Patents by Inventor Tony Michael Guard

Tony Michael Guard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240058566
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides a computer-implemented method and system for generating a stimulus. The method is generally implemented via a computer application installable on a user's computer/smart device. The stimulus generated by the application is displayed on the user's device screen and is generally a combination of outputs which are selected from words, text, images, sounds, and combinations thereof. The stimulus is intended to act as stimuli to the user in order to help drive new thoughts and ideas useful when trying to solve a problem, get inspiration, or be creative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Tony Michael Guard
  • Publication number: 20200330889
    Abstract: The innovation described herein generally pertains to a valve for use in allowing material to flow into a vessel. The valve can be constructed from a cylinder of thin-film plastic and can be inserted into and adhered to the inside of a neck of the vessel. Pressure inside of the vessel causes the outlet of the valve to constrict or collapse, preventing material from flowing back through the valve from within the vessel when inflation pressure is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: CORY BLAINE SHOUP, TONY MICHAEL GUARD, JAMES ANTHONY TOPICH, STEPHANIE NICOLE GRUBBS
  • Patent number: 6851375
    Abstract: A tray assembly for an infant highchair, the tray assembly including a frame having front, rear, and side peripheral edge portions defining a space therebetween having a predetermined shape and size; a tray insert having front, rear, and side peripheral lip portions supporting and connected to a bottom portion located in an area defined thereby, the tray insert having a predetermined shape and extent such that the peripheral lip portions can rest on the peripheral edge portions of the frame for supporting the bottom of the tray insert in at least substantially covering relation to the space defined by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventors: Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens, James Louis Tobergta
  • Publication number: 20030209173
    Abstract: A tray assembly for an infant highchair, the tray assembly including a frame having front, rear, and side peripheral edge portions defining a space therebetween having a predetermined shape and size; a tray insert having front, rear, and side peripheral lip portions supporting and connected to a bottom portion located in an area defined thereby, the tray insert having a predetermined shape and extent such that the peripheral lip portions can rest on the peripheral edge portions of the frame for supporting the bottom of the tray insert in at least substantially covering relation to the space defined by the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Gravity, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens, James Louis Tobergta
  • Patent number: 6578496
    Abstract: A tray assembly for an infant highchair, the tray assembly including a frame having front, rear, and side peripheral edge portions defining a space therebetween having a predetermined shape and size; a tray insert having front, rear, and side peripheral lip portions supporting and connected to a bottom portion located in an area defined thereby, the tray insert having a predetermined shape and extent such that the peripheral lip portions can rest on the peripheral edge portions of the frame for supporting the bottom of the tray insert in at least substantially covering relation to the space defined by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Gravity, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens, James Louis Tobergta
  • Patent number: 6547080
    Abstract: Colander apparatus for straining and rinsing including a first rim portion and a second rim portion hingedly movable about an axis between a generally coplanar position and a collapsed or folded position wherein the rim portions are generally parallel or oriented at a small acute angle one to the other, the first and second rim portions when in the generally coplanar position defining a bowl opening. The colander apparatus further includes a bowl portion integrally formed with, attached to or otherwise supported by the first and second rim portions around the bowl opening in spanning relation thereto, the bowl portion including a plurality of openings therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Gravity, Incorporated
    Inventor: Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: 6439165
    Abstract: The portable animal shelter includes a platform having an upper surface on which the animal can sit or lie, and at least one receptacle on or in the upper surface adapted for receiving a heat transfer medium adapted for cooling or warming the animal. In another aspect of the invention, the portable animal shelter includes the platform, and a canopy positionable over at least a portion of the upper surface defining an at least partially enclosed space for receiving the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Gravity, Incorporated
    Inventor: Tony Michael Guard
  • Publication number: 20010035112
    Abstract: A tray assembly for an infant highchair, the tray assembly including a frame having front, rear, and side peripheral edge portions defining a space therebetween having a predetermined shape and size; a tray insert having front, rear, and side peripheral lip portions supporting and connected to a bottom portion located in an area defined thereby, the tray insert having a predetermined shape and extent such that the peripheral lip portions can rest on the peripheral edge portions of the frame for supporting the bottom of the tray insert in at least substantially covering relation to the space defined by the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens, James Louis Tobergta
  • Patent number: D507279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Harper, Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: D508206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shane Edwin Meeker, Tony Michael Guard, Craig E. Pirie, Richard Emil Hildebrand
  • Patent number: D448994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Denise Irene Siebert, Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens, James Louis Tobergta
  • Patent number: D462011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Dwayne Walther, Tony Michael Guard, James Louis Tobergta
  • Patent number: D547447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Liebel-Flarsheim Company
    Inventors: John Kevin Bruce, Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: D475721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Harper, James Louie Tobergtan, Tony Michael Guard, Min-Hsieng Wang, Joseph Robert Stephens
  • Patent number: D550838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Liebel-Flarsheim Company
    Inventors: John Kevin Bruce, Earl G. Boertlein, II, Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: D482825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Gravity, Incorporated
    Inventor: Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: D572818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kevin Bruce, David W. Wilson, Tony Michael Guard
  • Patent number: D489736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Harper, James Louis Tobergta, Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens
  • Patent number: D495717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Harper, James Louis Tobergta, Tony Michael Guard, Joseph Robert Stephens
  • Patent number: D497917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Harper, Tony Michael Guard, Matthew D. Bantly