Michael Lloyd Woods

US Patent:

6971806, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Dec 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/728119

Inventors:

Philip G. Wessells - Mill Valley CA, US
Michael Simonian - San Francisco CA, US
James R. Yurchenco - Palo Alto CA, US
Larry Cheng - Palo Alto CA, US
Jesse Fourt - Menlo Park CA, US
Chris Luomanen - San Francisco CA, US
Shilajeet Banerjee - Belmont CA, US
Sven James Newman - Menlo Park CA, US
Opher Doron Yom-Tov - San Francisco CA, US
Jon H. LeFors - San Francisco CA, US
Hans-Christoph Haenlein - San Jose CA, US
Michael E. Woods - Tiburon CA, US

International Classification:

B41J003/28
B41J013/00
B41J013/10
B65H003/14
B65H003/18

US Classification:

400 48, 400 23

Abstract:

The present invention includes apparatus and method for image transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes a housing; a print engine, within the housing, for transferring an image to a transfer medium when the transfer medium is located at a print position; and a transfer medium registration system, coupled to the print engine, for positioning a pad including a plurality of transfer media releasably secured to one another, wherein the print registration system locates one of the transfer media at the print position. The method including positioning a pad at a print position of a print transfer engine, the pad including a plurality of transfer media releasably secured to one another; and transferring an image to one of the transfer media positioned at the print position.

US Patent:

7128556, Oct 31, 2006

Filed:

Aug 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/633880

Inventors:

Philip G. Wessells - Mill Valley CA, US
Andrew Lee Choy - San Francisco CA, US
Michael E. Woods - Greenbrae CA, US

International Classification:

B29C 33/26
F41B 3/04

US Classification:

425276, 425318, 124 5, 280819, 279129 K

Abstract:

Disclosed is an apparatus, including a shaft; a scoop, coupled to a distal end of the shaft, for collecting and holding a bolus of a compressible medium, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape when operated from a proximal end of the shaft; and a former, coupled to the scoop and mating with the scoop, for molding and compressing the bolus into a generally spherical ball retained within the scoop. A method for forming a throwable ball, includes scooping a bolus of a compressible medium with a scoop coupled to a distal end of a shaft, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape; and molding compressively the bolus into the scoop using a former coupled to the distal end, wherein the molding step creates the ball retained in the scoop when a user operates a proximal end of the shaft.

US Patent:

7798452, Sep 21, 2010

Filed:

Jul 14, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/618847

Inventors:

Philip G. Wessells - Mill Valley CA, US
Andrew Lee Choy - San Francisco CA, US
Michael E. Woods - Tiburon CA, US

Assignee:

Grifiti LLC - Jackson WY

International Classification:

F16M 11/00

US Classification:

2481631, 2481771, 2481763

Abstract:

A multiuse platform and system having a flexible shape-retaining shaft for engaging, holding and pointing devices (e. g. , imaging devices like cameras or video recorders). It includes a respositionable mounting system having a flexible assembly having a first end and a second end, the assembly adapted to be repetitively positioned into a plurality of orientations by moving the assembly into a first particular orientation wherein the assembly retains the particular orientation until the assembly is moved into a second particular orientation; and a first mounting head, coupled to the first end, for engaging a first mating structure.

US Patent:

7895719, Mar 1, 2011

Filed:

Apr 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/695272

Inventors:

Michael E. Woods - Tiburon CA, US

International Classification:

A44B 11/25

US Classification:

24625, 24615

Abstract:

The security buckle includes a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member adapted to engage the receiving cavity, the second body member including one or more latching tabs for engaging the one or more mating slots wherein the second body member is inhibited from disengagement while the one or more latching tabs engage the one or more mating slots, and wherein the first body member includes a portion of the one or more walls defining a security slot adapted for receiving an interfering object that includes an engagement mode for insertion and removal from the slot and an interfering mode for inhibiting the one or more latching tabs from disengaging from the one or more mating tabs until the interfering object is transitioned to the engagement mode.

US Patent:

8191212, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Mar 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/037883

Inventors:

Michael E. Woods - San Rafael CA, US

International Classification:

A44B 11/25

US Classification:

24625, 24615

Abstract:

The security buckle includes a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member adapted to engage the receiving cavity, the second body member including one or more latching tabs for engaging the one or more mating slots wherein the second body member is inhibited from disengagement while the one or more latching tabs engage the one or more mating slots, and wherein the first body member includes a portion of the one or more walls defining a security slot adapted for receiving an interfering object that includes an engagement mode for insertion and removal from the slot and an interfering mode for inhibiting the one or more latching tabs from disengaging from the one or more mating tabs until the interfering object is transitioned to the engagement mode.

US Patent:

8196878, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Sep 19, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/885513

Inventors:

Philip G. Wessells - Mill Valley CA, US
Andrew Lee Choy - San Francisco CA, US
Michael E. Woods - San Rafael CA, US

Assignee:

Grifiti LLC - Jackson WY

International Classification:

F16M 11/00

US Classification:

2481631, 2481771, 2481763

Abstract:

A multiuse platform and system having a flexible shape-retaining shaft for engaging, holding and pointing devices (e. g. , imaging devices like cameras or video recorders). It includes a respositionable mounting system having a flexible assembly having a first end and a second end, the assembly adapted to be repetitively positioned into a plurality of orientations by moving the assembly into a first particular orientation wherein the assembly retains the particular orientation until the assembly is moved into a second particular orientation; and a first mounting head, coupled to the first end, for engaging a first mating structure.

US Patent:

8418327, Apr 16, 2013

Filed:

Jun 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/488978

Inventors:

Michael E. Woods - Brisbane CA, US

International Classification:

A44B 11/25
E05B 73/00

US Classification:

24625, 24615, 70 14, 70 58

Abstract:

The security buckle includes a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member adapted to engage the receiving cavity, the second body member including one or more latching tabs for engaging the one or more mating slots wherein the second body member is inhibited from disengagement while the one or more latching tabs engage the one or more mating slots, and wherein the first body member includes a portion of the one or more walls defining a security slot adapted for receiving an interfering object that includes an engagement mode for insertion and removal from the slot and an interfering mode for inhibiting the one or more latching tabs from disengaging from the one or more mating tabs until the interfering object is transitioned to the engagement mode.

US Patent:

20040215775, Oct 28, 2004

Filed:

Nov 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/719685

Inventors:

William Murray - Redwood City CA, US
Michael Woods - Tiburon CA, US

Assignee:

BookFactory, LLC, A California Limited Liability Corporation - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F015/173

US Classification:

709/225000

Abstract:

Disclosed is a system, method and computer program product for remote processing of remote network resources. The system includes a user network device for locating a remote network resource; a network repository for storing the remote network resource at a remote location other than a local location of the user network device; and a network processor for receiving an identifier for the remote network resource from the user network device, the network processor operating, in response to a processing control from the user network device, on the remote network resource at a processing location other than the local location upon receipt of the identifier. The method for processing a network resource includes locating a remote network resource from a local location; sending an identifier for the remote network resource to a remote location; accessing the remote network resource at the remote location using the identifier; and processing the remote network resource at the remote location. The computer program product includes a computer readable medium carrying program instructions for initiating remote processing of a remote resource when executed using a computing system, the executed program instructions executing a method, the method includes a) identifying a resource identifier for the remote resource from a local process of the computing system; and b) communicating the resource identifier to a remote process to initiate a remote processing of the remote resource.