Patents Represented by Attorney Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litten LLP

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  • Collar for weightlifting bar
    Patent number: 6887189
    Abstract: A quick-release collar is provided for securing weight plates to a weight bar in the sport of weight lifting. The collar includes a collar body defining an opening for receiving the weight bar, and defining a tangential ramp leading to the opening. A lock rod engages the ramp, and a tie rod extends through the collar to the lock rod. A handle threads onto the tie rod and, when rotated, tensions the tie rod, pulling the lock rod against the ramp into a securely wedged, interlocked engagement with the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Inventor: Jon D. Schiff
  • Bumper system with face-mounted energy absorber
    Patent number: 6877785
    Abstract: A bumper includes a beam and an energy absorber supported on its face. The beam includes front and rear beam walls, with a pair of apertures in the front beam wall, and further the energy absorber includes a pair of tubular structural columns extending from its front wall through the aperture in the front beam wall to the rear beam wall. By this arrangement, the front wall of the energy absorber receives support from the rear beam wall via the structural columns during a vehicle crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: NetShape International, LLC
    Inventors: Darin Evans, Mark Weissenborn