Patents by Inventor William D. Chura
William D. Chura 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).
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Patent number: 10401979Abstract: An adjustable mouse includes a base and a thumb adjustment assembly coupled to the base. The thumb adjustment assembly is configured to move a thumb rest portion between a retracted position and an extended position. The adjustable mouse further may include a palm rest portion hingedly attached to the base by a hinge adjacent an outer edge of the base. The palm rest portion may have several fingers configured to expand in vertical and lateral directions. Embodiments of the adjustable mouse are further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: CONTOUR DESIGN, INC.Inventors: Steven Wang, Hanning Lu, ZhiJian Huang, James H. Bleck, William D. Chura, Thomas Eagan, James Saunders, Scott H. Wakefield, Jonathan N. Towle, Changjun Zhao, Andrew David Morgan
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Publication number: 20170192536Abstract: An adjustable mouse includes a base and a thumb adjustment assembly coupled to the base. The thumb adjustment assembly is configured to move a thumb rest portion between a retracted position and an extended position. The adjustable mouse further may include a palm rest portion hingedly attached to the base by a hinge adjacent an outer edge of the base. The palm rest portion may have several fingers configured to expand in vertical and lateral directions. Embodiments of the adjustable mouse are further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Steven Wang, Hanning Lu, ZhiJian Huang, Changjun Zhao, James H. Bleck, William D. Chura, Thomas Eagan, James Saunders, Scott H. Wakefield, Jonathan N. Towle
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Patent number: 9684387Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an adjustable pointing device. The adjustable pointing device includes a base and an adjustable arm connecting a portion of the base with an input control portion. The input control portion includes at least one input control. A first end of the adjustable arm, which is distal from the base, allows for and independently maintains changes to various orientations of the input control portion. In other words, after the user adjusts the input control portion to be set at a new orientation, the first end of the adjustable arm maintains the input control portion at the new orientation as the user interacts with the adjustable pointing device. In addition, a second end of the adjustable arm, proximal to the base, also allows for and independently maintains changes in a distance between the input control portion and the base itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: CONTOUR DESIGN, INC.Inventors: Steven Wang, Scott H. Wakefield, William D. Chura, James H. Bleck, Chad C. Terry, Thomas Eagan, John M. Aho, Jonathan N. Towle, Les Scenna
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Publication number: 20150286296Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an adjustable pointing device. The adjustable pointing device includes a base and an adjustable arm connecting a portion of the base with an input control portion. The input control portion includes at least one input control. A first end of the adjustable arm, which is distal from the base, allows for and independently maintains changes to various orientations of the input control portion. In other words, after the user adjusts the input control portion to be set at a new orientation, the first end of the adjustable arm maintains the input control portion at the new orientation as the user interacts with the adjustable pointing device. In addition, a second end of the adjustable arm, proximal to the base, also allows for and independently maintains changes in a distance between the input control portion and the base itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Steven Wang, Scott H. Wakefield, William D. Chura, James H. Bleck, Chad C. Terry, Thomas Eagan, John M. Aho, Jonathan N. Towle, Les Scenna
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Patent number: 9092073Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an adjustable pointing device. The adjustable pointing device includes a base and an adjustable arm connecting a portion of the base with an input control portion. The input control portion includes at least one input control. A first end of the adjustable arm, which is distal from the base, allows for and independently maintains changes to various orientations of the input control portion. In other words, after the user adjusts the input control portion to be set at a new orientation, the first end of the adjustable arm maintains the input control portion at the new orientation as the user interacts with the adjustable pointing device. In addition, a second end of the adjustable arm, proximal to the base, also allows for and independently maintains changes in a distance between the input control portion and the base itself.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: CONTOUR DESIGN, INC.Inventors: Steven Wang, Scott H. Wakefield, William D. Chura, James H. Bleck, Chad C. Terry, Thomas Eagan, John M. Aho, Jonathan N. Towle, Les Scenna
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Patent number: 5595345Abstract: A double barrel sprayer for applying a diluted product such as a diluted cleaning solution to a surface for cleaning thereof and rinsing the diluted product from the surface by spraying a water-only rinse onto the surface. The sprayer can include a force-fitted orifice plate with a plurality of holes for adjusting the water/product mixing ratio. To provide different spray patterns for the water-rinse or diluted product, the sprayer can include a shroud having suitably shaped exit holes. The sprayer includes separate flow paths for the water-only rinse and the diluted product. The flow path for the diluted product includes a mixing chamber in which concentrated product is siphoned from a container and mixed with water supplied by a garden hose. Prior to mixing with the water, the concentrated product passes through an orifice plate having a plurality of holes to provide a substantially constant water/product ratio over a wide range of water pressures.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Armor All Products CorporationInventors: William D. Chura, Edward Kozlowski, Lance Liljeqvist, Stephen Jones, Mark Thompson, Charles Hawes
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Patent number: D444126Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Curtis Computer Products, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Dale Erling, Bryan R. Hotaling
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Patent number: D457614Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Jon R. Rossman
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Patent number: D459463Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Bryan Hotaling, James Varney
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Patent number: D459464Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Bryan Hotaling, James Varney
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Patent number: D461236Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Bryan Hotaling, James Varney
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Patent number: D462428Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventors: William D. Chura, Jonathan R. Rossman
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Patent number: D692831Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Belpower Systems, LLCInventors: Donald T. Beldock, Gwen Beldock, William D. Chura, Scott H. Wakefield
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Patent number: D693307Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Belpower Systems, LLCInventors: Donald T. Beldock, Gwen Beldock, William D. Chura, Scott H. Wakefield
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Patent number: D693308Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: BelPower Systems, LLCInventors: Donald T. Beldock, Gwen Beldock, William D. Chura, Scott H. Wakefield
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Patent number: D694890Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: LensAR, Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Bott, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield, William D. Chura
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Patent number: D695408Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: LensAR, Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Bott, Rudolph W. Frey, Gerrit N. Porter, Scott Howard Wakefield, William D. Chura
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Patent number: D712838Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: BelPower Systems, LLCInventors: Donald T. Beldock, Gwen Beldock, William D. Chura, Scott H. Wakefield