Patents by Inventor Timothy W. Brown

Timothy W. Brown 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: 12140938
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Brett R. Hemes, Thomas J. Strey, Jonathan B. Arthur, Nathan J. Herbst, Aaron K. Nienaber, Sarah M. Mullins, Mark W. Orlando, Cory D. Sauer, Timothy J. Clemens, Scott L. Barnett, Zachary M. Schaeffer, Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gregory P. Moriarty, Jeffrey P. Adolf, Steven P. Floeder, Andreas Backes, Peter J. Schneider, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Glenn E. Casner, Miaoding Dai, Christopher M. Brown, Lori A. Sjolund, Jon A. Kirschhoffer, Carter C. Hughes
  • Patent number: 12075766
    Abstract: A pest monitoring system generally includes a circuit, wherein the circuit is initially in a first impedance state that is configured to change to a second impedance state due to pest activity, wherein the second impedance state is lower than the first impedance state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Austin, Cheryl Ann Leichter, Greggory Keith Storey, Kenneth Scott Brown, Gregory Kent Thompson, Thomas S. Rancour, II, Timothy Robert Sloper
  • Publication number: 20210212851
    Abstract: A posture improvement device provides neuromuscular stimulation or proprioceptive therapy using a combination of pressure, torque and angle simultaneously applied to a user in order to train body muscles for proper posture through muscle memory. The device comprises a garment designed to be worn by the user, which is preferably configured like a short-sleeved undershirt or T-shirt. The garment may be fabricated of a stretchable, yet taut material in order to provide the desirable form-fitting feature such that pressure may be readily applied to the surface of the skin for neuromuscular stimulation. This elastomeric material is also preferably breathable and/or which has moisture wicking capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy W. Brown, William Schultz, Robert Waeger, Mark Spitaleri
  • Patent number: 10849779
    Abstract: A posture improvement device provides neuromuscular stimulation or proprioceptive therapy using a combination of pressure, torque and angle simultaneously applied to a user in order to train body muscles for proper posture through muscle memory. The device is a garment designed to be worn by the user, which is preferably configured like a short-sleeved undershirt or T-shirt. The garment may be fabricated of a stretchable, yet taut material in order to provide the desirable form-fitting feature such that pressure may be readily applied to the surface of the skin for neuromuscular stimulation. This elastomeric material is also preferably breathable and/or which has moisture wicking capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy W. Brown, William Schultz, Robert Waeger, Mark Spitaleri
  • Publication number: 20190246709
    Abstract: A garment includes a form-fitting shirt with an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The form-fitting shirt is fabricated from an elastomeric material. The garment includes a spine band and four shoulder bands, each shoulder band radiating from the spine band and extending over a respective shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt toward the anterior portion, and the four shoulder bands comprise two inner shoulder bands and two outer shoulder bands. At least one of the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over each shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt has a first width at a first location on the anterior portion and a second width different from the first width at a second location on the anterior portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20190239580
    Abstract: A garment includes a longitudinal arch support configured for supporting a longitudinal arch of a foot; and an arch strap that at least partially overlays the longitudinal arch support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: 10264828
    Abstract: The disclosed garment includes a bra. The bra includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion, and the bra is fabricated from an elastomeric material. The garment also includes a spine band attached to the posterior portion of the bra and fabricated from an elastomeric material. The spine band extends longitudinally across the posterior portion of the bra from a neck region of the bra toward a waist portion of the bra. In use, the spine band is positioned over a spine of a wearer and stimulates cutaneous nerve receptors in a portion of a wearer's skin underneath the spine band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20190105187
    Abstract: A garment for reducing pain associated with pes planus includes an ankle band having an anterior portion and a posterior portion; and a foot portion that includes a first band wrapping around the foot portion. The first band has a superior portion and an inferior portion. The garment also includes a plurality of lift bands extending from the anterior portion of the ankle band to at least the superior portion of the first band so as to provide a pull on the superior portion of the first band toward the anterior portion of the ankle band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: 10194706
    Abstract: A garment includes a longitudinal arch support configured for supporting a longitudinal arch of a foot; and a transverse arch support that extends from the longitudinal arch support and is configured for supporting a transverse arch of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20170035596
    Abstract: A garment includes a longitudinal arch support configured for supporting a longitudinal arch of a foot; and a transverse arch support that extends from the longitudinal arch support and is configured for supporting a transverse arch of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: 9414954
    Abstract: The garment is adapted to be worn by a wearer. The garment includes a main body portion. The main body portion is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer's body. The main body portion includes first and second portions each defining a longitudinal axis and configured to extend toward a respective limb of the wearer so as to envelop a portion of a respective limb of the wearer. At least a portion of the first strap is releasably affixed to the main body portion, and at least a first grip layer is associated with the first portion. The first strap overlies the first grip layer. The first grip layer is configured to come into contact with a wearer's skin when the garment is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20150342775
    Abstract: The garment is adapted to be worn by a wearer. The garment includes a main body portion. The main body portion is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer's body. The main body portion includes first and second portions each defining a longitudinal axis and configured to extend toward a respective limb of the wearer so as to envelop a portion of a respective limb of the wearer. At least a portion of the first strap is releasably affixed to the main body portion, and at least a first grip layer is associated with the first portion. The first strap overlies the first grip layer. The first grip layer is configured to come into contact with a wearer's skin when the garment is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: 9168167
    Abstract: Provided is a device for improving the posture of a patient comprising a garment and a pair of tension straps. The garment is configured to tightly envelope the patient's torso and the patient's upper arms. The garment has an inner surface, a front side and a back side. The front side includes a chest portion. The back side includes a back portion. The garment defines opposing shoulder portions and a waist portion. The tension straps are releaseably securable to the back portion in diagonal relation to one another. Each one of the tension straps has opposed free ends that extend upwardly from the back portion to the chest portion and downwardly to the waist portion. The device includes pads releaseably mounted on the inner surface of the garment generally opposite the free ends and are configured to restrict movement of the free ends relative to the patient's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AlignMed, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D746552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D770727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IINTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D780406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D798027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D817600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D848115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: INTELLISKIN USA, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Brown
  • Patent number: D1024786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: King Juice Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy W. Brown, Randall S. Brown, Joseph T. Norris