Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080289383 | DOOR LOCK INDICATOR - A door lock indicator device is disclosed. The door lock indicator device can include a rotatable portion, a lock status display, and a switch (e.g., a button). The rotatable portion can define an opening shaped to receive a key blade. The door lock indicator device can be installed on a face of a door lock with the opening aligned with a keyhole of the door lock. Rotating a key blade within a keyway of the door lock can cause the rotatable portion to rotate with die door lock's cylinder. The lock status display can include a first indicator light and a second indicator light. Activating the switch can cause the lock status display to indicate a direction of a most recent rotation of the rotatable portion and/or a locked or unlocked status of the associated door lock. | 11-27-2008 |
20090154151 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can include a base, a first light source housing, and a second light source housing. The first and second light source housings each can include a lighting element (e.g., a light-emitting diode). The first and second light source housings can be independently moveable relative to the base. For example, the first light source housing can be rotatable relative to the base around a first axis and a second axis, the first axis being substantially perpendicular to the second axis. Similarly, the second light source housing can be rotatable relative to the base around a third axis and a fourth axis, the third axis being substantially perpendicular to the fourth axis. The base can include a battery compartment and wires electrically connecting the battery compartment to the first and second light source housings. | 06-18-2009 |
20090243495 | ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can be battery-powered and can include one or more LEDs within a light assembly. The device also can include a battery compartment, a first frame element, and a second frame element. The light assembly can be supported by the first frame element and free to tilt on a first axis relative to the first frame element. The light assembly can be free to rotate relative to the second frame element on a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The second frame element can be, for example, a plate configured to be fixedly mounted to a surface, such as a wall. | 10-01-2009 |
20090290335 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can include a light bar and a base having an elongated groove shaped to receive the light bar. The light bar can be rotatable relative to the base around an axis substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the light bar. Rotation of the light bar around this axis can move the light bar into and out of the elongated groove, thus converting the lighting device between compact and expanded configurations. For greater maneuverability, the light bar can include a light source housing portion rotatable around an axis substantially parallel to the long axis of the light bar. The light source housing portion can include two or more light emitting diodes positioned along the long axis of the light bar. The lighting device can be used with a mounting sleeve shaped to receive, for example, one end of the base. | 11-26-2009 |
20100033960 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can include a base, an elongated light bar, and extendable arms connecting the elongated light bar to the base. A long axis of the elongated light bar can be substantially perpendicular to long axes of the extendable arms. The extendable arms can be rotatable relative to the base around a first rotation axis. The elongated light bar can be rotatable relative to the extendable arms around a second rotation axis. The first and second rotation axes can be substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar. The lighting device can be collapsible into a compact configuration with, for example, the elongated light bar positioned adjacent to a front surface of the base and the extendable arms positioned, respectively, adjacent to side surfaces of the base. The elongated light bar can include two or more light emitting diodes. | 02-11-2010 |
20100182781 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can be compact and can have a major surface configured to be attached to a substantially flat mounting surface. Within the lighting device, a light bar frame can be rotatable relative to a mounting plate around an axis substantially perpendicular to the major surface. Three or more rotatable light bars can be positioned within the light bar frame. The light bars can include lighting elements (e.g., light-emitting diodes) and can be positioned within the light bar frame such that their rotational axes are coplanar. The rotational axes of the light bars also can be substantially perpendicular to the axis around which the light bar frame rotates relative to the mounting plate. Furthermore, the rotational axes of the light bars can form three or more sides of a polygon (e.g. a triangle). | 07-22-2010 |
20100271804 | MODULAR LIGHTING DEVICE KIT - A modular lighting device kit is disclosed. The kit can include first and second elongated light-source modules that contain light-emitting diodes. The elongated light-source modules can be physically and electrically connectable either directly or through one or more intervening elements. This connection can be made without the use of tools, such as via coaxial electrical couplings. When connected to each other, the elongated light-source modules can be rotatable around rotation axes parallel to their long axes. In addition, when connected to a power source, power for the second elongated light-source module can flow through the first elongated light-source module. The modular lighting device kit also can include a base module with a power switch. When assembled, a mounting clip shaped to wrap around a portion of the first elongated light-source module can be used to hold the first elongated light-source module in place without restricting its rotation. | 10-28-2010 |
20100322820 | STORAGE AND MIXING DEVICE - A storage and mixing device is illustrated and described. The device can include first and second separate containers each defining a distinct internal cavity. The first container can be movable (e.g., rotatable) relative to the second container between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the cavities can be substantially sealed from one another. In the second position, a first gas forming ingredient in one of the cavities can mix with a second gas forming ingredient in the other cavity to form a gas, such as chlorine dioxide gas. The device can have one or more filtered openings to allow gas generated by mixing the first and second gas forming ingredients to escape into the ambient environment. | 12-23-2010 |
20110100077 | DOOR LOCK INDICATOR - A door lock indicator device is disclosed. The door lock indicator device can include a rotatable portion, a lock status display, and a switch (e.g., a button). The rotatable portion can define an opening shaped to receive a key blade. The door lock indicator device can be installed on a face of a door lock with the opening aligned with a keyhole of the door lock. Rotating a key blade within a keyway of the door lock can cause the rotatable portion to rotate with the door lock's cylinder. The lock status display can include a first indicator light and a second indicator light. Activating the switch can cause the lock status display to indicate a direction of a most recent rotation of the rotatable portion and/or a locked or unlocked status of the associated door lock. | 05-05-2011 |
20120026839 | PEST-CONTROL DEVICE - A pest-control device that repels pests with sound is illustrated and described. The pest-control device can, for example, be plugged into a standard wall socket. Sound-transmission openings in the pest-control device can be positioned to selectively direct sound sideways along the wall including the socket. This can increase the effectiveness of the device at repelling pests in corners along the edges of floors and countertops, where pests tend to travel. The pest-control device also can include a light sensor that detects the ambient light level. An output volume can be permanently configured or temporarily configured to increase in response to a signal or absence of signal from the light sensor. For example, the pest-control device can be configured to increase the volume of pest-repelling sound at night when pests are most active and people and pets typically are not present. | 02-02-2012 |
20120032394 | ELECTRONIC GAME PIECE - An electronic game piece is illustrated and described. The electronic game piece can include a light, a proximity sensor, and a proximity-sensor target. Activation of the proximity sensor can cause the light to illuminate. The electronic game piece can be configured to light up when arranged with other electronic game pieces. The proximity sensor, for example, can be configured to be activated by a proximity-sensor target substantially identical to the proximity-sensor target of the electronic game piece, but separate from the electronic game piece. In some versions of the electronic game piece illustrated and described, the proximity-sensor target is magnetic and the proximity sensor can be activated by a magnetic field. Separate electronic game pieces can be capable of interlocking, such as interlocking when a top major surface of one electronic game piece is adjacent to a bottom major surface of another electronic game piece. | 02-09-2012 |
20120032395 | ADJUSTABLE ELECTRONIC GAME PIECE - An electronic game piece is illustrated and described. The electronic game piece can include a light, a proximity sensor, and a proximity-sensor target. Activation of the proximity sensor can cause the light to illuminate. The electronic game piece can be configured to light up when arranged with other electronic game pieces. The proximity sensor, for example, can be configured to be activated by a proximity-sensor target substantially identical to the proximity-sensor target of the electronic game piece, but separate from the electronic game piece. In some versions of the electronic game piece illustrated and described, the proximity-sensor target is magnetic and the proximity sensor can be activated by a magnetic field. Separate electronic game pieces can be capable of interlocking, such as interlocking when a top major surface of one electronic game piece is adjacent to a bottom major surface of another electronic game piece. | 02-09-2012 |
20130225280 | PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL GAME PIECES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Physical and virtual game pieces and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes creating first physical or virtual game pieces of a first type, creating second physical or virtual game pieces of a second type different than the first type, and distributing the first and second game pieces based on different distribution criteria. The first and second game pieces are associated with different advertisers and are configured to be redeemed in a predetermined set including one or more of the first game pieces and one or more of the second game pieces. | 08-29-2013 |