Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Nave

Thomas J. Nave 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: 8717254
    Abstract: A portable system is disclosed for displaying a real time video to a user wearing video glasses and while engaging in exercise. The system comprises a motion sensor for attachment to the of the user, with sensor generating a plurality of consecutive signals based upon the motion of the user's body. The video glasses of the system also comprise a video frame sequence stored in a memory; a programmed video processor for modifying the video frame sequence as a function of the difference in magnitude between the consecutive signals generated by the motion sensor; and a video display for displaying the modified video frame sequence with the display of the modified video frame sequence changing as a function of the body motion of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas J. Nave, Dennis Atwood
  • Patent number: 4628705
    Abstract: A self-contained portable storage container styled in the form of a hollow attache case and characterized by an ability to maintain a plurality of objects contained therein at a desired cool temperature for relatively long periods of time, including a pair of symmetrical container halves, each half having an upper end, a lower end, two sides, and a plurality of internal recesses, so that in a closed position, the recesses of one half mate with the recesses of the other half to form cavities of predetermined sizes and shapes which are adapted to receive the objects in the cavities. Flexible straps connect the lower ends of the two halves together. Latches are provided at the upper ends of the two halves to hold them in closed position against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Thomas J. Nave