Patents by Inventor W. Drayton Avera

W. Drayton Avera 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: 20140269215
    Abstract: A chair timer is disclosed adapted to aid a user seated in a chair equipped with such a chair timer in the reduction of serious health issues associated with prolonged sitting, and crowd management and/or seating management. In various embodiments associated systems and methods of the chair timer are included. In one embodiment, the chair timer includes a sensor to detect movement, a microcontroller to communicate with one or more sensors and other components of the chair timer, a power supply, a switch to control the time and other settings, an alert device by which the user is altered to the passage of a certain amount of time, and additional user-operable control settings and switches by which the device is controlled, and by which control may be accessed and controlled via a website, smart phone, PDA, or the like, through wired or wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiFi, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jorge Carlos Almirall, W. Drayton Avera, Robert Preston Wilson