Patents by Inventor Bryan W. Hunter

Bryan W. Hunter 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).

  • Elastic snap extender for affixing a cover to a vehicle
    Patent number: 10071620
    Abstract: A snap fit extender fashioned from an elastic body material of a predetermined length with male and female snap fits at opposing ends of the elastic body in directionally opposite facing relation to each other. The snap fittings on the extender are cooperatively engageable to complimentary snap fittings on a cover and a vehicle and responsive to dimensional changes to the cover occasioned by weather or age related shrinkage without inducing harmful stresses into the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Bryan W. Hunter
  • ELASTIC SNAP EXTENDER FOR AFFIXING A COVER TO A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170127769
    Abstract: In one embodiment, there is disclosed a snap fit extender fashioned from an elastic body material of a predetermined length with male and female snap fits at opposing ends of the elastic body in directionally opposite facing relation to each other. The snap fittings on the extender are cooperatively engageable to complimentary snap fittings on a cover and a vehicle and responsive to dimensional changes to the cover occasioned by weather or age related shrinkage without inducing harmful stresses into the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Bryan W. Hunter