Patents by Inventor Todd Magness

Todd Magness 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: 6354425
    Abstract: A parking meter consisting of a housing and a stanchion located adjacent a parking space for mounting of the parking meter thereon. The stanchion has a tubular upper end portion and the parking meter has a tubular lower end portion for positioning around the upper end of the stanchion. A fitting is attached to the upper end of the stanchion and gear teeth are defined by the fitting. The lower end of the meter housing has formed therein a set of gear teeth adapted to mesh with the gear teeth of the fitting in any one of several available relative positions. A bolt and pin combination is employed for providing a high security connection of the fitting and upper housing to the stanchion. Passages are provided so that rainwater and the like is directed outside of the housing and stanchion and does not accumulate within the meter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Duncan Industries
    Inventors: Gorm Tuxen, Todd Magness, Lawrence Berman
  • Patent number: 6230868
    Abstract: A parking meter system consisting of a cylindrical housing having an upper section for a driver assistance display, control buttons, payment means and a time display. The housing is located adjacent a plurality of parking spaces and a single parking meter mechanism is mounted within the housing for controlling parking for each of the plurality of spaces. A separate enforcement display is located on the street side of the housing so that an enforcement officer can observe the compliance status without leaving his vehicle. The housing also supports a coin collection canister in a lower section thereof and access doors are provided for both the upper and lower housing sections for ease of servicing. The contours of the doors preserves the cylindrical housing shape when the doors are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Duncan Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gorm Tuxen, J. Michael Rodgers, Todd Magness, Paul Descombes, Ralph H. Carmen
  • Patent number: D461728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Duncan Industries
    Inventors: Gorm Tuxen, Todd Magness, Lawrence Berman