Patents by Inventor Tracie Wilson

Tracie Wilson 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: 8376255
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Publication number: 20130022211
    Abstract: A system and method for wirelessly triggering an amplification system are disclosed. In one example, the system for wirelessly triggering the amplification comprises at least one wireless tag, the at least one wireless tag having unique identification (ID) information and an amplification system configured to receive audio signals. Further, the amplification system comprises a wireless reader configured to receive and determine the ID information from the at least one wireless tag, and a processor configured to associate at least one sound effect with the ID information received from the at least one wireless tag and to modify the audio signals to include the at least one sound effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST ACT, INC.
    Inventors: Ilissa Brooke Schild, Paul Franzosa, Suzanne Wasserman, Tracy Wilson, Roxana Chiu
  • Patent number: 8240586
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Publication number: 20120199679
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Tracie WILSON, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Patent number: 8235317
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The stator and the rotor each contain at least two rows of teeth to grind the product therebetween. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases. Additionally, the stator may include at least two extended teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, John Rzepka, Olivier Rattin, Sebastien Rime
  • Patent number: 8218809
    Abstract: A video screen/monitor display microphone attachment. The video display is fixed to a microphone and has an internal surface substantially conforming to an outer surface of the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Micha'El Tracy Wilson
  • Publication number: 20120006922
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The stator and the rotor each contain at least two rows of teeth to grind the product therebetween. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases. Additionally, the stator may include at least two extended teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie WILSON, John RZEPKA, Olivier RATTIN, Sebastien RIME
  • Publication number: 20110297703
    Abstract: A container especially adapted for dispensing food coloring includes a body including a neck with a nozzle including a skirt inserted into the body neck. The body neck and nozzle skirt together may have a plurality of beads to form an air and liquid (especially food coloring) tight seal. The nozzle includes a channel formed by substantially parallel walls including an orifice opening into the bottle at a first end of the channel, the orifice including a diameter of between 0.010 and 0.016 inches. The second end of the channel terminates in a flat nozzle tip for dispensing food coloring. The container provides an easy to use mess free dispenser with precise drop control and consistent drop size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie WILSON, Jim WHISENHUNT
  • Publication number: 20110239597
    Abstract: A multi-section lid for a can containing edible material includes a lid base, a cover portion, and a tear strip. The lid base can attach the lid to the can. The lid base defines one or more openings that permit access to the edible material. The cover portion includes one or more doors to cover the openings. The tear strip portion is positioned between the lid base and the cover portion. The tear strip portion is connected to the lid base and the cover portion by a plurality of bridges. The mold for forming the lid includes cavities that define flow channels that permit the lid material to flow through bridge cavities to fill the cavities in the mold during formation of the lid such that the lid base, the cover portion, and the tear strip portion are the single integral component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Steve Gift, Tom Coulter, Duane Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20110226879
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Patent number: 7967229
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Publication number: 20090101645
    Abstract: A multi-section lid for a can containing edible material includes a lid base, a cover portion, and a tear strip. The lid base can attach the lid to the can. The lid base defines one or more openings that permit access to the edible material. The cover portion includes one or more doors to cover the openings. The tear strip portion is positioned between the lid base and the cover portion. The tear strip portion is connected to the lid base and the cover portion by a plurality of bridges. The mold for forming the lid includes cavities that define flow channels that permit the lid material to flow through bridge cavities to fill the cavities in the mold during formation of the lid such that the lid base, the cover portion, and the tear strip portion are the single integral component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie WILSON, Steve Gift, Tom Coulter, Duane Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20080315022
    Abstract: An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin
  • Publication number: 20080205684
    Abstract: A video screen/monitor display microphone attachment. The video display is fixed to a microphone and has an internal surface substantially conforming to an outer surface of the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Micha'El Tracy Wilson
  • Patent number: 6500538
    Abstract: Single and multicomponent polymeric strands including a blend of a melt-extrudable polyolefin and a heterophasic polypropylene composition. The heterophasic polypropylene composition includes three polymers and is normally not melt-spinable into strands by itself. In the multicomponent strands, the blend is in one side or the sheath. Fabric made with such strands is also disclosed and has improved combinations of strength, abrasion resistance, and softness properties. Composite materials including the foregoing fabric bonded to both sides of an inner meltblown layer are also disclosed. In addition, garments made with the fabric are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David Strack, Tracy Wilson, Donald Willitts
  • Patent number: D603710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Porter Gieske, Elizabeth Jane Brown
  • Patent number: D609052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin, Enrique Nifco
  • Patent number: D613553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin, Enrique Nifco
  • Patent number: D626849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Porter Gieske, Elizabeth Jane Brown
  • Patent number: D695067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: McCormick & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracie Wilson, Sebastien Rime, Olivier Rattin