Patents by Inventor William H. Rinehart

William H. Rinehart 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: 20180144165
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: DUFL, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 9864885
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: DUFL, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 9798907
    Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DUFL, INC.
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Publication number: 20170140183
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally, and without limitation, related to devices, systems, and methods that allow one or more users to store objects, in a fixed storage in a remote storage enclosure, that the user can have shipped to themselves anywhere. More specifically, but without limitation, a user sends objects directly or indirectly from a merchandise provider, to a fixed storage provided by a storage concierge at a Unique Address assigned to the user by the storage concierge. The storage concierge tags each object with an unique code and creates an inventory of each object it receives for the user. The storage concierge processes each object and then stores the objects in the user's fixed storage associated with the Unique Address. When the user needs one or more objects, the user requests the objects to shipped to a desired location. The storage concierge takes the objects from the fixed storage and ships them accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: DUFL, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 9552504
    Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag includes a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DUFL, INC.
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Publication number: 20160092709
    Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: DUFL, INC.
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Publication number: 20160092833
    Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: DUFL, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 9177186
    Abstract: A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: DUFL, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
  • Patent number: 5214985
    Abstract: An oil drain plug wrench adapter is disclosed comprising a disk having a disk upper surface and a disk lower surface, a square aperture sized to fit a standard socket wrench male drive extending through said disk and centrally located on said disk, and a pair of post holders extending perpendicularly from said disk lower surface, said post holders having post holder bores spaced apart relative to each other and sized so as to allow the posts of a standard two post oil drain plug to fit into them. In operation, a socket wrench male drive is inserted into the square aperture, the posts are inserted into the post holder bores and the oil drain plug is turned using the socket wrench. If necessary, an extender having an extender female end and an extender male end may be interposed between the socket wrench and the oil drain plug wrench adapter by inserting the socket wrench male drive into the extender female end and the extender male end into the square aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Lucille G. Rinehart
    Inventor: William H. Rinehart, deceased