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Brackbill
Brian D. Brackbill, Saratoga, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080216619 | Fireman's Rescue Tool - A hand tool for use by a person, such as a firefighter, is disclosed. The hand tool of the present invention comprises a unitary sheet member having a substantially flat top side and bottom side, each mutually connected by at least one peripheral edge. The sheet member comprises a handle portion having a finger grip section and a rear section. The finger grip section is adapted for gripping by the person's fingers, and the rear section is adapted for gripping by the person's palm. The finger grip section includes a first finger guard at least partially therearound for protecting at least two of the person's fingers, depending upon how the person holds the tool. A hook portion has a hook fixed at a hook base proximate to a top section of a neck. The neck is fixed at a bottom section thereof to a top section of the handle portion. A tip of the hook may be formed into a regular screwdriver. Further, pivot notches may be formed in the peripheral edge proximate the tip of the hook. A gas shut-off aperture may be formed into the handle portion, the aperture for fitting around a gas valve and the sheet member rotated around the gas valve for shutting off same. | 09-11-2008 |
Douglas L. Brackbill, Aptos, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080207176 | Visual voicemail management - A voicemail message management system and method are provided. A list of voicemail messages is displayed on a screen such as a cellular telephone screen. Indicators specify whether messages are new, urgent, saved, not yet heard, and the like. Other attributes can also be displayed, including for example indications as to source of a message, message duration, date/time, caller, urgent or private, and the like. These indicators provide guidance to the user for selecting which messages he or she would like to hear at a given time. The user can listen to messages, delete them, move them, categorize them, and perform other operations in any order the user chooses. | 08-28-2008 |
Elizabeth Brackbill, Newark, DE US
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| 20100113987 | Upper Arm Wearable Exoskeleton - An exoskeleton having a first cuff adapted to be coupled to a user's lower limb is disclosed. The exoskeleton also includes a second cuff adapted to be coupled to the user's upper limb and a third cuff adapted to be coupled to the user's body. A first motor is mounted on the third cuff and has a first motor output coupled to the first cuff. A second motor is mounted on the third cuff and has a second motor output coupled to the second cuff. A processor is operatively coupled to the first and second motors to manipulate the first cuff and the second cuff relative to the third cuff such that the first cuff and the second cuff are able to move the user's lower limb and upper limb. A method of operating the exoskeleton is also disclosed. | 05-06-2010 |
Robert B. Brackbill, Port Angeles, WA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080216619 | Fireman's Rescue Tool - A hand tool for use by a person, such as a firefighter, is disclosed. The hand tool of the present invention comprises a unitary sheet member having a substantially flat top side and bottom side, each mutually connected by at least one peripheral edge. The sheet member comprises a handle portion having a finger grip section and a rear section. The finger grip section is adapted for gripping by the person's fingers, and the rear section is adapted for gripping by the person's palm. The finger grip section includes a first finger guard at least partially therearound for protecting at least two of the person's fingers, depending upon how the person holds the tool. A hook portion has a hook fixed at a hook base proximate to a top section of a neck. The neck is fixed at a bottom section thereof to a top section of the handle portion. A tip of the hook may be formed into a regular screwdriver. Further, pivot notches may be formed in the peripheral edge proximate the tip of the hook. A gas shut-off aperture may be formed into the handle portion, the aperture for fitting around a gas valve and the sheet member rotated around the gas valve for shutting off same. | 09-11-2008 |