Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Helmrich

Christopher M. Helmrich 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).

  • Publication number: 20240158038
    Abstract: Apparatus suitable for use as a bicycle seatpost protector includes an outer layer of material, such as natural or synthetic leather, and an inner layer of material, such as felt or microfiber. The layers are of equal length and width. The inner and outer layers of material are joined together into a unitary fabric of length L, where the length L is sufficient to cover substantial portions of a seatpost of a bicycle. The outer and inner layers may or may not have fasteners configured to fasten a first major edge of the fabric to a second major edge of the fabric when the fabric is in a rolled form about the bicycle seatpost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: RAKSTAND, LLC
    Inventor: CHRISTOPHER M. HELMRICH
  • Patent number: 11839966
    Abstract: A bicycle stand and repair apparatus includes left and right positioning rails and left and right pivotable support bars pivotable through an angle “?” to the left and right positioning rails, with a positionable center guide generally transverse to the left and right positioning rails and connecting same. Front and rear stability bars are fixed to the left and right positioning rails. A slidable tire holder having a tire holder notch, the slidable tire holder transversely connecting the left and right pivotable support bars, the slidable tire holder positionable from distal ends of the left and right pivotable support bars. A repair mount is provided that may be temporarily stowed when the apparatus is in a stowed position or when the apparatus is used as a bicycle rack, and detachable from the stowed position and securable to the slidable tire holder and/or to the left and right pivotable support bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: RAKSTAND, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher M Helmrich
  • Publication number: 20040107585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for shaving remote areas of the body which are otherwise difficult to reach. The system preferably provides an extension arm having a connector on an end thereof which is adapted for connecting to the handle of a standard razor blade. In one preferred embodiment, the handle of the standard razor blade is inserted into a receptacle where the handle is affixed by a compressing element such as a clamp or elastomeric element. The system also comprises an adaptor to attach the extension arm to an electric razor. The adaptor preferably includes a handle portion that is preferably elongated, shaped simililarly to the handle of a standard razor blade, and/or also is insertable into the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher M. Helmrich