# US 11,896,988 B2 · Graphical user interface (GUI) for height and rotational adjustment system for a plurality of spray guns used in a line striper > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,988 B2 - Document ID: US11896988B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/060,054 - Filed: 2020-09-30 - Published: 2021-01-21 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-27 - Assignees: Raid One IP LLC - Applicants: Avant-Garde IP LLC - Inventors: Scott Ferguson; Ramraj Soundararajan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896988B2 ## CPC - B05B 13/0421: {with rotating spray heads} - B05B 9/007: {At least a part of the apparatus, e.g. a container, being provided with means, e.g. wheels, for allowing its displacement relative to the ground} - B05B 12/002: {Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers (for single units B05B11/00)} - B05B 13/005: {mounted on vehicles or designed to apply a liquid on a very large surface, e.g. on the road, on the surface of large containers} - B05B 15/628: of variable length - B05B 15/65: Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits - E01C 19/176: {Spraying or throwing elements, e.g. nozzles; Arrangement thereof or supporting structures therefor, e.g. spray-bars} - E01C 23/22: by spraying {(E01C23/206 takes precedence)} - B05B 12/004: {comprising sensors for monitoring the delivery, e.g. by displaying the sensed value or generating an alarm (B05B12/08 takes precedence; registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus in general G07C3/00)} - B05B 15/72: using hydraulic or pneumatic means - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) ## Abstract Disclosed within are various methods for adjusting height and rotation of a spray gun used in a line striper via a graphical user interface (GUI) in a control device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for adjusting a height and rotation of a spray gun used in a line striper via a graphical user interface (GUI) in a control device, the method comprising: (a) receiving, via the GUI, a first user selection to either raise or lower a spray gun mount bar via a height adjustment mechanism, the spray gun mount bar having a gun holder assembly to retain the spray gun and the height adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; (b) raising or lowering the spray gun mount bar based on the first user selection received in (a); (c) receiving, via the GUI, a second user selection to rotate, either clockwise or counter-clockwise, an angular adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; and (d) rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise the spray gun mount bar based on the second user selection received in (c). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the spray gun mount bar is substantially horizontal, and the height adjustment mechanism is substantially vertical. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the control device is any of the following: a device having one or more of the following: buttons, keys, scroll wheels, or sliders, a device having a joystick, a device having a keypad, a touchscreen device, a smartphone, a tablet, or a PDA. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a rack-and-pinion based system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a linear actuator. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a micro linear actuator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is any of the following: a mechanical linear actuator, an electro-mechanical actuator, a hydraulic actuator, a pneumatic actuator, a piezoelectric actuator, a twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator, a supercoiled polymer (SCP) actuator, a linear motor, or a telescoping linear actuator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the angular adjustment mechanism comprises a linear actuator, where a linear motion of the linear actuator is converted into a rotational motion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the angular adjustment mechanism comprises a motor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the control device wirelessly transmits signals to the height adjustment mechanism to raise or lower the spray gun mount bar and to the angular adjustment mechanism to rotate, in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner, the spray gun mount bar. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein wireless data transmission between the control device and the height adjustment mechanism and the wireless data transmission between the control device and the angular adjustment mechanism is over any of the following: a wireless personal area network (WPAN), a Wireless ad hoc network (WANET), wireless data transmission based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB), wireless data transmission based on magnetic induction, wireless data transmission based on infrared wireless (IR), wireless data transmission based on Wireless USB, wireless data transmission based on ZigBee, wireless data transmission based on Z-Wave, wireless data transmission based on wireless millimeter-wave (MMW or mmW), wireless data transmission based on peer-to-peer or ad hoc wireless LAN, wireless data transmission based on Wi-Fi, wireless data transmission based on Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi, wireless data transmission based on Wi-Fi Direct, or wireless data transmission based on peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi. ### Claim 12 A method for adjusting a height and rotation of a spray gun used in a line striper via a graphical user interface (GUI) in a control device, the method comprising: (a) receiving, via the GUI, a first user selection to either raise or lower a spray gun mount bar via a height adjustment mechanism, the spray gun mount bar having a gun holder assembly to retain the spray gun and the height adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; (b) transmitting a first command to the height adjustment mechanism to raise or lower the spray gun mount bar by a predetermined distance based on the first user selection received in (a); (c) receiving, via the GUI, a second user selection to rotate, either clockwise or counter-clockwise, an angular adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; and (d) transmitting a second command to the angular adjustment mechanism to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise the spray gun mount bar by a predetermined angle based on the second user selection received in (c), the height adjustment mechanism receives the first command and raises or lowers the spray gun mount bar by the predetermined distance based on the first command and the angular adjustment mechanism receives the second command and rotates the spray gun mount bar by the predetermined angle based on the second command. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the spray gun mount bar is substantially horizontal, and the height adjustment mechanism is substantially vertical. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the control device is any of the following: a device having one or more of the following: buttons, keys, scroll wheels, or sliders, a device having a joystick, a device having a keypad, a touchscreen device, a smartphone, a tablet, or a PDA. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a rack-and-pinion based system. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a linear actuator. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is a micro linear actuator. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the height adjustment mechanism is any of the following: a mechanical linear actuator, an electro-mechanical actuator, a hydraulic actuator, a pneumatic actuator, a piezoelectric actuator, a twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator, a supercoiled polymer (SCP) actuator, a linear motor, or a telescoping linear actuator. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the angular adjustment mechanism comprises a linear actuator, where a linear motion of the linear actuator is converted into a rotational motion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the angular adjustment mechanism comprises a motor. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the control device wirelessly transmits signals to the height adjustment mechanism to raise or lower the spray gun mount bar and to the angular adjustment mechanism to rotate, in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner, the spray gun mount bar. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein wireless data transmission between the control device and the height adjustment mechanism and the wireless data transmission between the control device and the angular adjustment mechanism is over any of the following: a wireless personal area network (WPAN), a Wireless ad hoc network (WANET), wireless data transmission based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB), wireless data transmission based on magnetic induction, wireless data transmission based on infrared wireless (IR), wireless data transmission based on Wireless USB, wireless data transmission based on ZigBee, wireless data transmission based on Z-Wave, wireless data transmission based on wireless millimeter-wave (MMW or mmW), wireless data transmission based on peer-to-peer or ad hoc wireless LAN, wireless data transmission based on Wi-Fi, wireless data transmission based on Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi, wireless data transmission based on Wi-Fi Direct, or wireless data transmission based on peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi. ### Claim 23 A method for adjusting a height and rotation of a spray gun used in a line striper via a graphical user interface (GUI) in a control device, the method comprising: (e) receiving, via the GUI, a first user selection to either raise or lower a spray gun mount bar via a height adjustment mechanism, the spray gun mount bar having a gun holder assembly to retain the spray gun and the height adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; (f) wirelessly transmitting a first command to the height adjustment mechanism to raise or lower the spray gun mount bar by a predetermined distance based on the first user selection received in (a); (g) receiving, via the GUI, a second user selection to rotate, either clockwise or counter-clockwise, an angular adjustment mechanism coupled to the spray gun mount bar; and (h) wirelessly transmitting a second command to the angular adjustment mechanism to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise the spray gun mount bar by a predetermined angle based on the second user selection received in (c), wherein the height adjustment mechanism wirelessly receives the first command and raises or lowers the spray gun mount bar by the predetermined distance based on the first command and the angular adjustment mechanism wirelessly receives the second command and rotates the spray gun mount bar by the predetermined angle based on the second command.