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).
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Publication number: 20180144165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9864885Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9798907Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20170140183Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: DUFL, LLCInventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9552504Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20160092833Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: DUFL, Inc.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Publication number: 20160092709Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: DUFL, INC.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 9177186Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: DUFL, Inc.Inventors: William H. Rinehart, Albert J. McGowan, Michael M. Gordon
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Patent number: 5214985Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 1992Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: Lucille G. RinehartInventor: William H. Rinehart, deceased