Barefoot
Charlie Barefoot, Dinwiddie, VA US
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20080202138 | LOW PROFILE MARINE AIR CONDITIONER - A low profile, self-contained air conditioning unit for a nautical vehicle comprises a base pan, an air handler, a substantially horizontal compressor and a second heat exchanger. The air handler comprises a first heat exchanger with a medium conduit for channeling a refrigerating medium, an air moving apparatus within a shroud. The shroud includes a front wall having an air outlet and a rear wall having an air inlet and the first heat exchanger is located adjacent to the air inlet of the first wall. The second heat exchanger has an inner tube and an outer tube. The inner tube circulates water and the outer tube is in fluid communication with the medium conduit, coaxially encloses a substantial portion of the inner tube, and has an inlet and an outlet. The compressor and the second heat exchanger are adjacent to the air handler and the second heat exchanger is above the compressor. | 08-28-2008 |
Christopher B. Barefoot, Durham, NC US
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20120109835 | USER FILTERING IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for filtering third-party generated content in a social network. The method may involve receiving a request to view third-party generated content in a social network. The method may involve determining the group permissions that are set by the user for one or more groups. The user may define group membership. The group permissions define the access privileges to the third-party generated content. The method may also involve filtering the third-party generated content according to the group permissions such that the third-party generated content is filtered prior to its presentation to the requesting third-party user. As a result, certain third-party generated content may be hidden from certain third-party users. In certain embodiments, the user can set individual permissions governing access to the third-party generated content. In addition, filtering of third-party generated content may involve precedence of individual permissions over group permissions and precedence of the most restrictive group permissions when the requesting third-party is a member of numerous groups. | 05-03-2012 |
20120192290 | USER FILTERING IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - An apparatus and system are disclosed for filtering third-party generated content in a social network. A receive module receives, from a requesting third-party user, a request to view third-party generated content that is generated by one or more third-party users of a social network. A group module determines one or more group permissions set by a user for one or more groups. The one or more group permissions define access to the third-party generated content. A filter module filters the third-party generated content according to the one or more group permissions such that the third-party generated content is filtered prior to presentation of the third-party generated content to the requesting third-party user in response to the request. | 07-26-2012 |
Christopher B. Barefoot, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20130226872 | ON-DEMAND FILE SYNCHRONIZATION - Techniques are described for managing access and synchronization of one or more files of a document management system stored locally at a client device. The techniques may include receiving, by a document management system executing on a server device, a file update notification message from a first client device to notify the document management system that a file was modified by the first client device. The file update notification message may include an indication of the modified file on the first client device without including the modified file. The document management system may receive a file editing request from a second client device to request the file. In response, the document management system may send a file upload request to the first client device, receive the modified file from the first client device, and send the modified file to the second client device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130238558 | ON-DEMAND FILE SYNCHRONIZATION - Techniques are described for managing access and synchronization of one or more files of a document management system stored locally at a client device. The techniques may include receiving, by a document management system executing on a server device, a file update notification message from a first client device to notify the document management system that a file was modified by the first client device. The file update notification message may include an indication of the modified file on the first client device without including the modified file. The document management system may receive a file editing request from a second client device to request the file. In response, the document management system may send a file upload request to the first client device, receive the modified file from the first client device, and send the modified file to the second client device. | 09-12-2013 |
Christopher Brian Barefoot, Erwin, NC US
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20130114930 | OUTSIDE PLANT TERMINATION ENCLOSURE - A termination enclosure includes a base, a cover, and at least one optical component. An input member extends outwardly from the base. At least a portion of the input member extends along the bottom of the termination enclosure. The input member defines a sealed input passage that extends through the base. A sealing chamber is defined by the base and cover. A gasket disposed at the sealing chamber seals and/or retains drop cables routed into the enclosure even when the cover is moved relative to the base. The sealing chamber defines ports that are located on a common side of the enclosure as an end of the input member. | 05-09-2013 |
Darek C. Barefoot, Grand Junction, CO US
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20120142469 | DUAL PULLEY CHAIN GUIDE AND GUARD - A chain guide having a mounting bracket mounted to the bottom bracket shell with multiple coaxial pulleys, each of which is in substantially planar alignment with one chainring of a crank with two or more chainrings. Each pulley cog engages the bicycle chain when the chain is on a corresponding chainring. One of the pulley cogs can be replaced by a roller mounted to the bracket coaxially with the first pulley cog and in substantially planar alignment with the corresponding chainring. | 06-07-2012 |
20120160622 | MAGNETIC VALVE FOR SHOCK ABSORBERS - A shock absorber having a valve controlling the flow rate of fluid between a compression chamber and a rebound chamber in a housing and separated by a piston. The valve has an orifice component and a blocker component, one of which has a permanent magnet, and the other of which has a magnetically permeable material. Upon the application of sufficient fluid pressure, the blocker component is forced away from the orifice component, despite the magnetic bias that tends to attract the two structures. Because the magnetic force decreases as the two components are spaced farther apart, the shock absorber has excellent performance characteristics. Alternatively, a mechanical spring urges the blocker closed, and magnetic attraction between the blocker and a spaced opener mitigates the increased force of the compressed spring tending to close the valve. | 06-28-2012 |
20130161138 | VALVE FOR SHOCK ABSORBERS - A shock absorber having a valve controlling the flow rate of fluid between a compression chamber and a rebound chamber in a housing and separated by a piston. The valve has an orifice component and a blocker component, one of which has a permanent magnet, and the other of which has a magnetically permeable material. Upon the application of sufficient fluid pressure, the blocker component is forced away from the orifice component, despite the magnetic bias that tends to attract the two structures. Because the magnetic force decreases as the two components are spaced farther apart, the shock absorber has excellent performance characteristics. Alternatively, a mechanical spring urges the blocker closed, and magnetic attraction between the blocker and a spaced opener mitigates the increased force of the compressed spring tending to close the valve. | 06-27-2013 |
20140327227 | Wheel Axle Assembly - A wheel assembly quick release lever pivots against a thrust washer to apply a force along the length of an axle. The thrust washer is pressed toward a sleeve nut at the opposite end of the axle, which displaces the thrust washer relative to the axle, drawing the sleeve nut and a pair of compression rings toward one another deeper into conical cavities of dropouts. The radially outwardly facing surfaces of the compression rings firmly seat against the tapered cavities of the closed bore dropouts, and the radially inwardly facing surfaces of the compression rings firmly seat against the axle to provide resistance to rotational movement of the axle relative to the dropouts. The inboard surfaces of the dropouts seat against the load-bearing axle faces of the hub, which provides resistance to lateral movement. | 11-06-2014 |
20150054247 | SHOCK ABSORBER GAS SPRING SEAL - A shock absorber includes a first portion and a second portion that reciprocate relative to one another. The shock absorber includes a gas spring chamber defined between an interior wall and a plunger. A seal including a lip portion minimizes gas pressure loss and friction between the two portions. | 02-26-2015 |
Galen Barefoot, Midland, VA US
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20110141281 | Off road vehicle vision enhancement system - The disclosed Off-Road Vehicle Vision Enhancement System is for all terrain vehicles operating in extreme off road environments. When an all terrain vehicle is operating in areas where there are large obstacles to traverse the operator needs to be able to maneuver the vehicle over the obstacles with the utmost of care and precision. The operator needs to be able to see the precise placement of the wheels over the obstacles to achieve optimum ground clearance and avoid getting hung-up. The Off-Road Vision Enhancement System includes a retractable protective housing located under the vehicle containing cameras which communicate to the operator the precise relationship of his wheels traversing the obstacles. The retractable housing is designed for simple operation, maximum protection of the cameras and self cleaning of accumulated debris. | 06-16-2011 |
James E. Barefoot, Winston Salem, NC US
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20090152927 | Footrest Mounting Arrangement For An Article Of Furniture - An article of seating furniture includes a base, a seat and a back. The back includes a reclining mechanism. The seat is interconnected with the reclining mechanism such that reclining movement of the back moves the seat forwardly and upwardly. When the back is fully reclined and the seat is fully raised, an upper surface of the seat is coplanar with an upper surface of the back. A footrest is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. When extended, the footrest is generally coplanar with the seat. The back includes a spine having a lower end pivotably interconnected with the base. The spine includes a seat mounting extension to which the seat is pivotably mounted. Mounting links between the seat and the base provide movement of the seat when the back is reclined. The base is pivotably mounted to a frame for movement between a horizontal orientation and a Trendelenburg orientation in which the back is lowered relative to the seat, and a latch between the frame and the base maintains the base in the desired orientation. | 06-18-2009 |
Kevin Barefoot, Cicero, IN US
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20150020121 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DIRECTORY SERVER PRESENTATION - A method and apparatus for content directory server presentation is described. The method includes connecting a device to media content sources, identifying a media content source as a temporary content source, the temporary content source not permanently connected to the home network, scanning, at a periodic rate, the media content source to identify media content, the rate being higher than a rate for a media content source that is not a temporary content source, and updating a catalog of media content available to the media device based on scanning the media content source. The apparatus includes a receiver scanning media content sources to identify available media content, and a controller determining if a media content source is not permanently connected to the home network, the controller increasing a periodic rate of scanning if the at least one media content source is not permanently connected to the home network. | 01-15-2015 |
Kevin Zack Barefoot, Cicero, IN US
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20140046971 | TRANSLATION OF UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY SEARCH CRITERIA - A method, apparatus and system for parsing a UPnP search criteria and creating a search criteria structure that is understandable to any content provider/storage device include an apparatus for dividing a universal plug and play search criteria into elements, assigning at least one element a designation and providing information regarding the assigned designation and an order of the at least one element within the universal plug and play search criteria, the information to be used for searching content. The apparatus of the invention creates a list of structures for performing a search, each structure including a designation of at least one respective element and an order of the at least one respective element within the universal plug and play search criteria. | 02-13-2014 |
Kristen L. Barefoot, Lawrenceville, PA US
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20150183680 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 07-02-2015 |
Kristen L. Barefoot, Bath, NY US
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20100035038 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 02-11-2010 |
20120111057 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 05-10-2012 |
Kristen L. Barefoot, Corning, NY US
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20110201490 | CRACK AND SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND ENCLOSURES MADE THEREFROM - A glass and an enclosure, including windows, cover plates, and substrates for mobile electronic devices comprising the glass. The glass has a crack initiation threshold that is sufficient to withstand direct impact, has a retained strength following abrasion that is greater than soda lime and alkali aluminosilicate glasses, and is resistant to damage when scratched. The enclosure includes cover plates, windows, screens, and casings for mobile electronic devices and information terminal devices. | 08-18-2011 |
20120202040 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 08-09-2012 |
20130202868 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like. | 08-08-2013 |
20140329660 | CRACK AND SCRATCH RESISTANT GLASS AND ENCLOSURES MADE THEREFROM - A glass and an enclosure, including windows, cover plates, and substrates for mobile electronic devices comprising the glass. The glass has a crack initiation threshold that is sufficient to withstand direct impact, has a retained strength following abrasion that is greater than soda lime and alkali aluminosilicate glasses, and is resistant to damage when scratched. The enclosure includes cover plates, windows, screens, and casings for mobile electronic devices and information terminal devices. | 11-06-2014 |
Richard Barefoot, Marietta, SC US
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20130140880 | TRAIN BRAKE AND HAND BRAKE RELEASE SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - Train brake systems, hand brake release systems and related methods are provided. The brake system can include a hand brake release system that can automatically releasing a hand brake on a railway car. A differential value can be used to measuring an air pressure differential between an air pressure in a train line of a train and an air pressure on a brake cylinder of the railway car to determine if air should transfer from the emergency reservoir to assure the hand brake is released. A hand brake position valve can be used to determine whether the hand brake is applied or released. The air from the emergency reservoir can then be directed within a motion detector valve to assure that the hand brake us released. | 06-06-2013 |
Stephen O. Barefoot, Charlotte, NC US
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20090266025 | INSULATION BOARD WITH AIR/RAIN BARRIER COVERING AND WATER-REPELLENT COVERING - A previously formed unitary building exterior envelope product is provided, comprising: a mineral fiber insulation board including a binder having a hydrophobic agent and is resistant to liquid water-penetration and has first and second major surfaces, an exterior facing material, which resists air infiltration and liquid water penetration, laminated to the first major surface, the exterior facing material being permeable to water vapor, and a continuous interior facing laminated to the second major surface, so that the second major surface is resistant to liquid water-penetration and is permeable to water vapor. The section of product is mounted to an exterior side of a plurality of framing members of an exterior wall of a building, so that the interior facing faces the framing members. An exterior layer is mounted to the framing members using a connection device that passes through the section of product, with the facing material facing the exterior layer. | 10-29-2009 |
Timothy W. Barefoot, Wilmington, NC US
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20100287814 | WEIGHTED HOOKS FOR FISHING - Weighted hooks are disclosed in which a hook can include a hook body including a shank and a bend. The hook can include a weight disposed on the hook body. The weight can reside on the shank and extend over at least a portion of the bend. The weight can be configured to have its mass distributed on the hook body to balance the hook such that, when trolling with the hook in water, the hook is stabilized in a position with the bend of the hook body being closer to a surface of the water than the shank being to the surface of the water. | 11-18-2010 |