Patents Examined by Lester L. Vanterpool
  • Patent number: 10479284
    Abstract: A load-bearing system configured to rotatably support heavy cargo loads supported from a vehicle is provided. The system includes a pivot platform coupled to the vehicle and having first and second swing arms pivotably mounted to the pivot platform, each swing arm having a first end coupled to the pivot platform and a second end coupled to a mounting platform, the mounting platform rotatably mounted to the second ends of the first and second swing arms and designed to permit attachment thereto of one or more cargo carriers to support cargo, and a locking assembly coupled to the vehicle. The locking assembly pivotably adjusts to a first position to lock the mounting platform into a first position against the vehicle. The locking assembly pivotably adjusts to a second position to unlock the mounting platform and permit rotation of the mounting platform away from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Jimmy Ross Salyer
  • Patent number: 10477949
    Abstract: A duty belt and dress belt retainer clip system has a duty belt clip that attaches to the duty belt and has a magnet for engaging a magnet engagement portion on a dress belt clip. Dress belt clips are positioned around a dress belt with the magnet engagement portions facing outward and corresponding duty belt clips are positioned around a duty belt with the magnets facing the magnet engagement portions. The magnet engagement portion has trap walls that surround a magnet engagement wall. The trap walls prevent the magnet from sliding off of the magnet engagement portion. The duty belt clips include a duty belt retention clip that pivots between a locked position that captures the duty belt and an unlocked position that allows removal from the duty belt. Optional fasteners extend through the dress belt to affix the dress belt to the dress belt clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Brandon Scott Wall
  • Patent number: 10455910
    Abstract: Uniqueness: A convenience and security device that wraps around cane fastens with Velcro on both ends. Has pockets on exterior, handy for men who wish to eliminate bulky wallets and women who want to eliminate purses while visiting establishments where there is no space, holder, or extra chair to rest a purse or other objects. Cane Wrap storage compartments eliminate the hassle of juggling purses and/or keys along with cane and irritating pocket wallet bulge. Wrap, has an anti-slide stopper, pockets keep items discrete and safer, remains in view. Walker Saddle Bag is removable, with anti-slide strip, not made onto walker but has that option by being sewn on to attach. Has pockets, saddlebag is lightweight, can be used on other stable or mobile objects, i.e., bikes, wheelchairs, motorcycles, motorbikes, chairs, and baby chairs, can flap over recliners and sofas and flap over tables with towel bars or any bar in any room and be used for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Leola Brantley
  • Patent number: 10449909
    Abstract: A base roof rack system for use in a vehicle having a glass roof. A set of base brackets are installed at the factor proximate to the seam between a glass room and metal support members of the vehicle supporting the roof. A j-shaped hook is able to slide in the seam to access the base bracket. Rotation of the bracket inserts the hook into a cavity formed in the base bracket so that it resist pull out when oriented normal to the roof surface. A tower receives the other end of J-shaped hook, a threaded bolt, and a retaining nut threaded about the bolt compresses the tower down toward the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Connolly, Caroline Park, Hubert Kaesweber
  • Patent number: 10441016
    Abstract: An insert to hold an article, such as keys, credit cards, money, etc. in a cap is described. The cap may be worn by a user with the insert in place in the cap. The insert includes a head side surface generally opposite of a cap side surface. A first lateral side is generally opposite of a second lateral side. An upper edge is generally opposite of a lower edge. An extension extends from the upper edge. The extension defines a holding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Gary M. Byrd
  • Patent number: 10441071
    Abstract: A travel tray and container system includes a base having a cylinder for receiving a beverage container and a tray having a tray shape extending in a horizontal plane to bisect the cylinder to define an upper cylinder and a lower cylinder eccentrically disposed within the horizontal plane. The lower cylinder is dimensioned to closely fit within a cup-holder. The tray has a vertical wall extending around its perimeter, where the upper cylinder and the vertical wall define a tray retention volume having an eccentric cut-out region corresponding to the cylinder. A removable insert has a shape that fits within the tray retention volume, the insert having upper edges configured for attachment of a container-sealing lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PIERPOINT, INC.
    Inventor: Ried Floco
  • Patent number: 10442363
    Abstract: A load carrying bar including a channel with an opening. The channel is adapted to receive a fastening member for fasten a load carrying bar accessory to the load carrying bar. A cover is arranged to seal the opening of the channel. The cover is adapted to be deformed in the proximity of the opening as the fastening member is slid along the length of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventor: Magnus Ferman
  • Patent number: 10436551
    Abstract: A mounting system for a concealed carry holster for securing the holster to a storage location. The mounting system uses a belt clip of the holster to attach the holster to a bracket. The bracket has a spring action restraint that cooperates with the belt clip to retain the holster in the mounting system. The restraint is accessible from a front of the holster to allow easy removal from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Richard N. Bradford
  • Patent number: 10434946
    Abstract: A spring clip for a vehicle for mounting a rearview device is disclosed. The spring clip comprises a base portion comprising a coupling surface, configured to interconnect the rearview device with the windshield, and a plurality of spring biased legs. Each of the spring biased legs forms an engagement profile having a continuous rounded profile and an internal engagement surface. The internal engagement surface forms a triangular assembly profile. The engagement profile is configured to slidably engage an interface profile of a bracket configured to interconnect the rearview device to the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley L. Busscher, Ulrich A. Kuester, Jason D. Hallack
  • Patent number: 10435117
    Abstract: A secure accessory mounting track may comprise an elongated body with a tee-slot formed into the body. At least one end of the tee-slot terminates in an angled slot that may allow entry of device attachment hardware, but which will not permit the device attachment hardware to escape from the track when a device attached to the track is loosened only enough to adjust the position of a device. This fully secures the device along the entire length of the track, even when adjusting the position of the device. Attachment of the device may be achieved by fully tightening the attachment hardware to clamp a retaining flange between the hardware and the device. Removal of the device may require the attachment hardware to be loosened farther than what would be required for adjusting the position of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Luther Cifers
  • Patent number: 10427742
    Abstract: A bicycle frame bag includes a bag body, a first frame and a second frame. The bag body includes a bag top, a bag bottom, a first bag side and a second bag side opposite the first bag side, the first bag side connecting with the bag top and the bag bottom at first edges, the second bag side connecting with the bag top and the bag bottom at second edges opposite the first edges. The first frame includes at least a first arm and a second arm operatively coupled to each other to form a first angle that is substantially the same as an angle between two adjacent tubes of a bicycle frame. The second frame includes at least a third arm and a fourth arm operatively coupled to each other to form a second angle that is substantially the same as the angle between the two adjacent tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Tad Osada, Kelvin Koo, Roxanne Lo, Tom Morgan
  • Patent number: 10413044
    Abstract: A quick-release attachment mechanism includes a fastener that attaches an object to a user. The fastener is disengaged by pulling on a pull-handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Casey Husband
  • Patent number: 10408566
    Abstract: A flexible pocket holster is used to secure and conceal a firearm within a pocket pouch, or similar receptacle. The flexible pocket holster comprises a holster fin, a support base, and a barrel-supporting rod. The holster fin is a flexible panel which is used to cover the trigger of a firearm and conceal the shape of the firearm. The holster fin may be sized or shaped to accept various types of firearms. The support base is mounted onto the holster fin, adjacent to a base edge and a barrel edge of the holster fin. The barrel-supporting rod is mounted normal to the support base and opposite to the base edge. When using the flexible pocket holster, the barrel of the firearm is mounted about the barrel-supporting rod. This helps to secure the firearm and allows the firearm to be easily removed from the flexible pocket holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen J Pagac
  • Patent number: 10406989
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory mounting device according to some embodiments of the disclosure is configured to attach accessories to a spare-tire hub assembly of a vehicle. The vehicle accessory mounting device includes a first member attached to the spare-tire hub assembly, a second member which is movable relative to the first member, and a handle which is movably attached to the second member. The second member includes pin ends which are configured to engage within slots in the first member. A locking protrusion is provided to lock the second member into place relative to the first member. A locking assembly is provided to lock the handle into place relative to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FIRST PULL CO.
    Inventors: John Steven Kruse, Parth Mukesh Bhatt, Michael Thomas Matteo, Jeffrey Richard Condon, Michael Douglas Prince
  • Patent number: 10391946
    Abstract: A roof rack kit includes at least a first and a second load carrying bar attachable to a vehicle and adapted to extend across the roof of the vehicle. The roof rack kit further includes a first load strip with a first height protruding vertically from the outer periphery of the first load carrying bar and a second load strip having a second height protruding vertically from the outer periphery of the second load carrying bar. The first height of the first load strip is different from the second height of the second load strip, so as to compensate for a height difference between the first and the second load carrying bar when the first and the second load carrying bars are mounted on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Mikael Sandberg, Wilhelm Larsson, Tobias Rydholm
  • Patent number: 10393479
    Abstract: A mounting system for a concealed carry holster for securing the holster to a storage location. The mounting system uses a belt clip of the holster to attach the holster to a bracket. The bracket has a spring action restraint that cooperates with the belt clip to retain the holster in the mounting system. The restraint is accessible from a front of the holster to allow easy removal from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Richard N. Bradford
  • Patent number: 10377291
    Abstract: A carrier system and method for assisting in handling cargo of a vehicle. A carrier container includes an interior storage space surrounded by a front side facing the rear of the vehicle, rear, left, right, and bottom sides, and an open top that allows access to the interior storage space with a lid that closes and opens the top. A carrier support structure mounted to the carrier container is inserted into the hitch of the vehicle and holds the top surface of the container flush with the cargo bed of the vehicle. The lid is opened to deploy a ramp stored inside which is anchored to the container so that it is flush with the top surface of the container and reaches the ground. The lid is closed and a bridge plate commonly hinged with the lid is deployed over any gap between the cargo bed and the container top, providing a continuous surface between the cargo bed and the ground for use by pets for ingress and egress of the vehicle and for handling cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Theodore J. Keck
  • Patent number: 10308191
    Abstract: A ventilation-mounted holder for attachment on a ventilation lamella assembly in vehicles for mounting electronic devices or other articles includes a carrier body onto which a holding bracket for engagement over a ventilation lamella is arranged on the backside, and a holding device for a smartphone or a tablet is arranged on the front side. The carrier body is configured as an elongated carrier arm. The holding bracket and at least one further holding bracket are each arranged rotatably and spaced apart from one another on an end region of the carrier arm, and the holding device is arranged on the opposite end region of the carrier arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Harald Richter
  • Patent number: 10302391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a holster (A) which provides removal of the guns from the holster in an easy and rapid manner used by civil users, security forces, military personnel and army officers and comprising a holster body (1) and at least one lock latch (3) and where the lock latch end (3.1) of said lock latch (3) moves outwardly and separated from the guard and where the gun is released and provides separation from the holster body (1), characterized by comprising a slider (2) assembled on the bearing (1.1) by means of engagement tabs (1.6) in a manner realizing linear movement and having forward backward movement capability in a linear manner on the rail (1.3) by means of at least one spring (4), finger housing (2.1) formed in an integrated manner on the outer surface of the slider (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: AKAR SARACIYE AV MALZEMELERI IMALAT ITHALAT IHRACAT SAN. VE TIC. LTD. STI.
    Inventor: Serkan Akar
  • Patent number: 10293757
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted equipment carrier includes a mounting member, an equipment support, and a mast. A lower end of the mast is pivotably interconnected with the mounting member and an upper end of the mast supports the equipment support. The mast is pivotable between an upright position for transport and a lowered position that positions the mast rearwardly of the vehicle. A movable connection between the mast and the equipment support lowers an inner end of the equipment support while raising an outer end when the mast is lowered, and raises the inner end of the equipment support while lowering the outer end when the mast is raised. The center of gravity of the equipment carried by the equipment support remains at a constant elevation during movement of the mast between the upright position and the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Saris Cycling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Raymond Bass, Ryan Weber