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Andrew B. Hector, Muscatine, IA US
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| 20100194160 | STACKING AND NESTING CHAIR - A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair. | 08-05-2010 |
Andrew Keith Hector, Grandville, MI US
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| 20090102268 | Load support structure - A load support member includes spaced apart beam members, a linking member and a stop member. In another aspect, the beam includes a support surface defining first and second landing regions, which are in contact with and support a membrane. In another aspect, a brace member is secured between laterally spaced beams, with the brace member having a greater height than width at the end thereof and a greater width than height at the middle thereof. In another aspect, a pair of armrests are joined to a cross member and a pair of spaced apart beams in a releasable engagement. In yet another aspect, a pair of beam members are fixedly joined with a cross member, which is pivotally connected to a link pivotally connected to the beams. A method of assembling a load support structure is also provided. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110175423 | LOAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A load support member includes spaced apart beam members, a linking member and a stop member. In another aspect, the beam includes a support surface defining first and second landing regions, which are in contact with and support a membrane. In another aspect, a brace member is secured between laterally spaced beams, with the brace member having a greater height than width at the end thereof and a greater width than height at the middle thereof. In another aspect, a pair of armrests are joined to a cross member and a pair of spaced apart beams in a releasable engagement. In yet another aspect, a pair of beam members are fixedly joined with a cross member, which is pivotally connected to a link pivotally connected to the beams. A method of assembling a load support structure is also provided. | 07-21-2011 |
Clair Hector, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100217713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING AN OFFER WITH A QUOTE - Described is a system and method that satisfies offers from customers with quotes from suppliers in a way that increases the likelihood of achieving an acceptable match. The system of the present invention is configured to receive from a customer an offer for a product. The system queries in parallel multiple suppliers for rate quotes on the desired product. Each of the suppliers is ranked according to the lowest rate quoted by each supplier. The supplier quoting the lowest rate is selected as the winner of the offer. The system may then evaluate any other rate quotes provided by the winning provider. The system may satisfy the customer's offer with the winning provider at a higher rate (if one was provided) than the winning rate quoted, up to the customer's offer (perhaps adjusted for a reasonable profit). In this way, even though the provider provides low rate quotes to win the offer, the provider may still realize a much higher rate for the goods or services by quoting additional, higher rate quotes as well. | 08-26-2010 |
Dwight Hector, Ellettsville, IN US
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| 20100197467 | Swimmer training apparatus having force control - A swimmer training apparatus includes a housing having a rotatable spool mounted therein and defining a longitudinal spool axis. The rotatable spool includes a cylindrical outer surface and a spooler is mounted to the housing and adapted to axially advance a swimmer tethering line along the cylindrical outer surface during playing out or taking up the swimmer tethering line. The swimmer training apparatus further includes a torque transfer device coupled between a motor and the rotatable spool and including a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field. The torque transfer device further includes a rotatable mechanism fixed to rotate with the rotatable spool and a rotatable mechanism fixed to rotate with the motor. One of the rotatable mechanisms includes a magnetically permeable medium adapted via interacting with the magnetic field to transfer a torque between the first rotatable mechanism and the second rotatable mechanism during rotating the rotatable spool. A torque control system for the swimmer training apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured via software and/or hardware control to implement an operating method for training or evaluating performance of a swimmer. | 08-05-2010 |
Jeremy Hector, Kenosha, WI US
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| 20110283233 | CART TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method for distributing or auditing carts on collection routes includes the ability to add addresses to the route from a handheld device carried on the route. Additionally, the user can add a house to a known address where there was previously not a house. Additionally, the user can add an identifier (such as an RFID tag) to an existing cart along the route. | 11-17-2011 |
Jeremy Hector, Pleasant Prairie, WI US
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| 20090078702 | TRACKABLE CART - An example trackable cart includes a body having an upper body portion defining an opening for loading and unloading items from the body and a lid for closing the opening of the body. The lid pivotably attaches to the body along a hinge axis. The trackable cart includes an identifier contained adjacent the hinge axis. | 03-26-2009 |
Louis G. Hector, Shelby Township, MI US
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| 20080202637 | Method for improving adhesion between a shape memory alloy and a polymer - Methods for improving adhesion between a shape memory alloy and a polymeric material include functionalizing a surface of the shape memory polymer with a phosphorous containing compound or an organosilane coupling agent. Other methods include surface texturing the shape memory alloy surface, independently or in combination with the functionalization. | 08-28-2008 |
Norbert Hector, Browns Summit, NC US
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| 20100303614 | Energy Collection System - A turbine assembly converts kinetic energy from a flowing fluid into electrical or mechanical energy. The turbine assembly includes a turbine and a vane assembly. The turbine has a plurality of vanes disposed on its circumference and rotates about a vertical axis responsive to the flowing fluid contacting the vanes. The vane assembly also rotates about the vertical axis, but does so independently of the turbine. The vane assembly rotates to direct the flowing fluid into contact with the vanes. | 12-02-2010 |
Robert Hector, New Brunswick, NJ US
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| 20080208732 | Fixed-Income System For Managing Pre-Trade Activity - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing pre-trade activity. In general, a distribution of information about what traders and customers want to do may be known. Users may be made aware of trade ideas that can be proposed to a trading desk's buy-side clients. Relevant information on the trading desk may be brought together, and the information may be processed through a set of rules that extract trading opportunities. On the buy side, trade ideas may be extracted without having to have the intervention of a sell-side salesforce. | 08-28-2008 |
Scott D. Hector, Austin, TX US
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| 20090158229 | METHOD OF AREA COMPACTION FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT DESIGN - A method of area compaction for integrated circuit layout design comprises determining physical extent boundaries for each layer of at least first circuit and second circuit building blocks. Determining physical extent boundaries includes determining for each respective layer of the first circuit and second circuit building blocks (i) a used portion and (ii) a free portion. The used portion corresponds to a functional portion of the respective circuit building block and the free portion corresponds to a non-functional portion of the respective circuit building block. The method further includes establishing packing keys with respect to the determined physical extent boundaries of each layer of the first circuit and second circuit building blocks, respectively. The packing keys define an interlocking characteristic for packing compaction of the corresponding first circuit or second circuit building block with another circuit building block. | 06-18-2009 |
Wayne M. Hector, Shoreview, MN US
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| 20120041527 | LEAD INSERTION VISIBILITY - An implantable medical device system that includes a housing containing an electrical circuit and a connector header mounted on the housing. A first inner surface of the connector header forms a connector bore adapted for receiving a lead connector assembly for electrically coupling a medical lead to the circuitry contained in the housing, and one of the connector header and the lead connector includes a visibly modified surface for facilitating visual verification of full insertion of the medical lead connector assembly in the connector bore. | 02-16-2012 |
Zachary K. Hector, Woodinville, WA US
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| 20120059666 | THIRD PARTY ORDERING FROM A DRUG SAMPLE FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - A process to facilitate the fulfillment of drug samples to prescribers in several different manners. A sales representative can request actual drug samples on-line or can order on-line coupons for drug samples to be shipped to a prescriber and from which the prescriber distributes to his patient. | 03-08-2012 |