the image plane, and at least one detecting element located substantially at the image plane. In one example, the object plane and the image plane are separated by a fixed distance. In one example, the optical sub-system is configured to mechanically translate along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Wavefront Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Mitchell
  • Cover for dock leveler
    Patent number: 9440806
    Abstract: A device for covering a portion of a dock leveler deck and a gap between the deck and a surrounding dock floor surface lying inward relative to a loading dock door is provided. The device may include a rigid frame and a barrier secured to the rigid frame and configured to cover the portion of the dock leveler deck and the gap inward of the loading dock door when the rigid frame is attached to the loading dock door and the loading dock door is fully lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Pathfinder Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Mitchell Gray
  • COVER FOR DOCK LEVELER
    Publication number: 20160201316
    Abstract: A device for covering a portion of a dock leveler deck and a gap between the deck and a surrounding dock floor surface lying inward relative to a loading dock door is provided. The device may include a rigid frame and a barrier secured to the rigid frame and configured to cover the portion of the dock leveler deck and the gap inward of the loading dock door when the rigid frame is attached to the loading dock door and the loading dock door is fully lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Mitchell Gray
  • Compact annular field imager and method for imaging electromagnetic radiation
    Patent number: 9383561
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical imager and a method for imaging electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the optical imager includes an object array substantially located at an object plane, a first catadioptric element configured to substantially collimate, at a central plane, electromagnetic radiation emanating from the object array, a second catadioptric element configured to image the substantially collimated electromagnetic radiation from the central plane onto an image plane, and a detecting element substantially located at the image plane. The first catadioptric element includes at least one refractive surface and at least one reflective surface, and the second catadioptric element includes at least one refractive surface and at least one reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wavefront Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Mitchell
  • Fitment
    Patent number: D763077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, Michael Sowieja
  • Coordinate input device
    Patent number: D773456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wacom Co., ltd.
    Inventor: Giles Thomas Mitchell
  • Coordinate input apparatus
    Patent number: D773462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Giles Thomas Mitchell
  • Display screen of a captioning communication device with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D777190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: CaptionCall, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Lalor, Brian Chevrier, Maarten Dinger, Coralie Sabin, Dan Saffer, Elie Monge, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Coordinate input instrument
    Patent number: D781293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Giles Thomas Mitchell
  • Fitment
    Patent number: D782907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sowieja, Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund
  • Main processing unit of a video communication set
    Patent number: D787463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Conrad Arlo Maxwell, Eric V. Winsor, Mark D. Nelson, Merle L. Walker, Brent C. Giles, Elie Monge, Sean Patrick Murphy, Shannon Fong, Alice Viola Pintus, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Food dispenser
    Patent number: D792164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
  • Touch screen unit of a video phone set
    Patent number: D792362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Conrad Arlo Maxwell, Eric V. Winsor, Mark D. Nelson, Merle L. Walker, Brent Carlen Giles, Elie Mathias Monge, Sean Patrick Murphy, Shannon Colleen Fong, Alice Viola Pintus, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Handset and cradle unit assembly for a video phone set
    Patent number: D792867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Conrad Arlo Maxwell, Eric V. Winsor, Mark D. Nelson, Merle L. Walker, Brent Carlen Giles, Elie Mathias Monge, Sean Patrick Murphy, Shannon Collleen Fong, Alice Viola Pintus, Thomas Mitchell Dair