Patents by Inventor Brooke B. Pattee

Brooke B. Pattee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11701273
    Abstract: A lift assist device employs a striker mounting assembly having a case with a receiving chamber having a top channel and a lower channel. A striker housing is removably insertable in the receiving chamber and has a receiver adapted to be inserted over a striker on a door of a vehicle. The striker housing has a top flange with an upper alignment aperture and a bottom flange with a lower alignment aperture, the upper alignment aperture and lower alignment aperture aligned with the top channel and lower channel with the striker housing inserted in the receiving chamber. A striker pin assembly is adapted for removable insertion through the top channel, upper alignment aperture into a striker on a door of a vehicle and through the lower aperture into the lower channel. A pivot assembly is engaged to the case with a pivot pin. A lift assembly has a mounting structure engaged to the pivot assembly with a telescoping support arm depending from the mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Brooke B. Pattee
  • Publication number: 20230172774
    Abstract: A lift assist device employs a striker mounting assembly having a case with a receiving chamber having a top channel and a lower channel. A striker housing is removably insertable in the receiving chamber and has a receiver adapted to be inserted over a striker on a door of a vehicle. The striker housing has a top flange with an upper alignment aperture and a bottom flange with a lower alignment aperture, the upper alignment aperture and lower alignment aperture aligned with the top channel and lower channel with the striker housing inserted in the receiving chamber. A striker pin assembly is adapted for removable insertion through the top channel, upper alignment aperture into a striker on a door of a vehicle and through the lower aperture into the lower channel. A pivot assembly is engaged to the case with a pivot pin. A lift assembly has a mounting structure engaged to the pivot assembly with a telescoping support arm depending from the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Brooke B. Pattee
  • Patent number: 10744047
    Abstract: A lift assist device employs a striker pin assembly having a striker pin adapted for removable insertion into a striker on a door of a vehicle and a pivot tube. A lift assembly has an actuator boss and a pivot pin connected to the actuator boss with the pivot pin removably received in the pivot tube. A telescoping support arm depends from the actuator boss and a seat is attached to a terminal end of the telescoping support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Brooke B. Pattee
  • Publication number: 20190298591
    Abstract: A lift assist device employs a striker pin assembly having a striker pin adapted for removable insertion into a striker on a door of a vehicle and a pivot tube. A lift assembly has an actuator boss and a pivot pin connected to the actuator boss with the pivot pin removably received in the pivot tube. A telescoping support arm depends from the actuator boss and a seat is attached to a terminal end of the telescoping support arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Brooke B. Pattee
  • Patent number: 5263209
    Abstract: A night light for a toilet is disclosed. A flexible, moisture impermeable, transparent tube is positioned under an upper rim of the toilet bowl and extends therearound. A plurality of spaced apart electrical lamps lay within the tube and are wired with a switch and a power source for receiving electrical power. Double-sided adhesive tape is included for mounting the power source on the external surface of the toilet. A plurality of holding clips are positioned in spaced relationship around the toilet rim for removably holding the tube in position under the upper rim of the toilet. The switch is position sensitive and may be fixed to the toilet seat, the seat being capable of assuming a horizontal or a vertical orientation. A first latching switch and a second latching switch are included, each of which may energize the lamps by either lifting the toilet seat into a vertical position or by lowering the hinged member into a horizontal position, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Inventor: Brooke B. Pattee