Patents by Inventor Thomas Anthony John Plaisted

Thomas Anthony John Plaisted 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).

  • Head restraint system having a rate sensitive device
    Patent number: 10178888
    Abstract: A head restraint system having a rate sensitive device to connect a head restraint to a body of a user. The head restraint system includes a first connector to connect to the head of a user, a second connector connected to the first connector and to a body of the user, wherein one of the first connector and the second connector includes a rate sensitive (RS) device, wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to restrain the user's head to the user's body at high speed motion of the user's head relative to the user's body and otherwise not restrain the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Eric Dean Wetzel, Greg Allan Thompson, Jared Michael Gardner, Patrick Michael Toal, Jr., Thomas Anthony John Plaisted, David Stanley Lowry
  • HEAD RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAVING A RATE SENSITIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170150767
    Abstract: A head restraint system having a rate sensitive device to connect a head restraint to a body of a user. The head restraint system includes a first connector to connect to the head of a user, a second connector connected to the first connector and to a body of the user, wherein one of the first connector and the second connector includes a rate sensitive (RS) device, wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to restrain the user's head to the user's body at high speed motion of the user's head relative to the user's body and otherwise not restrain the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Dean Wetzel, Greg Allan Thompson, Jared Michael Gardner, Patrick Michael Toal, JR., Thomas Anthony John Plaisted, David Stanley Lowry