Patents Assigned to American Covers, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9438299
    Abstract: A stretchable strap cover for a handheld electronic device has a flexible and elastic pad with four apertures formed in the pad and extending through the thickness of the pad, and four straps defined between the four apertures and the perimeter of the pad. The pad has at least two configurations, including: 1) an initial configuration in which the pad is separate from the handheld electronic device, an in which the pad is unstretched with an initial unstretched perimeter, length and width, and in which the pad is flat and disposed in a flat layer having a thickness the same as the thickness of the pad, with the straps and the apertures disposed in the flat layer; and 2) an installed configuration in which the pad is coupled to the handheld electronic device, the pad being stretched and under tension, and the straps being disposed out of the flat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Haymond
  • Patent number: 9399080
    Abstract: An air freshener is configured to be carried by a power outlet of an automobile. The air freshener includes a scent capsule disposed in a housing. A heat source is disposed in the housing adjacent and opposing a permeable membrane of the scent capsule. The heat source is configured to heat the fragrant material in the scent capsule and accelerate permeation of the fragrant material through the permeable membrane of the sent capsule. A hatch is pivotally coupled to the housing and substantially contained within a hatch cavity with an outer surface that is substantially flush with an exterior of the housing in a closed position. The hatch can include a capsule cavity therein, carrying the scent capsule, and facing an interior of the housing in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Irvin, Nate Finlay
  • Patent number: 9375502
    Abstract: An air freshener comprises a flexible strand formed of polymer and having a solid consistency. The strand is elongated and has a length greater than a diameter. The strand is flexible to bend under a weight of the strand. A desired fragrant material, different from the polymer, has a desired fragrance and is interspersed within the polymer of the strand. The strand can be coupled to and carried by the carrier. The carrier can be rigid. A talisman can be coupled to and carried by the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Irvin
  • Patent number: 9364081
    Abstract: A folding stand for use with a mobile device comprises a front pair of legs being spaced-apart from one another defining a gap, and having a front foot at the bottom end interconnecting the front pair of legs. A rear leg pivotally coupled to the front pair of legs. The front pair of legs and the rear leg having at least two positions with respect to one another, including: 1) a collapsed retracted position in which the rear leg is folded between the front pair of legs, and with the mobile device removed from the front foot; and 2) an expanded extended position in which the rear leg is unfolded from between the front pair of legs with bottom ends of the front and rear pairs of legs configured to be disposed on a support surface, and configured to receive the mobile device disposed on the front foot and leaning against the front pair of legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Haymond, Jason Fogg
  • Patent number: 9362968
    Abstract: A pocket is fixed to a cellular phone and has a pouch removably receiving a rectangular card to selectively couple the rectangular card to the cellular phone. The pouch has inner and outer panels, and a pair of elongated slots formed in the outer panel to form an elongated strap therebetween with opposite distal ends attached to and formed with the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Haymond
  • Patent number: 9327045
    Abstract: An air freshener comprises a scent capsule carried by a housing. The scent capsule comprises a reservoir containing a fragrant material, and with an opening to a cavity therein and covered by a permeable membrane through which a fragrance can permeate, and a releasable seal sealed over the opening and the permeable membrane to resist fragrance release until removed. An absorptive pad is disposed behind the releasable seal between the scent capsule and the housing, and is capable of absorbing the fragrant material that permeates through the permeable membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Bourne
  • Patent number: 9314543
    Abstract: A vent stick air freshener has a pair of vent rods extending rearwardly from an annular head with a hollow therein, an open front end and an open rear end defining an air tunnel. At least one body is carried by at least one of the pair of vent rods. An insert is at least partially received in the hollow of the annular head. A space is defined between the insert and the annular head. The at least one body or the insert or both has a desired scent material interspersed therein and diffusible out over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Bourne
  • Patent number: 9314078
    Abstract: A universal case has a single, unitary, elastic body of flexible and resilient material that can stretch to cover both smaller and larger mobile devices. The body has a side wall, a front perimeter lip, a rear perimeter lip and a web defining a cavity and being integral with one another and formed together from the flexible and resilient material as the single, unitary, elastic body. The side wall, the front perimeter lip and the rear perimeter lip define a perimeter channel to extend around a perimeter of the mobile device. The front perimeter lip defines a cavity and has corner lips with a wider width to define corner pockets. A groove is disposed in the channel, and extends into an inner surface of the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Haymond, Jason Fogg
  • Patent number: 9308288
    Abstract: An air freshener includes a pair of wicks extending from a pair of reservoirs configured to contain different scents. A hood is sized and shaped to essentially cover only one of the at least two wicks and movable with respect to the wicks between a first scent position in which the hood essentially covers a second of the at least two wicks, a second scent position in which the hood essentially covers a first of the at least two wicks, and a plurality of combined scent positions in which the hood partially covers both of the at least two wicks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Irvin
  • Patent number: 9219516
    Abstract: A stretchable strap cover for a handheld electronic device has a flexible and elastic pad with four apertures formed in the pad and extending through the thickness of the pad, and four straps defined between the four apertures and the perimeter of the pad. The pad has at least two configurations, including: 1) an initial configuration in which the pad is separate from the handheld electronic device, an in which the pad is unstretched with an initial unstretched perimeter, length and width, and in which the pad is flat and disposed in a flat layer having a thickness the same as the thickness of the pad, with the straps and the apertures disposed in the flat layer; and 2) an installed configuration in which the pad is coupled to the handheld electronic device, the pad being stretched and under tension, and the straps being disposed out of the flat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Haymond
  • Patent number: 9192691
    Abstract: An air freshener comprises a container divided into an inner cylindrical reservoir and an outer annular reservoir with at least two different fragrant materials with different fragrances. A cap is carried by the container and covers the reservoirs. A sleeve extends from the cap into the container between the reservoirs. The cap is movable axially with respect to the container between a raised position in which the at least two different fragrances are released, and a closed position in which the cap covers the container to resist release of the at least two different fragrances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Bourne
  • Patent number: 9155812
    Abstract: A vent stick air freshener has a pair of vent rods extending rearwardly from an annular head with a hollow therein, an open front end and an open rear end defining an air tunnel. At least one body is carried by at least one of the pair of vent rods. An insert is at least partially received in the hollow of the annular head. A space is defined between the insert and the annular head. The at least one body or the insert or both has a desired scent material interspersed therein and diffusible out over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Bourne
  • Patent number: 9155811
    Abstract: An air freshener has a container with an open end. A sub-head has at least a portion releasably coupled across the open end of the container and closing the container with the front of the sub-head exposed. A vent rod extends from the back of the sub-head and into the container. A scent material has a desired scent carried by the vent rod and extending into the container with the vent rod. A supra-head has a back coupled to the front of the sub-head and a front with a face. The supra-head has a lateral dimension larger than a lateral dimension of the sub-head and covers the sub-head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Haymond
  • Publication number: 20150288406
    Abstract: A stretchable strap cover for a handheld electronic device has a flexible and elastic pad with four apertures formed in the pad and extending through the thickness of the pad, and four straps defined between the four apertures and the perimeter of the pad. The pad has at least two configurations, including: 1) an initial configuration in which the pad is separate from the handheld electronic device, an in which the pad is unstretched with an initial unstretched perimeter, length and width, and in which the pad is flat and disposed in a flat layer having a thickness the same as the thickness of the pad, with the straps and the apertures disposed in the flat layer; and 2) an installed configuration in which the pad is coupled to the handheld electronic device, the pad being stretched and under tension, and the straps being disposed out of the flat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Haymond
  • Patent number: 9144621
    Abstract: An air freshener includes a canister having an open top and a fragrant material including a desired fragrance carried by a carrier and disposed in the canister. A grid is disposed in and fixedly secured to the canister and over the fragrant material. A pull top is releasably secured to the canister and extends over the open top to form a sealed container containing the fragrant material and the grid. The pull top is selectively removable from the canister to expose the grid therein, and allow release of the desired fragrance through the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathanael Finlay
  • Patent number: 9138502
    Abstract: An air freshener device includes a rigid body or insert having a front face with a protrusion, a rear opposite the front face with a cavity corresponding to the protrusion, and an annular perimeter lip circumscribing the front face. A scent material is interspersed within the body. A flexible cover or shell extends across the rear of the body and covers the cavity, and has an inward facing annular groove surrounding and receiving the annular perimeter lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Irvin, Nate Finlay
  • Patent number: 9042712
    Abstract: An air freshener is configured to be carried by a power outlet of an automobile. The air freshener includes a scent capsule disposed in a housing. A heat source is disposed in the housing adjacent and opposing a permeable membrane of the scent capsule. The heat source is configured to heat the fragrant material in the scent capsule and accelerate permeation of the fragrant material through the permeable membrane of the sent capsule. A hatch is pivotally coupled to the housing and substantially contained within a hatch cavity with an outer surface that is substantially flush with an exterior of the housing in a closed position. The hatch can include a capsule cavity therein, carrying the scent capsule, and facing an interior of the housing in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Irvin, Nate Finlay
  • Publication number: 20150118117
    Abstract: An air freshener comprises a flexible strand formed of polymer and having a solid consistency. The strand is elongated and has a length greater than a diameter. The strand is flexible to bend under a weight of the strand. A desired fragrant material, different from the polymer, has a desired fragrance and is interspersed within the polymer of the strand. The strand can be coupled to and carried by the carrier. The carrier can be rigid. A talisman can be coupled to and carried by the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Irvin
  • Patent number: D733280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Bourne
  • Patent number: D739396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Wheatley, Bryce Craig