Patents by Inventor William E. Fullen

William E. Fullen 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).

  • Solid state digital electronic shoe sizer
    Patent number: 6029358
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an apparatus for measuring a foot's length and width to correspond to a shoe size, utilizing digital distributed sensor arrays The apparatus is a low profile self-contained apparatus comprising a transducing medium, a microcontroller, a reference impedance element, a signal amplifier, digital distributed sensor arrays comprising vertical and horizontal traces and a display to generate and display foot sizing data. The shoe size is then calculated using a sizing algorithm with the results shown on a display which is connected to the output of the microcontroller unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Dwayne L. Mason
    Inventors: Michael L. Mathiasmeier, William E. Fullen