Patents by Inventor Tim Wallis

Tim Wallis 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING TONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20160063969
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for altering the tonal characteristics of output of a stringed instrument are disclosed. The stringed instrument may include a neck and a plurality of strings, the plurality of strings disposed about the neck. The apparatus may include a slide bar, the slide bar for contacting one or more strings of the plurality of strings and a support arm attached to the slide bar. The apparatus includes a retractable string depressor retractably connected to the support bar, the retractable string depressor for depressing one or more strings of the plurality of strings at a location on the neck forward of the slide bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Gaylan Moushon, Tim Wallis
  • Apparatus and methods for altering tonal characteristics of a stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: 9263005
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for altering the tonal characteristics of output of a stringed instrument are disclosed. The stringed instrument may include a neck and a plurality of strings, the plurality of strings disposed about the neck. The apparatus may include a slide bar, the slide bar for contacting one or more strings of the plurality of strings and a support arm attached to the slide bar. The apparatus includes a retractable string depressor retractably connected to the support bar, the retractable string depressor for depressing one or more strings of the plurality of strings at a location on the neck forward of the slide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Gaylan Moushon, Tim Wallis
  • Method of screening pigs for resistance to salmonellosis
    Publication number: 20050064525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for assessing an animal's susceptibility to bacterial infection. Methods for selecting suitable breeding animals are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Marijke Kreukniet, Pauline Van Diemen, Nat Bumstead, Janene Bumstead, Tim Wallis, Lucina Galina-Pantoja