Patents by Inventor Troy Johnson

Troy Johnson 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: 20240376778
    Abstract: A ladder having a plane having a periphery. The plane having a body opening to receive a body of an impact driver and a trigger recess extending from the body opening to receive a trigger of the impact driver. The body opening conforming to a shape of the body and the trigger recess conforming to the shape of the trigger. The body opening and the trigger recess holding the impact driver when the impact driver is placed on the top. A ladder top. A method for using an impact driver with a ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
  • Publication number: 20240269860
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner for removing material from a vessel, such as but not limited to a sumps, and storage tank, includes a chassis, elongated track members, and a cleaning head. A first elongated track member is on a first side of the chassis and a second elongated track member is on a second side of the chassis, and the elongated track members enable movement of the robotic cleaner along a surface. The cleaning head is supported by the chassis and is nested between the first and second elongated track members such that the first elongated track member and the second elongated track member overlap the cleaning head in a lateral direction. An inlet of the cleaning head may face a forward direction of the robotic cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ECOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Troy Johnson, Michael J. Arcediano, Timothy Patrick Kelly, II
  • Patent number: 11004429
    Abstract: An acoustic bass guitar includes a lower body, a neck extending upwardly from the lower body, and a headstock disposed on an upper end of the neck. The lower body includes a bridge and saddle to support the strings, which are affixed at opposing ends to tuners on the headstock. An upper body that is continuous with the lower body includes a curved extension that extends outwardly from an upper side of the lower body. The upper body curves inwardly toward the upper end of the neck, connecting to the headstock and defining an open area between the neck and the inner sidewall of the upper body. One or more sound holes are disposed on the front face and outer sidewall of the upper body. A retractable stand allows the device to be played in horizontal or vertical orientations. The curved upper body adds neck stability, sound and sustain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210025232
    Abstract: A ladder having a plane having a periphery. The plane having a body opening to receive a body of an impact driver and a trigger recess extending from the body opening to receive a trigger of the impact driver. The body opening conforming to a shape of the body and the trigger recess conforming to the shape of the trigger. The body opening and the trigger recess holding the impact driver when the impact driver is placed on the top. A ladder top. A method for using an impact driver with a ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
  • Patent number: 10801263
    Abstract: A ladder having a plane having a periphery. The plane having a body opening to receive a body of an impact driver and a trigger recess extending from the body opening to receive a trigger of the impact driver. The body opening conforming to a shape of the body and the trigger recess conforming to the shape of the trigger. The body opening and the trigger recess holding the impact driver when the impact driver is placed on the top. A ladder top. A method for using an impact driver with a ladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
  • Publication number: 20200211514
    Abstract: An acoustic bass guitar includes a lower body, a neck extending upwardly from the lower body, and a headstock disposed on an upper end of the neck. The lower body includes a bridge and saddle to support the strings, which are affixed at opposing ends to tuners on the headstock. An upper body that is continuous with the lower body includes a curved extension that extends outwardly from an upper side of the lower body. The upper body curves inwardly toward the upper end of the neck, connecting to the headstock and defining an open area between the neck and the inner sidewall of the upper body. One or more sound holes are disposed on the front face and outer sidewall of the upper body. A retractable stand allows the device to be played in horizontal or vertical orientations. The curved upper body adds neck stability, sound and sustain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190264505
    Abstract: A ladder having a plane having a periphery. The plane having a body opening to receive a body of an impact driver and a trigger recess extending from the body opening to receive a trigger of the impact driver. The body opening conforming to a shape of the body and the trigger recess conforming to the shape of the trigger. The body opening and the trigger recess holding the impact driver when the impact driver is placed on the top. A ladder top. A method for using an impact driver with a ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
  • Patent number: 10086276
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing content in a virtual space are presented herein. The content may be generated in the virtual space by a non-player game entity. The non-player game entity may be associated with generating a particular type of content in the virtual space. The users may deploy the non-player game entities in the virtual space in order to generate the corresponding non-player game entity-generated content in the virtual space. The non-player game entity-generated content may be implemented through procedural placement of elements of the content within the virtual space. The non-player game entity-generated content comprise one or more of static content, moving content, interactive content (e.g., a game), and/or other types of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lowe, Joseph Olson, David White, Troy Johnson, Jared Schibel, Jason Scanlon, Chad Liddell, Christopher Shen
  • Patent number: 10005619
    Abstract: A clearing apparatus for removing bulk materials from an area with a low vertical clearance including an operator vehicle and an auger conveyor coupled to the operator vehicle. The auger conveyor is pivotable vertically in relation to the operator vehicle and rotatable substantially 90 degrees about a vertical axis of the auger conveyor, whereby the direction of rotation of the auger and the direction and pitch of the auger thread conveys material from the area with low vertical clearance toward the operator vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Saskatoon Material Handling Ltd.
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170157510
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing content in a virtual space are presented herein. The content may be generated in the virtual space by a non-player game entity. The non-player game entity may be associated with generating a particular type of content in the virtual space. The users may deploy the non-player game entities in the virtual space in order to generate the corresponding non-player game entity-generated content in the virtual space. The non-player game entity-generated content may be implemented through procedural placement of elements of the content within the virtual space. The non-player game entity-generated content comprise one or more of static content, moving content, interactive content (e.g., a game), and/or other types of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Lowe, Joseph Olson, David White, Troy Johnson, Jared Schibel, Jason Scanlon, Chad Liddell, Christopher Shen
  • Publication number: 20160355160
    Abstract: A clearing apparatus for removing bulk materials from an area with a low vertical clearance including an operator vehicle and an auger conveyor coupled to the operator vehicle. The auger conveyor is pivotable vertically in relation to the operator vehicle and rotatable substantially 90 degrees about a vertical axis of the auger conveyor, whereby the direction of rotation of the auger and the direction and pitch of the auger thread conveys material from the area with low vertical clearance toward the operator vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080007943
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a raceway, a lampholder, and a power pack. The raceway includes an aperture and a locking aperture. The lampholder is electrically connected to a lampholder connector. The power pack includes a power pack cover and a ballast. The power pack cover includes a latching end. The ballast includes a power input connector adapted to electrically connect to a power cord and a ballast output connector adapted to electrically connect to the lampholder connector. The latching end includes a flange adapted to mate with the aperture of the raceway and a locking protrusion adapted to mate with the locking aperture of the raceway such that the power pack is detachably mountable to the raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Neal Verfuerth, Anthony Bartol, Kenneth Wetenkamp, Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20060045680
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for manufacturing containers, such as rotationally-molded noise-dampening containers. The containers may be made of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) with a unique structural configuration to provide a low maintenance, noise-dampening, impact and dent resistant, durable, strong and rust proof container. The bottom of the container optionally includes strengthening bars positioned within molded grooves to provide an additionally reinforced bottom panel of the container. A nut may be molded in place during the rotational molding process to connect to a caster plate thereto and thus provide an integral leak-proof connection to the wheel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: American Container and Recycling, Incorporated
    Inventors: John d'Arc Lorenz, Robert Berres, Troy Johnson
  • Publication number: 20060037209
    Abstract: A clothes drying cabinet is provided with a shaker assembly including a bar suspended in the cabinet for supporting clothes hangers. A motor is mounted adjacent the bar and has a drive shaft. A drive weight is eccentrically mounted to the drive shaft of the motor so that upon actuation of the motor, the drive weight imparts a shaking motion to the bar so as to facilitate removal of wrinkles from the clothing on the hangers. A ballast weight may also be provided in the shaker assembly so as to evenly distribute the energy from the eccentric weight regardless of the weight of the clothes hanging on the bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Johnson, Dean Schaffran
  • Publication number: 20060010709
    Abstract: A cabinet dryer door includes a truss attached to the door to establish seal compression for adequate sealing of the door against the drying cabinet. The inner door has spacers molded into the inner door. The truss cooperates with the spacers to bias the door against the seal. The drying cabinet may utilize a pair of doors with at least one having a truss that establishes a seal compression in both of the doors. The truss is joined to the inner door by a screw located in the center of the truss. The method has the step securing a truss member to the door and curving the door to create a biasing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: MAYTAG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Troy Johnson, Joseph Keeler
  • Publication number: 20050210929
    Abstract: A washing machine is provided with an out-of-balance correction system which can sense an out-of-balance condition of an inner tub during a washing cycle. More specifically, the correction system supplies an amount of balancing fluid to one or more receiving pockets formed in the inner tub about front and rear injection zones of the inner tub. Stationary injectors are provided to selectively dispense the balancing fluid through molded passages extending between an outer tub and the receiving pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Paul George, Troy Johnson, James Saunders
  • Publication number: 20050210602
    Abstract: A washing machine includes an on-axis balancing fluid injection system for correcting an out-of-balance rotating inner tub or spinner. The laundry appliance includes an outer tub having molded thereto a plurality of fluid delivery channels into which are arranged a pair of stationary balancing fluid injectors which selectively dispense the balancing fluid into either a front or rear injection zone of the inner tub. Upon activation, the injectors discharge an amount of balancing fluid into a nozzle assembly which is positioned to re-direct the balancing fluid into select pockets arranged about the front and rear injection zones. The injectors discharge the balancing fluid near a hub portion of the rotating inner tub so that the fluid is dispensed at an area of low velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Vincent Contini, Paul George, Troy Johnson
  • Patent number: D887581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Dangrow, Troy Johnson, Derek Bibler, Christopher Ruppen
  • Patent number: D946648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Troy Johnson
  • Patent number: D1027792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Troy Johnson