Patents by Inventor William Diaz

William Diaz 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: 11999547
    Abstract: An electronic media case includes an electronic display device powered by a battery that includes a display screen. The electronic media case also includes a display housing that has a first flap and a first plurality of foldable tabs surrounding the electronic display device. A viewing window is cut into the first flap, exposing the display screen through the first flap. The electronic media case also includes a folding case that has a second flap to which the foldable tabs of the first plurality of foldable tabs are connected. The folding case also has a third flap connected to the second flap at a first folding interface. The electronic media case includes a media sleeve that is connected to the third flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: 11452219
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one aspect, an electronic marketing system is provided that includes an electronic display device and a housing. A window is cut into the housing, allowing the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20220133046
    Abstract: A convertible travel accessory in accordance with one embodiment includes a main body that in a first state assumes a hoodie form for being worn on a head of a user and in a second state assumes a storage pouch form. The travel accessory also includes a chin pillow that is coupled to and adjustable relative to the main body for placement beneath a chin of a user, wherein in the second state, the chin pillow is inserted into the storage pouch. An optional blanket can also be provided as part of the travel accessory and can be permanently attached to the chin pillow (e.g., along a bottom edge thereof) or it can be detachably coupled to the chin pillow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Patent number: 11033129
    Abstract: A convertible travel accessory in accordance with one embodiment includes a main body that in a first state assumes a hoodie form for being worn on a head of a user and in a second state assumes a storage pouch form. The travel accessory also includes a chin pillow that is coupled to and adjustable relative to the main body for placement beneath a chin of a user, wherein in the second state, the chin pillow is inserted into the storage pouch. An optional blanket can also be provided as part of the travel accessory and can be permanently attached to the chin pillow (e.g., along a bottom edge thereof) or it can be detachably coupled to the chin pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20210130062
    Abstract: An electronic media case includes an electronic display device powered by a battery that includes a display screen. The electronic media case also includes a display housing that has a first flap and a first plurality of foldable tabs surrounding the electronic display device. A viewing window is cut into the first flap, exposing the display screen through the first flap. The electronic media case also includes a folding case that has a second flap to which the foldable tabs of the first plurality of foldable tabs are connected. The folding case also has a third flap connected to the second flap at a first folding interface. The electronic media case includes a media sleeve that is connected to the third flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20200281081
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one aspect, an electronic marketing system is provided that includes an electronic display device and a housing. A window is cut into the housing, allowing the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20200253397
    Abstract: A convertible travel accessory in accordance with one embodiment includes a main body that in a first state assumes a hoodie form for being worn on a head of a user and in a second state assumes a storage pouch form. The travel accessory also includes a chin pillow that is coupled to and adjustable relative to the main body for placement beneath a chin of a user, wherein in the second state, the chin pillow is inserted into the storage pouch. An optional blanket can also be provided as part of the travel accessory and can be permanently attached to the chin pillow (e.g., along a bottom edge thereof) or it can be detachably coupled to the chin pillow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Patent number: 10660222
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one aspect, an electronic marketing system is provided that includes an electronic display device powered and a housing. A window is cut into the housing which allows the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing. A method is also provided for personalizing marketing materials and can include printing a custom design on an insert, cutting out at least a portion of the insert, arranging the cut out portion of the insert to show through a die cut window of the video brochure, and adhering the cut out portion of the insert to the video brochure in the arranged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20190394891
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one aspect, an electronic marketing system is provided that includes an electronic display device powered and a housing. A window is cut into the housing which allows the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing. A method is also provided for personalizing marketing materials and can include printing a custom design on an insert, cutting out at least a portion of the insert, arranging the cut out portion of the insert to show through a die cut window of the video brochure, and adhering the cut out portion of the insert to the video brochure in the arranged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: 10455709
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one scenario, an electronic marketing apparatus is provided which includes a battery, an electronic display device powered by the battery, and a housing. One window is cut into the housing which allows the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing that is printed using a commodity printer. A method is also provided for personalizing marketing materials. The method includes printing a custom design on an insert using a commodity printer, cutting out at least a portion of the insert, arranging the cut out portion of the insert to show through a die cut window of the video brochure, and adhering the cut out portion of the insert to the video brochure in the arranged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Media Fast, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20170290174
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for personalizing marketing materials such as video brochures. In one scenario, an electronic marketing apparatus is provided which includes a battery, an electronic display device powered by the battery, and a housing. One window is cut into the housing which allows the electronic display to be seen through at least a portion of the housing. A second window provides a view of an insert in the housing that is printed using a commodity printer. A method is also provided for personalizing marketing materials. The method includes printing a custom design on an insert using a commodity printer, cutting out at least a portion of the insert, arranging the cut out portion of the insert to show through a die cut window of the video brochure, and adhering the cut out portion of the insert to the video brochure in the arranged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Publication number: 20150186600
    Abstract: An emergency medical history display that can display a patient's medical history in a view only mode when a special micro sized SD card containing the patient's medical history is inserted into a port of the display. The display has no memory to store the medical history and thus the medical history is erased from the display when the display is turned off or the SD card is removed from the display. The display is secured in that it is sealed to prevent access to the inside. A special micro SD card with software on both the display and the SD card will allow for the medical history to be viewed only on these special displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Patent number: 6308644
    Abstract: An access control vestibule having first and second locking single doors, an access control chamber formed between the two doors, magnetic locks for each of the doors, a metal detector located between the doors to detect for a weapon, the doors are manually operable and swing towards the outside of the chamber, the frame of the vestibule is rectangular and formed of a metal material, the door frames being formed of a metal material, transparent ballistic resistant panels are mounted in the side walls of the chamber and the door frames, ultrasonic sensors are positioned above the first and second halves of the chamber to detect for the presence of more than one person within the chamber or for the presence of an object such as a weapon on the floor of the chamber, an ultrasonic sensor located above the metal detector, a touch-sensitive pad located on the inside of the exit door of the chamber, a control device to prevent both doors from being opened at the same time and to prevent the second or exit door from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Patent number: 6298603
    Abstract: An access control chamber security system with a security chamber having an aluminum frame and an entrance door and an exit door, a metal detector located within the access control chamber to detect a weapon being carried within the chamber, locks on the doors and control means to prevent the doors from being opened at the same time or prevent the exit door from opening when a weapon is detected, and including improvements such as a side frame member with a cutout section having an insulated member placed therein to provide an open electrical loop in the side frame member, the metal detector having a plurality of coils located in a plurality of zones, a three second time delay from when the manually operated exit door is opened to when the lock on the exit door is re-activated, ballistic fiberglass disposed within a hollow section of the aluminum frame members, floor contact pads with nitrogen disposed within the pads surrounding the metal plates formed therein, a floor contact pad having a plurality of induc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: William Diaz
  • Patent number: D844706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Media Fast, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: D924242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: D924243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: D924875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: D948334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz
  • Patent number: D973057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIA FAST, LC
    Inventors: Amy Hafen, William Diaz