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Colleen M. Buckles, Discovery Bay, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080301015Visual Cues for Identifying Financial Accounts - Visual cues for identifying financial accounts. A distinctive visual cue, such as a specific color, is applied to an account from among a plurality of accounts, such as associated joint and individual checking accounts. The designation can be applied to statements, and optionally also checks, check/ATM cards, and other materials can be identified at a glance. Additionally confidential flag can be applied to an account as part of the designation, to provide extra notice to both personnel and various systems that an individual account is confidential within the associated accounts. A system for assigning distinctive visual cues to accounts can include a customer or account information database for storing plurality of possible distinctive visual cues, and one or more fulfillment subsystems for providing bank statements, checks, deposit slips, check cards, and the like.12-04-2008

David John Buckles, Suffolk GB

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20100065044SOLAR THERMAL PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A solar thermal panel is disclosed. The solar thermal panel includes a body, the body comprising a plurality of rubber particles bound by a binding agent and defining one or more channels within the body, the or each channel including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connectable to a fluid circulation circuit.03-18-2010

Howard Edgar Buckles, Burton, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090001246ANTI-TIP DEVICE FOR AN APPLIANCE WITH AN INTERLOCK SWITCH - An appliance includes a leg for support upon a support surface, an interlock switch mechanically coupled to the leg and electrically coupled to control circuitry of the appliance, an anti-tip bracket having an aperture configured to receive a portion of the leg, and means for operating the interlock switch when the leg is properly positioned within the aperture. In one example, an actuator is coupled to the leg and is movable relative to the leg when the leg is positioned within the aperture. In another example, the interlock switch includes a first and second electrode, and selective electrical contact occurs between the first and second electrodes when the actuator is moved. In another example, a member projects from the appliance and the anti-tip is configured to receive a portion of the member. A method is also provided for preventing use of an appliance due to improper installation of the appliance.01-01-2009

John J. Buckles, The Woodlands, TX US

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20080210092METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ACID GASES FROM A NATURAL GAS STREAM - Method and apparatus for separating acid gas from a natural gas stream. The method includes the steps of: contacting the natural gas stream with a semi-lean amine solution and a lean amine solution to produce a rich amine solution, separating a first portion of carbon dioxide from the rich amine solution to produce the semi-lean amine solution, and heating a portion of the semi-lean amine solution to separate a second portion of carbon dioxide and produce the lean amine solution. The rich amine solution and semi-lean amine solution are heated from using recovered waste heat derived from one or more of a land based facility or an off-shore facility located on a platform or floating vessel.09-04-2008
20110110833METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ACID GASES FROM A NATURAL GAS STREAM - A method and apparatus for separating acid gas from a natural gas stream suitable for use on an offshore facility located on a platform or floating vessel are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: contacting the natural gas stream with a semi-lean amine solution in a static mixer to produce a rich amine solution, separating a first portion of carbon dioxide from the rich amine solution to produce the semi-lean amine solution, and heating a portion of the semi-lean amine solution to separate a second portion of carbon dioxide and produce the lean amine solution. The rich amine solution and semi-lean amine solution can be heated using recovered waste heat.05-12-2011

John Marshall Buckles, Albuquerque, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090184218Portable ventilated inclined laptop stand - A portable, easily disassembled support platform for a laptop computer, having two identical inclined planes that interlock at a midpoint mortise joint, creating an interlocking X shaped support platform for laptop computers.07-23-2009

Susan Buckles, Plainfield, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110191222SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING EVENTS - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include receiving, by a portal, requests from entities to become members, selectively granting the requests by the portal, receiving information by the portal from a plurality of first members, in response to requests from the first members, creating member files in the database using the received information, the files corresponding to the first members, receiving an information request by the portal from a second member, and selectively supplying by the portal to the second member, information from at least one of the files, the supplied information being selected based on the requests.08-04-2011