Thomas R Gruber

US Patent:

7311060, Dec 25, 2007

Filed:

Sep 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/519439

Inventors:

James Giblin - Seattle WA, US
Thomas Gruber - Seattle WA, US
James Marson - Seattle WA, US
Doug Jacot - Kingston WA, US
Terry Breaux - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Cascade Designs, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B63B 17/00

US Classification:

114361, 135 6801, 296110

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a soft shelter extension for use with a hard shelter where the hard shelter has a perimeter opening defined by a side wall and sealable by a deck rotationally coupled thereto, wherein the deck is prevented from over rotating by a pair of opposing cables linking the side wall to the deck. Such embodiments include a bow assembly having a plurality of bows wherein first ends are linkable to each other and second ends are linkable to each other, either directly or indirectly. These embodiments further include a pair of cable slide interfaces linked to respective first and second ends of the plurality of bows to receive the respective pair of cables. A flexible panel covers the bow assembly, and mates to the side wall and to the deck to form an enclosed space when the deck is rotated to a position wherein the cables are in tension.

US Patent:

20110062192, Mar 17, 2011

Filed:

Jul 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/842002

Inventors:

Thomas Gruber - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Cascade Desigs, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B65D 5/74

US Classification:

222566

Abstract:

A spout, particularly for flexible fluid reservoirs having opposing film panels, which minimizes stresses and abrasion resulting from manufacture and/or use of such reservoirs as well as enhances the strength of the weld/bond between the films and the spout. Spouts according to the invention include a generally cylindrical neck portion and a pair of opposed, generally triangular portions extending laterally there from that form a spout-film interface. This interface may be smooth and/or define depressions or holes to increase bond integrity. Spout embodiments of the invention also may include at least one, and preferably four, stress delocalizing feature(s) (“SDF”) to disperse material stress from edges of the spout-film interface that might form during use of the spout. Exemplary SDFs include flexible appendages, preferably at the apex of the triangular portions or at neck portions that form a portion of the spout-weld interfaces, which depend beyond the spout weld interface and into the reservoir.

US Patent:

20210407318, Dec 30, 2021

Filed:

Sep 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/473447

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Thomas R. GRUBER - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G09B 19/06
G06F 40/58

Abstract:

The method includes receiving, from a user, a first speech input spoken in a first language; inferring a user intent based on at least the first speech input in the first language; based on the inferred user intent, generating one or more alternative expressions of the first speech input in the first language; and providing feedback to the user introducing the alternative expressions as a more preferred input to express the inferred user intent than the first speech input provided by the user.