Patents by Inventor Thomas MacKay

Thomas MacKay 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: 8973282
    Abstract: A secondary lint trap couplable between a laundry dryer and a building-embedded vent duct. The trap has an elongate housing. Aligned inlet and outlet apertures are formed in bottom and top sides of the housing's rearward ends. A tray is removably insertable within the housing. A screened aperture in the tray is aligned between the inlet and outlet apertures when the tray is inserted within the housing. The housing is mountable above the dryer such that the inlet and outlet apertures extend rearwardly of the dryer. This facilitates coupling of the dryer's exhaust outlet to the inlet aperture through one 90° elbow via a first short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit; and facilitates coupling of the vent duct to the outlet aperture through one other 90° elbow collar via a second short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ecco Heating Products Ltd.
    Inventor: David Thomas Mackay
  • Patent number: 7899679
    Abstract: A computerized method and system involves creating an underlying database structure for recording the processing steps and other information required for each transaction, entering the necessary setup information by selection from lists of pre-stored information about processing functions, associated workflow events and milestones for the queues, mapping the data structures of the subsystem databases and the workflow management database to provide transparent interfacing and convenient manual entry of data were necessary, displaying for the user the workflow status of all transactions, permitting menu driven initiation of required actions and automatically updating the database records for the universe of deals being managed by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas MacKay, Eileen McCarthy, Eric Reschke
  • Publication number: 20100139113
    Abstract: A secondary lint trap couplable between a laundry dryer and a building-embedded vent duct. The trap has an elongate housing. Aligned inlet and outlet apertures are formed in bottom and top sides of the housing's rearward ends. A tray is removably insertable within the housing. A screened aperture in the tray is aligned between the inlet and outlet apertures when the tray is inserted within the housing. The housing is mountable above the dryer such that the inlet and outlet apertures extend rearwardly of the dryer. This facilitates coupling of the dryer's exhaust outlet to the inlet aperture through one 90° elbow via a first short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit; and facilitates coupling of the vent duct to the outlet aperture through one other 90° elbow collar via a second short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ECCO HEATING PRODUCTS LTD.
    Inventor: David Thomas Mackay
  • Patent number: 7392210
    Abstract: A computerized workflow management method and system to provide operational support for complex multi-step processes is disclosed. The method of workflow management involves creating an underlying database structure for recording the processing steps and other information required for each transaction, entering the necessary setup information by selection from lists of pre-stored information about processing functions, associated workflow events and milestones for the queues, mapping the data structures of the subsystem databases and the workflow management database to provide transparent interfacing and convenient manual entry of data were necessary, displaying for the user the workflow status of all transactions for which he or she is responsible, permitting menu driven initiation of required actions and automatically updating the database records for the universe of deals being managed by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas MacKay, Eileen McCarthy, Eric Reschke
  • Publication number: 20080047159
    Abstract: A secondary lint trap couplable between a laundry dryer and a building-embedded vent duct. The trap has an elongate housing. Aligned inlet and outlet apertures are formed in bottom and top sides of the housing's rearward ends. A tray is removably insertable within the housing. A screened aperture in the tray is aligned between the inlet and outlet apertures when the tray is inserted within the housing. The housing is mountable above the dryer such that the inlet and outlet apertures extend rearwardly of the dryer. This facilitates coupling of the dryer's exhaust outlet to the inlet aperture through one 90° elbow via a first short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit; and facilitates coupling of the vent duct to the outlet aperture through one other 90° elbow collar via a second short, substantially straight, elbowless conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: ECCO HEATING PRODUCTS LTD.
    Inventor: David Thomas Mackay
  • Publication number: 20070208606
    Abstract: A computerized workflow management method and system to provide operational support for complex multi-step processes, having particular utility in supporting operations involving securitizations for which periodic valuation and distribution computations, disbursements and reporting must be set up and executed. The invention permits unification of manual operations and operations performed by legacy software, even if implemented with database structures different from the workflow management system, automated quality control, workflow status display and automatic updating of workflow status records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas MACKAY, Eileen McCarthy, Eric Reschke