Patents by Inventor William M. Mack, Jr.

William M. Mack, Jr. 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: 4817034
    Abstract: A computerized handwriting duplication system includes a general purpose, programmable, digital microcomputer having a buffer memory, a program memory for a computer program, and a memory for storing the digital representation of the coordinates of a signature. The system also includes a digitizer pad for providing to the microcomputer as raw data the X and Y coordinates of points travelled by a pen writing a signature thereon and for providing a keyboard-type of input information to the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: E.S.P. Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Hardin, Sr., William M. Mack, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4302865
    Abstract: A multi-directional canted wheel carrier with shiftable control arm for supporting operable wall panels from upper and/or lower supporting tracks, with the control arm engaging a track slot or guideway and supported from the carrier for shifting when necessary between a leading and a trailing relationship to the panel supporting bolt to facilitate multi-directional movement of the carrier through track intersections. The carrier includes a single canted wheel or multiple canted wheels, and the bearings and tilt body structure of the canted wheel assembly provide efficient multi-directional movement of the carrier with minimum force requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: Panelfold, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy E. Dixon, William M. Mack, Jr.