Michael D Barry

US Patent:

6464099, Oct 15, 2002

Filed:

Nov 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/721247

Inventors:

Jill Portman - Sausalito CA
Gary Shinner - Sausalito CA
Michael Barry - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Mighty Leaf Tea - Sausalito CA

International Classification:

A47G 1922

US Classification:

220712, 220717, 220711, 215387, 229404, 426 77, 426 80, 426 83

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods for the individual controlled preparation of a beverage from one or more beverage bags within a variety of containers and the quick and sanitary storage of the bag or bags once the beverage preparation has been completed. Preferably, the beverage preparation and bag storage apparatus is sized and shaped to be seated on the lip of a container to cover the mouth of the container. The apparatus includes a raised container lid bag retention structure that is openable or open such that at least a portion of the beverage bag may be drawn within and thereby retained in a position elevated above the beverage so that the beverage can be sampled and consumed even with the apparatus in place on the container and the bag or bags retained within the apparatus. One embodiment of such apparatus includes a rounded raised area having a patterned area, such as weakenings formed in or perforations or incisions cut through the flexible cover panel, that can be opened partially or completely to provide a string/tag securing aperture or completely to provide a bag retention aperture by the application of respectively increasing amounts of pressure at the patterned area.

US Patent:

D484136, Dec 23, 2003

Filed:

Oct 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/151059

Inventors:

Jason Ivan - San Jose CA
Pamela Schure - Los Gatos CA
Wai-Loong Lim - Menlo Park CA
Michael Barry - Palo Alto CA
Ray McKinnon - Castro Valley CA
John Hoving - San Jose CA
Earl Daley - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Adaptec, Inc. - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

1402

US Classification:

D14433

US Patent:

6817280, Nov 16, 2004

Filed:

Mar 18, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/390805

Inventors:

Robert C. Hall - Mountain View CA
Gary L. Waymire - Menlo Park CA
Michael R. Barry - Palo Alto CA
Shane Washburn - San Leandro CA

Assignee:

BrewBot, Inc. - San Carlos CA

International Classification:

A47J 31043

US Classification:

99292, 99303

Abstract:

Systems and methods for brewing beverages in accordance with the present invention can improve the flavor of brewed beverages and reduce the vertical space required for a system using suction. One such assembly comprises a brewing chamber adapted to hold a filter having an intake duct for receiving fluid for brewing, and an output duct for expelling a brewed beverage. The brewing chamber is positioned above a pressurizable container, or carafe, having an adjustable standpipe and containing the fluid. The carafe has a heated base, which when heated causes pressure to build up, forcing the fluid up the standpipe, through a check valve, through the intake duct and into the filter. Once substantially all of the fluid has been urged into the brew chamber, the heat is removed, creating a partial vacuum that pulls the brewed beverage back into the carafe. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

US Patent:

8181817, May 22, 2012

Filed:

Oct 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/269490

Inventors:

Jill Portman - Sausalito CA, US
Gary Shinner - Sausalito CA, US
Michael Barry - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Mighty Leaf Tea - Sausalito CA

International Classification:

A47G 19/22
B65B 29/02

US Classification:

220712, 220703, 220713, 426 77, 426 80, 426 73

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods for the individual controlled preparation of a beverage from one or more beverage bags within a variety of containers and the quick and sanitary storage of the bag or bags once the beverage preparation has been completed. Preferably, the beverage preparation and bag storage apparatus is sized and shaped to be seated on the lip of a container to cover the mouth of the container. The apparatus includes a raised container lid bag retention structure that is openable or open such that at least a portion of the beverage bag may be drawn within and thereby retained in a position elevated above the beverage so that the beverage can be sampled and consumed even with the apparatus in place on the container and the bag or bags retained within the apparatus. One embodiment of such apparatus includes a rounded raised area having a patterned area, such as weakenings formed in or perforations or incisions cut through the flexible cover panel, that can be opened partially or completely to provide a string/tag securing aperture or completely to provide a bag retention aperture by the application of respectively increasing amounts of pressure at the patterned area.

US Patent:

20050039606, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Sep 28, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/955344

Inventors:

Robert Hall - Mountain View CA, US
Gary Waymire - Menlo Park CA, US
Michael Barry - Palo Alto CA, US
Shane Washburn - San Leandro CA, US

Assignee:

BrewBot, Inc. - San Carlos CA

International Classification:

A23F003/00

US Classification:

099279000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for brewing beverages in accordance with the present invention can improve the flavor of brewed beverages and reduce the vertical space required for a system using suction. One such assembly comprises a brewing chamber adapted to hold a filter having an intake duct for receiving fluid for brewing, and an output duct for expelling a brewed beverage. The brewing chamber is positioned above a pressurizable container, or carafe, having an adjustable standpipe and containing the fluid. The carafe has a heated base, which when heated causes pressure to build up, forcing the fluid up the standpipe, through a check valve, through the intake duct and into the filter. Once substantially all of the fluid has been urged into the brew chamber, the heat is removed, creating a partial vacuum that pulls the brewed beverage back into the carafe. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

US Patent:

52067904, Apr 27, 1993

Filed:

Jul 11, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/728570

Inventors:

William B. Thomas - Fremont CA
Michael R. Barry - Palo Alto CA
James R. Flom - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Zeos International, Ltd. - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

H05K 716
G06F 116
E05D 1108

US Classification:

361380

Abstract:

A laptop computer (10) with a tiltable and swivelable display (12) is connected to case (29) by a pivot mechanism (20) and a swivel mechanism (33). In the pivot mechanism (20), a first pivot (22) connects display (12) to a pivot plate (50), and the second pivot (24) connects the pivot plate (50) to base (32) of the display (12). The first pivot (22) consists of a pair of pivot pins (52) on each end of the pivot plate (50). The second pivot (24) consists of split pivot pins (54) at each end of the pivot plate (50). The pivot pins (54) and inboard shafts (58) are fastened together and inboard shafts (58) rotate within outboard shafts (56). The outboard shafts (56) and the inboard shafts (58) are surrounded by clutch springs (60), which are connected so that the clutches are in their free rotating direction, i. e. , does not resist motion between them when the display is being opened, and which resist motion between the inboard shafts (58) and outboard shafts (56) when the display is being lowered, to produce a greater friction than produced by the first pivot (22). The swivel mechanism (33) consists of a first swivel member (70) fixedly attached to case (29) and a second swivel member (72) which is fixedly attached to display base (32) and nests inside the first swivel member (70).

US Patent:

D3134059, Jan 1, 1991

Filed:

May 27, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/054675

Inventors:

Michael R. Barry - Palo Alto CA
Jack P. Hall - Palo Alto CA

US Classification:

D14113

US Patent:

D3331300, Feb 9, 1993

Filed:

Feb 25, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/660599

Inventors:

John M. Amber - Menlo Park CA
Michael R. Barry - Palo Alto CA
Teck Yong - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Beaver Computer Corporation - San Jose CA

US Classification:

D14106