Smoot, US
Adam Smoot, Bountiful, UT US
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20090266995 | X-RAY ATTENUATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating x-ray attenuation, where the x-ray attenuation compound can comprise a molecule having at least two conformational states, a first k-edge atom attached to the molecule at a first position, and a second k-edge atom attached to the molecule at a second position, where the molecule changes from a first conformational state to a second conformational state in response to an external stimulus. Additionally, a first interatom distance between the first k-edge atom and the second k-edge atom in the first conformational state can be within a first harmonic error of 0 to about 0.2, and a second interatom distance between the first k-edge atom and the second k-edge atom in the second conformational state can be within a second harmonic error of about 0.8 to 1.0. | 10-29-2009 |
Brad Smoot, Scandia Park, NM US
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20090295635 | STEERABLE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS AIR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - A system and method for communication with an autonomous air vehicle are provided. The system comprises a steerable antenna array including a plurality of directional antenna elements each selectable to receive a video signal from the air vehicle. An antenna control unit is operatively coupled to the antenna elements and includes a magnetometer for determining an orientation for each of the antenna elements. A ground control station is in operative communication with the antenna array and comprises a ground data terminal in operative communication with the antenna control unit, and an operator control unit in operative communication with the data terminal and the antenna control unit. The operator control unit is configured to obtain positions of the air vehicle and the ground control station from the data terminal. The operator control unit is further configured to determine which of the antenna elements to select by utilizing the positions of the air vehicle and the ground control station, and the orientation of one of the antenna elements. | 12-03-2009 |
Bradley J. Smoot, Sandia Park, NM US
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20100152933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE GROUND PROXIMITY DETECTION, LANDING AND DESCENT - A proximity detector, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and method for outputting a displacement are provided. The proximity detector includes a velocity sensor, a displacement sensor, and integration logic. The integration login is configured to receive displacement values from the displacement sensor and integrate velocity values received from the velocity sensor. Based on the integrated velocity value and a first displacement value, the integration logic determines an estimated displacement value. A difference is determined between the estimated displacement value and a second displacement value. If the difference is less than a difference threshold, the second displacement value is output. The UAV and/or other vehicles may utilize the proximity sensor to provide data for vehicle control and operation, including maneuvering and landing the vehicle. | 06-17-2010 |
Carissa Smoot, Sellersville, PA US
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20160046832 | COMPOSITION, METHODS AND DEVICES USEFUL FOR MANUFACTURING OF IMPLANTABLE ARTICLES - The application is directed to aqueous dispersible biodegradable compositions of esters which are the condensation reaction product of a polyol and a diacid which are within a matrix of hydrated polypeptide. The compositions are useful in additive manufacturing and other applications for use with implantable articles. In some embodiments, the ester in the compositions is the product of a glyercol-sebacic acid condensation reaction. | 02-18-2016 |
Charles H. Smoot, Davie, FL US
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20130233355 | WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH SPIRAL AIR FLOW FOR DRYING - An apparatus and method for washing and drying objects includes a rotating washing fluid sprayer having several nozzles to direct washing fluid, e.g., water, at an object being washed in a chamber. A drying fluid is directed at the object in the chamber to dry the object. The drying fluid, e.g., air, is directed in a spiral pattern against the object to urge washing liquid away from the object to dry the object and to push the drying liquid away from edges of the object. The air may be directed at the object simultaneously with the water to increase the energy with which the water impinges on the object and to urge dirt from the object being washed. | 09-12-2013 |
Gregory K. Smoot, Bedford, IN US
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20150053196 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A STONE BLOCK - A device for cutting a block of stone that includes a support bar including a monolithic metallic plate, and a number of fluid ports attached to the plate. The device also includes a wear bar that is secured to the monolithic metallic plate and a lower longitudinal slot, and a cutting belt positioned in the lower longitudinal slot of the wear bar and including a downward-facing cutting surface to cut the block of stone. A method of cutting the stone block is also disclosed. | 02-26-2015 |
Jacob C. Smoot, Kaysville, UT US
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20110179559 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A CONVERTIBLE BLANKET, PAD AND PILLOW - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a convertible blanket, pad, and pillow. The apparatus includes a blanket having arm apertures, and a sleeve coupled to each of the apertures. The apparatus also includes a pad having a durable surface, a plush surface, and a fastener disposed on a perimeter of the pad to form the pad into a container to hold the blanket. The apparatus may also include a fastener disposed on the blanket to removably connect the blanket to the pad. The system includes the apparatus, cushioning disposed between the durable surface and the plush surface, and carrying straps extending from the perimeter of the pad. The method includes providing the apparatus, forming either a plush or a durable container by selecting the durable or plush surface to form the outside of the container, fastening the fastener, and placing the blanket inside the container. | 07-28-2011 |
20120088428 | TOY BLANKET HOLDER - An apparatus and method are disclosed for a soft toy blanket holder. A soft toy apparatus includes a hollow body that defines a storage cavity. The hollow body includes a soft material and an opening through which the storage cavity is accessible. The soft toy apparatus also includes an appendage movably coupled to the hollow body. The appendage and hollow body form a toy figure. The appendage is movable relative to the hollow body between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the appendage covers and conceals the opening and in the open position at least a portion of the appendage is spaced away from the opening. | 04-12-2012 |
20130171906 | CONVERTIBLE TOY, PILLOW, AND BLANKET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE - A method for converting a toy figure includes providing a toy figure including a flexible body, an extremity, and a blanket. The flexible body in the first configuration includes a first surface defining a first internal cavity. A second surface substantially opposing the first surface defines an exterior surface of the flexible body. The extremity is coupled to and extends from the second surface of the flexible body and is external to the first internal cavity. The blanket is positioned within the first interior cavity. The method includes inverting the flexible body from the first configuration to a second configuration where the second surface defines a second internal cavity and the first surface defining an exterior surface of the flexible body. In the second configuration, the extremity is positioned within the second internal cavity and substantially the entire blanket is external to the second internal cavity in the second configuration. | 07-04-2013 |
James T. Smoot, Mt. Zion, IL US
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20110105418 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING FONDAPARINUX SODIUM AND INTERMEDIATES USEFUL IN THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF - Processes for the synthesis of the Factor Xa anticoagulent Fondaparinux, and related compounds are described. Also described are protected pentasaccharide intermediates as well as efficient and scalable processes for the industrial scale production of Fondaparinux sodium by conversion of the protected pentasaccharide intermediates via a sequence of deprotection and sulfonation reactions. | 05-05-2011 |
20130102764 | PROCESS FOR PERPARING FONDAPARINUX SODIUM AND INTERMEDIATES USEFUL IN THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF - Processes for the synthesis of the Factor Xa anticoagulent Fondaparinux, and related compounds are described. Also described are protected pentasaccharide intermediates as well as efficient and scalable processes for the industrial scale production of Fondaparinux sodium by conversion of the protected pentasaccharide intermediates via a sequence of deprotection and sulfonation reactions. | 04-25-2013 |
20150018537 | PROCESS FOR PERPARING FONDAPARINUX SODIUM AND INTERMEDIATES USEFUL IN THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF - Processes for the synthesis of the Factor Xa anticoagulent Fondaparinux, and related compounds are described. Also described are protected pentasaccharide intermediates as well as efficient and scalable processes for the industrial scale production of Fondaparinux sodium by conversion of the protected pentasaccharide intermediates via a sequence of deprotection and sulfonation reactions. | 01-15-2015 |
Katherine Fowler Smoot, Charlotte, NC US
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20130041712 | EMERGING RISK IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND TOOL - Managing risks may include receiving multiple issues associated with an enterprise where each issue is a future risk or a current risk, storing the issues, aggregating the issues, filtering the issues by executing a predefined rule set to determine a set of issues for analysis, creating a report including the set of issues for analysis, and transmitting the report to a user. Managing risk may also include determining a status of an action item associated with an issue in the set of issues, monitoring open issues and associated action items, and removing any closed issues. | 02-14-2013 |
L. Douglas Smoot, Provo, UT US
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20080202985 | Method for recovery of hydrocarbon oils from oil shale and other carbonaceous solids - A continuous, efficient surface method for thermal recovery of hydrocarbons from a solid feedstock is described that includes a self-contained process that produces hydrogen for upgrading the hydrocarbons to produce motor fuel. The hydrogen also is used as a clean burning fuel for the thermal processing. The hydrogen is produced as a component of synthesis gas formed by gasification of coal. The synthesis gas is processed to remove and dispose of carbon dioxide and by-product sulfur. Combustion of the hydrogen to provide indirect heating of the solid feedstock maximizes hydrocarbons that can be upgraded and reduces or eliminates the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. | 08-28-2008 |
20100294700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING THROUGHPUT OF INDIRECTLY HEATED ROTARY KILNS - An apparatus and method for achieving improved throughput capacity of indirectly heated rotary kilns used to produce pyrolysis products such as shale oils or coal oils that are susceptible to decomposition by high kiln wall temperatures is disclosed. High throughput is achieved by firing the kiln such that optimum wall temperatures are maintained beginning at the point where the materials enter the heating section of the kiln and extending to the point where the materials leave the heated section. Multiple high velocity burners are arranged such that combustion products directly impact on the area of the kiln wall covered internally by the solid material being heated. Firing rates for the burners are controlled to maintain optimum wall temperatures. | 11-25-2010 |
20120292232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING THROUGHPUT OF INDIRECTLY HEATED ROTARY KILNS - An apparatus and method for achieving improved throughput capacity of indirectly heated rotary kilns used to produce pyrolysis products such as shale oils or coal oils that are susceptible to decomposition by high kiln wall temperatures is disclosed. High throughput is achieved by firing the kiln such that optimum wall temperatures are maintained beginning at the point where the materials enter the heating section of the kiln and extending to the point where the materials leave the heated section. Multiple high velocity burners are arranged such that combustion products directly impact on the area of the kiln wall covered internally by the solid material being heated. Firing rates for the burners are controlled to maintain optimum wall temperatures. | 11-22-2012 |
Max M. Smoot, Loveland, CO US
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20120256393 | Self-Locking Hitch Pin - Disclosed is a self-locking hitch pin for joining a hitch device to a receiver hitch in a quick and easy manner using a single, self-contained mechanism. The hitch pin is comprised of shaft with a locking member on one end and a handle and weight on the other end and a spring and retainers to keep the hitch pin in place. The self-locking hitch pin allows for single-handed installation and securing of a hitch device to a receiver hitch with no pin or locking mechanism to be lost or dropped. The self-locking hitch pin can be inserted into the hitch orifice, have pressure applied to the spring, rotate the hitch pin allowing gravity to engage the locking member and then release pressure on the spring coupling both devices together. | 10-11-2012 |
Max M. Smoot, Longmont, CO US
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20150321685 | TWO WHEEL TILT STEERING WHEELBARROW - A two wheel tilt steering wheelbarrow has two handles attached to a tray, two skid legs, and two wheels. A front steering apparatus is adapted so that raising and lowering one handle relative to the other causes the wheels to turn left and right. Transfer of this tilting motion to wheel steering is accomplished through the use of a vertical yoke mounted on the handles and attached to a steering rocker bar via a steering hinge adapted so that the yoke can rotate, relative to the steering rocker bar, about the steering hinge. Two tie-rod plates attach the yoke to two tie-rod support members, which are themselves attached to two tie-rods. The tie-rods are also linked to the wheel axles via axle attachments such that rotating the yolk about the steering hinge pushes and pulls on the tie-rods and causes the wheels to turn. | 11-12-2015 |
Rebecca Smoot, Charlotte, NC US
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20090319922 | Non-Bypassable Disclosures in Electronic Transactions - Methods, software, and systems for ensuring that one or more pieces of information are presented as a “non-bypassable” manner and can be viewed as intended during an electronic transaction. For instance, where a required disclosure is provided in a pop-up window, it may be provided that the party receiving the disclosure may not complete the application until it is shown that the pop-up window content has fully loaded and thus available to the consumer to review as intended. The pop-up window content may itself include an instruction for determining when the content has been fully loaded. Upon the content being fully loaded, the pop-up window may send a call to the parent window indicating that the content has been fully loaded. In response to the call, the parent window may allow the application process to continue or complete. According to further aspects, it may be determined whether the consumer's computer Internet browser is enabled for use with the call language (for example, JAVASCRIPT). | 12-24-2009 |
Reid S. Smoot, Kaysville, UT US
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20110179559 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A CONVERTIBLE BLANKET, PAD AND PILLOW - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a convertible blanket, pad, and pillow. The apparatus includes a blanket having arm apertures, and a sleeve coupled to each of the apertures. The apparatus also includes a pad having a durable surface, a plush surface, and a fastener disposed on a perimeter of the pad to form the pad into a container to hold the blanket. The apparatus may also include a fastener disposed on the blanket to removably connect the blanket to the pad. The system includes the apparatus, cushioning disposed between the durable surface and the plush surface, and carrying straps extending from the perimeter of the pad. The method includes providing the apparatus, forming either a plush or a durable container by selecting the durable or plush surface to form the outside of the container, fastening the fastener, and placing the blanket inside the container. | 07-28-2011 |
20120088428 | TOY BLANKET HOLDER - An apparatus and method are disclosed for a soft toy blanket holder. A soft toy apparatus includes a hollow body that defines a storage cavity. The hollow body includes a soft material and an opening through which the storage cavity is accessible. The soft toy apparatus also includes an appendage movably coupled to the hollow body. The appendage and hollow body form a toy figure. The appendage is movable relative to the hollow body between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the appendage covers and conceals the opening and in the open position at least a portion of the appendage is spaced away from the opening. | 04-12-2012 |
20130171906 | CONVERTIBLE TOY, PILLOW, AND BLANKET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE - A method for converting a toy figure includes providing a toy figure including a flexible body, an extremity, and a blanket. The flexible body in the first configuration includes a first surface defining a first internal cavity. A second surface substantially opposing the first surface defines an exterior surface of the flexible body. The extremity is coupled to and extends from the second surface of the flexible body and is external to the first internal cavity. The blanket is positioned within the first interior cavity. The method includes inverting the flexible body from the first configuration to a second configuration where the second surface defines a second internal cavity and the first surface defining an exterior surface of the flexible body. In the second configuration, the extremity is positioned within the second internal cavity and substantially the entire blanket is external to the second internal cavity in the second configuration. | 07-04-2013 |
Thomas William Smoot, Valdosta, GA US
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20100062153 | Aqueous and dry duel-action flame and smoke retardant and microbe inhibiting compositions, and related methods - The present invention provides combined property, dual-action aqueous and dry compositions for application to a material, such as conventional Gypsum Wall Board, ceiling tiles, joint compounds, concrete and other interior building materials, prior to an exposure of the material to fire, or prior to, during or after exposure of the material to conditions favorable to the growth of microbes, and related methods. When compositions within the present invention are properly applied to a material prior to the material being exposed to fire, or prior to, during or after the material being exposed to conditions favorable to the growth of microbes, these compositions have the effect of reducing the amount of burning that occurs to the material, and/or reducing the amount or density of smoke and associated toxic gases produced by the material, when the material is exposed to fire. These compositions also have the effect of inhibiting or reducing the growth, build-up or deposit of microbes on the material when the material is exposed to conditions favorable to the growth of microbes. | 03-11-2010 |