David P Gallant

US Patent:

7327239, Feb 5, 2008

Filed:

Aug 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/197967

Inventors:

David Gallant - Newfield ME, US
Randy Oliver - Limerick ME, US

Assignee:

InVision Systems, LLC - Portland ME

International Classification:

B60Q 1/00

US Classification:

340438, 340984, 340441, 116 37, 345 7, 345 8, 359630

Abstract:

A heads-up speed sensing display and control system for apprising an operator of the risk of operating a vehicle at various speeds has a risk indicator display with a plurality of illuminable elements, such as three different colored LEDs, illuminable in a plurality of patterns, each of the plurality of patterns having a predetermined correlation to vehicle speed, such as green for safe, yellow for caution and red for hazardous. A speed sensor, such as a Hall-effect device is coupled to a driven element of the vehicle, like a speedometer cable, and causes the speed sensor to generate a signal indicative of vehicle speed. A control unit receives the speed signal and selects an illumination pattern to indicate the risk of operation at the speed the vehicle is then traveling. The display may be wired or wireless and be attached to a windshield, face guard or helmet. The display system may be customizable to the operator and the environmental conditions and may be coordinated with a signage system using the same risk indicator conventions.

US Patent:

7598849, Oct 6, 2009

Filed:

Oct 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/931152

Inventors:

David Gallant - Newfield ME, US
Randy Oliver - Limerick ME, US

International Classification:

B60Q 1/00

US Classification:

340441, 340438, 340984, 116 37, 116 38, 116 57, 345 7, 345 8, 359630

Abstract:

A heads-up speed sensing display and control system for apprising an operator of the risk of operating a vehicle at various speeds has a risk indicator display with a plurality of illuminable elements, such as three different colored LEDs, illuminable in a plurality of patterns, each of the plurality of patterns having a predetermined correlation to vehicle speed, such as green for safe, yellow for caution and red for hazardous. A speed sensor, such as a Hall-effect device is coupled to a driven element of the vehicle, like a speedometer cable, and causes the speed sensor to generate a signal indicative of vehicle speed. A control unit receives the speed signal and selects an illumination pattern to indicate the risk of operation at the speed the vehicle is then traveling. The display may be wired or wireless and be attached to a windshield, face guard or helmet. The display system may be customizable to the operator and the environmental conditions and may be coordinated with a signage system using the same risk indicator conventions.

US Patent:

51956675, Mar 23, 1993

Filed:

Oct 16, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/778339

Inventors:

David Gallant - Newfield ME

International Classification:

A45F 500

US Classification:

224197

Abstract:

A device for suspending T-shaped tools from a belt, toolbox, wall, or other mount, comprising a flat attachment material and a rotating holder body which secures the tool while allowing the tool to be inserted and removed from different angles. In order to ensure that the holder body stays in a useful position, its swing is limited by two stops which act as brakes and are affixed so as to protrude perpendicularly from the attachment material. The invention is designed so that after the tool is inserted into the holder, the head of the tool remains secured by the cantilevering action of a spring-loaded clip against a dead-lock arm extending downwards from the holder body. The opposite end of the tool rests on an L-shaped extending at right angles from the attachment material. The tool is removed by the natural motion of grasping the handle and swinging upwards. This results in the tool being held in an immediately usable manner as it is withdrawn from the holder.