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Darlene K. Collins, West Lafayette, IN US
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| 20090047882 | Sanding Tool - A sanding tool for sanding corners. This tool includes an elongated V-shaped member structured to uniformly contact adjacent corner positions; a sandpaper securing device configured to secure the sandpaper thereon. The device includes: a pair of threaded elongated members; a pair of adjustment mechanisms, having: a clamping member sized to be substantially parallel with the elongated V-shaped member, a first bracing member; and a securing bolt in the form of wing nuts; and a user interface system, configured to enable a user to operate the sanding tool. The user interface further includes: a pair of bracing members inserted into the elongated V-shaped member; a coupling mechanism, in the form of a plate having a socket thereon; a gripping member in the form of a handle, configured to enable a user to grasp the sanding tool. | 02-19-2009 |
James E. Collins, Munster, IN US
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| 20080265728 | BOLTLESS STORAGE CABINET - A cabinet comprises a plurality of selected cabinet-defining components wherein components defining said cabinet integrally define at least one respective cooperating part of at least one coupling element, said components all secured respectively together exclusively by said respective cooperating parts and the coupling elements formed by said respective cooperating parts. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090090686 | SHELVING CONNECTOR - A connector is provided for securing two members together. The connector includes an opening formed in one member and a tab extending from the other member. Either the opening or the tab is tapered for frictional engagement with the other when the members are joined. | 04-09-2009 |
James S. Collins, Fort Wayne, IN US
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| 20090076507 | FEMORAL HEAD CENTER LOCATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A femoral head center locating mechanism and method for using same. The femoral head center locating mechanism may include a frame and a plurality of lasers which emit laser beams which intersect to identify a reference point relative to a center of a femoral head. | 03-19-2009 |
Richard A. Collins, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20100179839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INSURANCE PRODUCT THAT REIMBURSES A POLICY HOLDER FOR THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTERED UNDER COBRA - A system and method for generating and administering an insurance product e.g., an insurance policy and/or rider, via. a computer system, that reimburses a policy holder for the cost of health insurance administered under COBRA, by providing benefits that reimburse a policy holder for all or a portion of a policy holder's COBRA insurance premiums for a period of time. The policy holder may receive health benefits under their original group plan at his or her original employer-sponsored, group health plan rate, and have a portion of the cost reimbursed through the insurance product, or the policy holder may elect to receive individual/family health insurance coverage, where the policy holder is instead reimbursed for all or a portion of the premiums for that coverage for a period of time by the insurance product. | 07-15-2010 |
Richard Alexander Collins, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20110112874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INSURANCE POLICY HAVING DORMANCY FEATURES - An insurance policy having a dormancy provision is provided in which the dormancy provision enables a policyholder to activate and deactivate benefits provided under the insurance policy. Also provided is a method for enabling a holder of an insurance policy with a dormancy provision to activate and deactivate benefits of an insurance policy, and includes purchasing an insurance policy having a dormancy provision and a set of associated benefits, paying premiums to maintain the set of benefits in an active state, deactivating the set of benefits; paying dormancy premiums to maintain the set of deactivated benefits in a deactivated state, and reactivating the set of deactivated benefits. | 05-12-2011 |
Rick Collins, Cicero, IN US
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| 20110152769 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN INSULIN DELIVERY PROFILE OF AN INSULIN PUMP - Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting the delivery times of an insulin delivery profile of an insulin pump, wherein the insulin pump is operable to automatically deliver insulin to a person having diabetes based on an operating time of the internal clock and a delivery time of an insulin delivery profile. The method may comprise receiving a local time zone time from an external local clock, determining whether the operating time of the internal clock differs from the local time zone time by at least a first predetermined amount of time, requesting the person provide a time adjustment value when the operating time of the internal clock differs from the local time zone time by at least the first predetermined amount of time, receiving the time adjustment value from the person, and adjusting the delivery times of the insulin delivery profile based on the time adjustment value when received. | 06-23-2011 |
Ricky Collins, Cicero, IN US
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| 20120078221 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN INSULIN DELIVERY PROFILE OF AN INSULIN PUMP - Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting the delivery times of an insulin delivery profile of an insulin pump, wherein the insulin pump is operable to automatically deliver insulin to a person having diabetes based on an operating time of the internal clock and a delivery time of an insulin delivery profile. The method may comprise receiving a local time zone time from an external local clock, determining whether the operating time of the internal clock differs from the local time zone time by at least a first predetermined amount of time, requesting the person provide a time adjustment value when the operating time of the internal clock differs from the local time zone time by at least the first predetermined amount of time, receiving the time adjustment value from the person, and adjusting the delivery times of the insulin delivery profile based on the time adjustment value when received. | 03-29-2012 |
Ricky L. Collins, Cicero, IN US
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| 20100198032 | PORTABLE HANDHELD MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE HAVING A MEZZANINE CIRCUIT BOARD WITH A UNIVERSAL CONNECTION INTERFACE - A portable handheld medical diagnostic device capable of communicating with an external device and a method thereof are disclosed. The device has a protective enclosure, a main circuit board provided in the protective enclosure and having a wireless connectivity component and a controller facilitating a physiologic measurement and communications of results of the physiological measurement to the external device. Also provided in the protective enclosure is a mezzanine circuit board having at least one of a plurality of additional feature modules and a universal connection interface programmed to both facilitate operation of the additional feature module and operate under the control of the controller as a control interface between the controller and the additional feature module. | 08-05-2010 |
Ricky Lee Collins, Cicero, IN US
Scott M. Collins, Newburgh, IN US
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| 20120006778 | LEVER LOCK SLOTWALL STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting bracket is provided for removably mounting a storage device on a slot track or slotwall panel having a plurality of slots having undercut sidewalls that form generally “T” shaped slats. The mounting bracket includes a support surface having a first “J” shaped hook to hook over the edge of a slat and into the undercut sidewall and a second “J” shaped hook to hook into a second slot and into the undercut sidewall. The mounting bracket includes a storage device connector attached to the support surface at a first end and has a second end. The storage device connector can include a lock rotatably mounted on the top wall adjacent the first “J” shaped hook having a locking member and an operator that is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A storage device can be coupled to the second end of the storage device connector. The storage device can be an actuatable holding system for a bicycle, or other storage device such as a basket or a storage shelf. | 01-12-2012 |
Shawn T. Collins, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20110314818 | CASCADED CONDENSER FOR MULTI-UNIT GEOTHERMAL ORC - A pair of organic rankine cycle systems are connected in series with the geothermal fluid passing first through an evaporator of the first system and then through an evaporator of the second system before returning to a sink. Similarly, the cooling tower is arranged to provide cooling water to pass first through the condenser in one system and then through the condenser of the other system, to reduce the total flow required and the size of associated cooling hardware. | 12-29-2011 |
Shawn Thomas Collins, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20110219741 | DETERMINING FAN PARAMETERS THROUGH PRESSURE MONITORING - A method for determining the speed of at least one rotating fan, such as a propeller, through sensing pressure waves generated by the blades of the fan. An apparatus operable to execute the method is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a fan having a hub portion and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from the hub portion. The apparatus also includes an engine operable to rotate the fan about an axis of rotation. The apparatus also includes a sensor spaced from the fan along the axis of rotation. The sensor is positioned to sense at least one physical condition that is external of the engine and is changed by rotation of the plurality of blades. The sensor is operable to emit a signal corresponding to at least one physical condition. The apparatus also includes a processor operably engaged with the engine and the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the signal from the sensor and change the operation of the engine in response to the signal to change a speed of the fan. | 09-15-2011 |
Willard Collins, Ne Albany, IN US
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| 20100024375 | Front Mounted Rotary Hay Rake - A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position. The frame is partly supported by a pair of caster wheel assemblies that are disposed in spaced apart relation with respect to one another and a distal end of the frame which connects securely to a front end loader mounted on a tractor. Oscillatory movement of the caster wheel assemblies is restrained by a brake acting on the shaft of the caster wheel assembly by which it is mounted on the frame. | 02-04-2010 |
Williams F. Collins, Columbus, IN US
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| 20080224861 | HOSPITAL BED HAVING WIRELESS DATA CAPABILITY - A system is provided for use with a pre-existing hospital bed and a nurse call system. The system includes a first apparatus that is coupleable to a data port of the hospital bed and a second apparatus that is spaced from the hospital bed, that is spaced from the first apparatus, and that is coupleable to the nurse call system. A transmitter of the first apparatus is operable to transmit data received at the data port to a receiver that is operable to wirelessly receive data transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the first apparatus. The first apparatus and second apparatus are used in lieu of a cable that is otherwise usable to connect the hospital bed to the nurse call system via a hard-wired connection. | 09-18-2008 |