Thomas A Pollock

US Patent:

20100100403, Apr 22, 2010

Filed:

Oct 20, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/254511

Inventors:

Thomas E. Pollock - Portland OR, US
Theron M. Jourdan - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

METAFORE - Portland OR

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A system and methods are disclosed for enabling a purchaser to make informed, customized purchasing decisions about a plurality of suppliers based on environmental impact data entered by the suppliers. The system enables a supplier to input data about the environmental impact of production process. The system enables the supplier to grant access permission to the input data to one or more purchasers. The system applies a normalization curve to normalize the data. The system also enables the supplier to identify up-stream production entities. The system enables the up-stream production entities to anonymously input environmental impact data. A purchaser enters a plurality of weight values indicating the relative importance of the environmental impact factors. Based on the inputted data by the suppliers and the up-stream production entities, and based on the weight values, the system provides at least one customized supplier environmental impact score to the purchaser.

US Patent:

51937930, Mar 16, 1993

Filed:

Mar 31, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/860956

Inventors:

Thomas R. Pollock - Sandy OR

International Classification:

B23Q 300

US Classification:

2693021

Abstract:

A combination mixing board and carrier apparatus utilizes an enlarged base member configured to be supported securely on an underlying surface, the base member centrally mounting a vertically upstanding peg member configured to releasably receive a downwardly extending handle member secured centrally to the underside of an enlarged mixing platform, the mixing platform mounting on its upper surface a pad having a multiplicity of plastic sheets each having a backing of pressure sensitive adhesive binding them together releasably so that after the uppermost sheet has been used and soiled, it may be easily peeled off and discarded, immediately exposing a fresh, clean mixing surface. Once a compound has been mixed on the mixing platform, the handle member is grasped and the upper portion of the assembly is lifted, leaving its base remaining on the underlying surface, and the apparatus then provides a convenient carrying platform for the compound as it is used, thereby eliminating the need for transferring the mixed compound to a separate carrier and the corresponding time and labor involved in cleaning it after a use as well.