Joshua L Norris

US Patent:

20210138291, May 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/679673

Inventors:

John Pacini - Sugar Land TX, US
Joshua Gene Norris - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

A63B 21/072
A63B 21/00

Abstract:

A weightlifting apparatus that includes a frame having at least one pair of spaced-apart handles thereon and an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end coupled to the frame intermediate each of the at least one pair of spaced-apart handles. The shaft may be circular in cross-section and sized to receive a standard weight plate thereon. The weightlifting apparatus enables a weightlifter to enjoy additional benefits from standard weight plates that are normally used with barbells and to perform additional exercises with the hands in positions that cannot be achieved using barbells so as to exercise different muscle groups.

US Patent:

20160005003, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Feb 17, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/768901

Inventors:

- Johns Island SC, US
Joshua Paul Norris - Johns Island SC, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
H04W 4/02
G06Q 50/00
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A system includes receiving, from a user device, an instruction to create a meeting. The instruction may identify another user device to invite to the meeting, or a geographic area in which the meeting occurs. The system may also include transmitting, to the other user device, a request to attend the meeting; identifying a communication state, of the other user device, that indicates whether providing location information, associated with the other user device, to the user device is permitted; obtaining the location information when the state permits providing the location information; determining whether the other user device is located within the area based on the location information; and transmitting, to the user device, a notification that indicates that the other user device is within the area when the other user device is within the area. The notification including the location information when the state permits providing the location information.