Michelle Demers

US Patent:

20040222249, Nov 11, 2004

Filed:

Mar 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/800947

Inventors:

Martin Bentham - South Yorkshire, GB
Geoffrey Bingham - Warwickshire, GB
David Bruner - Cary NC, US
Michelle Demers - New Hill NC, US

International Classification:

D06C015/00

US Classification:

223/066000

Abstract:

A mannequin form having a first section and a second section is provided. The first and second sections are made of a selected material that is resistant to damage from a stress selected from the group consisting of heating, cutting, dying, and any combinations thereof. The second section is releasably secured to the first section to define a predetermined three-dimensional shape. The first section abuts the second section to define a first smooth mating line.

US Patent:

20140034450, Feb 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/565522

Inventors:

Michelle DEMERS - New Hill NC, US

International Classification:

B65G 47/248

US Classification:

198403

Abstract:

The present application relates to techniques and equipment for transporting and inverting material, such as a mail item, and exchanging the lead and trail edge of the material along a transport feed path. The equipment conveys material to a holding mechanism that rotates to a suitable angle to the transport feed path and within the plane of the flat material. The direction of the material is reversed while contained in the holding mechanism. The holding mechanism is rotated to turning over the material, e.g., face-up to face-down, and exchanges the lead and trail edges with respect to the feed path.

US Patent:

6373963, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Feb 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/241708

Inventors:

Michelle H. Demers - New Hill NC
Richard Wulpern - Sanford NC
Jeffery Hurley - Cary NC
John R. Grindon - Hazelwood MO

Assignee:

Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation - Cary NC

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382108, 108100

Abstract:

Systems methods and computer program products are provided for obtaining a three-dimensional data set that is representative of a surface of a three-dimensional object. A grating pattern, having a sinusoidally varying intensity pattern, is projected onto the surface of an object. The projected grating pattern is shifted a number of times and two-dimensional deformed grating images of an area segment of the object surface are captured and stored. A two-dimensional array of optical phase values is then created. Optical phase values in the two-dimensional array are then used to generate a plurality of three-dimensional data points that represent respective points on the surface of the object. Each three-dimensional data point is found by locating, for each pixel in the detector array of pixels, a point on the surface of the object wherein a ray from a respective pixel passing through a nodal point of a detector lens is intersected by a plane of constant phase from the projected first grating pattern passing through a nodal point of a projector lens.

US Patent:

20180259996, Sep 13, 2018

Filed:

Mar 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/457625

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Kevin Carpenter - Morrisville NC, US
Michelle Demers - Morrisville NC, US
David A. Clemens - Chapel Hill NC, US

International Classification:

G05G 5/05
G05G 1/10
G05G 5/03

Abstract:

A self-centering mechanism for an appliance knob includes a shaft member defining a central axis, and a rotatable member engaged and rotatable with the shaft member about the central axis. The rotatable member defines a first arcuate slot opposed to a second arcuate slot. A first stationary pin extends through the first arcuate slot and a second stationary pin extends through the second arcuate slot. A centering member is pivotably engaged with the rotatable member about a pivot location, and is configured to contact the first and second stationary pins with the rotatable member disposed in a centered rotational position. A biasing member is configured to bias the centering member about the pivot location toward the shaft member and the first and second stationary pins to urge the rotatable member to the centered rotational position.