07/12/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 6,360,968 B1

Wildfire Protection System

Inventors: Timothy Orrange and Gary J. Sweeton

Description: I was supposed to go camping this upcoming weekend in the Santa Barbara California area, but earlier this week there was a wildfire in the area that canceled the plans for myself and others planning on doing the same. So, in light of the weather being hot and dry in many places across the country, keep this invention in mind.

06/09/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 6,481,784 B2

Pickup Truck Tent Camping System

Inventors: Lee B. Cargill

Assignee: Enel Company

05/24/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
     Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 3,375,836A

Folding and Automobile-Transportable Camping Tent

Inventors: Lara Domeneghetti

04/17/17

Evolution of Music Players

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

With Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival currently taking place, I thought it would be interesting to look into our past and see what portable music devices were used. Here is a brief history of our portable music devices.

First, starting with the Transistor Radios, U.S. Pat. No. 2,892,931, Richard Koch designed a miniature sized transistor radio that could fit inside an ordinary shirt pocket. To make this device commercially acceptable, he had to come up with an acceptable battery life, meaning create circuitry to consume minimal voltage so as to power the device for longer period of time.

Second, the Portable Lightweight Record Player, U.S. Pat. No. 3,218,081, Augusto Gentilini designed a portable record player that would fit inside of a small suitcase. The reason for a reduction in size was because of the altered motor arrangement. This arrangement also limited the vibration caused by the motor due to the connection with a suspended rubber plate and offsetting the weight of the motor by adding an adjustable weight. 

02/21/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
              Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 4,166,462 A

Self-propelled Shark-proof Cage

Inventors: James M. Ellis

02/13/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 1,809,593 A

Folding Ornament of Expansible Tissue

Inventors: Henry E. Luhrs

Assignee: Beistle Company

01/18/17

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 6,568,120 B2

Ice Fishing Trap

Inventors: Kasmir Smolinski 

11/23/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
              Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 8,375,847 B1

Winch for Turkey Deep Fryers

Inventors: William P. Anganes

11/17/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 8,549,699 B1

Illuminated Leaf Blower

Inventors: Francisco A. Domingo

11/09/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. US 4,189,904 A

Leaf Mulcher Attachment for Lawn Mowers

Inventors: Alexander D. Parker

11/02/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 5,058,370 A

Yard Rake with Pick-Up Head

Inventors: Elise M. K. Russell

10/24/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. 7,878,878 B2

Life Size Halloween Novelty Item

Inventors: Darren S. Massaro 

10/11/16

Written By: Roland Casillas

        Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 6,311,631 B1

Jet-Propelled Water Board

Inventors: Ronald L. Beecher

Assignee: Ronald L. Beecher

06/14/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 5,527,039 A

Golf Swing Training Aid

Inventors: Claude A. Levesque

05/02/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
              Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 5,742,942 A

Golf Glove having Club-Gripping Strap

Inventors: Philip K. Sykes

04/19/16

 

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 3,532,344 A

Golf club and glove including coacting non-slip elements and grip positioning means

Inventors: Benjamin Masstab

04/11/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 2,258,999 A

Golf Player’s Glove

Inventors: Edward S Nunn
03/09/16

Written By: Roland Casillas
      Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 8,046,937 B2

Automatic Lacing System

Inventors: Tiffany A. Beers, Michael R. Friton, Tinker L. Hatfield

Assignee: Nike, Inc.
01/08/16

Written By: Roland Casillas, Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 9,126,487 B2 

Hoverboard which Generates Magnetic lift to Carry a Person

Inventors: D. Gregory Henderson, Shauna Moran, Mitchell Dougherty, Victor Espinoza, Robert William Melvin, James Janicki, David P Olynick

Assignee: Arx Pax, LLC 

11/13/15

Written By: Roland Casillas, Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 9,170,707 B1

Method and System for Generating a Smart Time-Lapse Video Clip

Inventors: Jason N. Laska, San Francisco, CA (US); Greg R. Nelson, San Bruno, CA (US); Greg Duffy, San Francisco, CA (US); Hiro Mitsuji, San Francisco, CA (US); Lawrence W. Neal, Oakland, CA (US); and Cameron Hill, San Francisco, CA (US)

Assignee: Google Inc.

10/30/15

Written By: Roland Casillas, Web and Blog Editor

Patent No. U.S. 9,170,645 B2

Publication No. U.S. 2012/0293406 A1

Method and Apparatus for Processing Input in Mobile Terminal

Inventors: Hyung-Kil Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Min-Hwan Seo, Gyeonggi-do (KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
10/01/15

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