Patents Assigned to Protomet Corporation
  • Patent number: 11890978
    Abstract: Various implementations include an arm rest system. The system includes a housing, one or more actuators, and an arm cushion. The actuators are at least partially disposed within a cavity of the housing. Each of the actuators includes a cylinder defining an opening, a piston slidably disposed within the cylinder opening, and a piston rod having a first end coupled to the piston and a second end opposite and spaced apart from the first end. Each of the actuators is movable between a first position and a second position. One of the cylinder or the piston rod of each of the actuators is static with respect to the housing and the other is coupled to the arm cushion such that moving the actuators between the first and second positions moves the arm cushion relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Boyd, Alec Stuckey, Matt Reid
  • Patent number: 11873063
    Abstract: Various implementations include a sports board storage device. The device includes a housing, one or more linkages, a foot, and one or more linkage members. The housing has a first prong and a second prong. The one or more linkages are pivotably coupled to the first prong. The foot is pivotably coupled to the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are coupled to at least one of the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are movable relative to the housing to cause rotation of the one or more linkages and to cause the foot to move between a retracted position and an extended position. The foot is closer to the second prong in the extended position than it is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Boyd, Nathan Mellas, Brian Pitcher, Lynn Haynes, William Matthew Reid, Jeff Bohanan, Alec Stuckey
  • Patent number: 11872913
    Abstract: Various implementations include a seat having a guide track, a base bracket, a first pivot arm, and a second pivot arm. The guide track includes an elongated track having a longitudinal centerline and one or more notches. The base bracket includes at least one laterally extending guide pin slidingly engaging the elongated track and disposable within the one or more notches. The first pivot arm is configured to support a forward cushion. The first pivot arm is rotatably coupled to the base bracket and movable between an upright position and a forward position. The second pivot arm is configured to support a rearward cushion. The second pivot arm is rotatably coupled to the base bracket and movable between an upright position and a rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Boyd, Brian Pitcher
  • Patent number: 11860518
    Abstract: Various implementations include a bimini mountable camera device. The device includes a camera and first and second shell portions. The first shell portion has a first end and a second end. The first end of the first shell portion defines a central opening extending along a central axis to the second end of the first shell portion. The second end of the first shell portion defines a first groove extending along a first groove axis that extends perpendicular to the central axis. The second shell portion has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second shell portion is couplable to the second end of the first shell portion. The first end of the second shell portion defines a second groove extending along a second groove axis that extends parallel to the first groove axis. The camera is at least partially disposed within the central opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Mellas, Matt Reid
  • Patent number: 11851138
    Abstract: Various implementations include a seat assembly having one or more track brackets, one or more slide brackets, and a seat bottom. A track face of each of the track brackets defines one or more tracks. A first end of each of the tracks is closer than a second end of the respective track to a fore edge and a bottom edge of the track bracket. The slide brackets include one or more pins slidably engaging one of the tracks. The slide brackets are slidable between a first slide position and a second slide position. At least one of the pins is located adjacent the first end of the track in the first slide position and one of the pins is located adjacent the second end of the track in the second slide position. The seat bottom is coupled to the slide brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventor: Dale Lee Lambert
  • Patent number: 11821576
    Abstract: A mirror bracket assembly is providing for movably supporting a mirror on a surface. The mirror bracket assembly includes: a mirror mounted on a mirror base, a mounting disc arranged perpendicular to a width of the mirror, a first elongate aperture through the mounting disc, and a bore located through a center of the mounting disc; a mounting base including a projection, the mounting base including a first aperture at least partially aligned with the first elongate aperture of the mounting disc and a central aperture located through the mounting base and at least partially aligned with the bore located through the center of the mounting disc; a first fastener extending through the first aperture of the mounting base and the first elongate aperture of the mounting disc; and a central fastener extending through the central aperture of the mounting base and the bore located through the mounting disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventor: Jeff Bohanan
  • Patent number: 10207778
    Abstract: A wake tower assembly for use with a watercraft, including an arch portion extending across a width of the watercraft, first and second pivoting structures coupled to first and second ends of the arch portion, the first and second pivoting structures configured to attach to port and starboard portions of the watercraft to facilitate rotational movement of the arch portion between a lowered position and an upright position, and a first locking mechanism provided to the first pivoting structure including a biased pin member configured to engage an opening of the first end such that when the arch portion is rotated from the lowered position to the upright position, a biasing force of the biased pin member causes the biased pin member to engage the opening to mechanically lock the arch portion in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, William M. Reid, Michael Shane Garner, Dale Lee Lambert
  • Patent number: 9919767
    Abstract: Apparatus for a door for a boat's companionway hatch. The door includes a frame, a door, a drive mechanism, and a receiver. The drive mechanism moves the door between an open and closed position to selectively allow and block access to a bulkhead opening in the companionway. In the open position, the edge of the door is substantially parallel with the companionway sidewall. In the closed position the edge of the door engages the receiver and the edge is substantially parallel with the sidewall to which the receiver is attached. The drive mechanism includes a pair of struts that are driven by an actuator to move with a scissors-like motion. One end of each strut is fixed in position. The opposite end of each strut has a roller that moves within a slot, with one slot in the door and the other slot in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: William Matthew Reid, Dale Lee Lambert, Michael Shane Garner
  • Patent number: 8814117
    Abstract: A storage device including a body defining at least one receiver and at least one clamping member. The clamping member includes a first position for receiving an accessory for storage and a second position to apply force to secure an accessory to the receiver for storage. A handle actuator may actuate movement of the clamping member. The clamping member may translate from the first position to the second position to apply force to secure an accessory for storage. The clamping member may be held in the secure position by a releasable braking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff S. Bohanan, William M. Reid
  • Patent number: 8770530
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept provides an adjustable accessory bracket assembly having an adjustment mechanism to adjust one or more axes of rotation of a bracket assembly in order to adjustably position accessory devices, such as a bracket for a mirror or other accessory device. The adjustable accessory bracket assembly can include a handle member, a push rod assembly, and a mounting member such that the handle member pivots with respect to the mounting member. In some embodiments, adjustment of a single rotation axis is provided; other embodiments may be configured to simultaneously adjust multiple axes of freedom for multi-position bracket assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D709011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff S Bohanan, William M Reid
  • Patent number: D712325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D724508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D724509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves