Patents by Inventor Weston R. Goode, JR.

Weston R. Goode, JR. 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).

  • SECURITY CHECKPOINT APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20250139726
    Abstract: Improved security checkpoint includes a security scanning system having multiple personal item intake locations, a security scanner, multiple personal item retrieval locations, and a plurality of computer-controlled vehicles for transporting personal items between the personal item intake locations, the security scanner, and the personal item retrieval locations. Personal items are placed into a tote by an individual, and the computer-controlled vehicles collect the totes containing the personal items, transport the tote to an available security scanner, deposit the tote at the security scanner, and then transport the tote either to a retrieval location or secondary screening location after the personal item has been screened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: James M. Serstad, Michael C. Futch, Weston R. Goode, JR., David Mitchell Dorsett
  • Security checkpoint apparatus and method
    Patent number: 12205186
    Abstract: Improved security checkpoint includes a security scanning system having multiple personal item intake locations, a security scanner, multiple personal item retrieval locations, and a plurality of computer-controlled vehicles for transporting personal items between the personal item intake locations, the security scanner, and the personal item retrieval locations. Personal items are placed into a tote by an individual, and the computer-controlled vehicles collect the totes containing the personal items, transport the tote to an available security scanner, deposit the tote at the security scanner, and then transport the tote either to a retrieval location or secondary screening location after the personal item has been screened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TOMPKINS ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Serstad, Michael C. Futch, Weston R. Goode, Jr., David Mitchell Dorsett
  • SECURITY CHECKPOINT APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230251667
    Abstract: Improved security checkpoint includes a security scanning system having multiple personal item intake locations, a security scanner, multiple personal item retrieval locations, and a plurality of computer-controlled vehicles for transporting personal items between the personal item intake locations, the security scanner, and the personal item retrieval locations. Personal items are placed into a tote by an individual, and the computer-controlled vehicles collect the totes containing the personal items, transport the tote to an available security scanner, deposit the tote at the security scanner, and then transport the tote either to a retrieval location or secondary screening location after the personal item has been screened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: James M. Serstad, Michael C. Futch, Weston R. Goode, JR., David Mitchell Dorsett