Patents by Inventor Douglas D. Danforth, Jr.

Douglas D. Danforth, Jr. 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: 20180125175
    Abstract: A connector ring includes a body with first and second ring portions. Each ring portion is configured to extend through the item opening of a corresponding item. The first ring portion includes a wire coil that is defined by wire sections and includes an overlapped coil segment. The body is configured such that the wire sections are yieldably shiftable away from each other along the overlapped coil segment to define a space through which the corresponding item can move along a coil axis. One of the wire sections turns off axis relative to the other wire section at a location to form an offset end portion that extends away from the overlapped coil segment. The wire sections are configured for prying engagement by the corresponding item generally at the location to facilitate shifting of the wire sections away from one another along the overlapped coil segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, JR., Warren V. Moore, Tracy E. Hockenhull
  • Patent number: 9506496
    Abstract: A connection device is operable to hold an object, such as a key, dog tag, and the like. The connection device broadly includes a ring and a body. The ring includes a ring end and is coupled to the body at a connection location spaced from the end. The ring presents a projecting ring portion defined between the connection location and the ring end. The projecting ring portion cooperates with the body to define therebetween a space so as to accommodate the object. The body includes an end-engaging portion spaced from the connection location. The ring end is engageable with the end-engaging portion of the body to secure the object on the projecting ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, Jr., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass, Tracy Hockenhull, Craig Evink, Scott Lefebvre, David R. Maroney
  • Patent number: 9055789
    Abstract: Connection devices for holding objects, such as, for instance, keys or dog tags, are disclosed. The connection device includes a ring presenting spaced apart ends defining an opening therebetween through which objects may be added or removed to the connection device. The device also includes a body with a blocking portion configured to adequately span the ring opening to selectively prohibit addition or removal of objects from the ring. The ring and body are shiftably interconnected at a hinged connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, Jr., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass
  • Publication number: 20140109359
    Abstract: A connection device is operable to hold an object, such as a key, dog tag, and the like. The connection device broadly includes a ring and a body. The ring includes a ring end and is coupled to the body at a connection location spaced from the end. The ring presents a projecting ring portion defined between the connection location and the ring end. The projecting ring portion cooperates with the body to define therebetween a space so as to accommodate the object. The body includes an end-engaging portion spaced from the connection location. The ring end is engageable with the end-engaging portion of the body to secure the object on the projecting ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, JR., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass, Tracy Hockenhull, Craig Evink, Scott Lefebvre, David R. Maroney
  • Publication number: 20110314879
    Abstract: Connection devices for holding objects, such as, for instance, keys or dog tags, are disclosed. The connection device includes a ring presenting spaced apart ends defining an opening therebetween through which objects may be added or removed to the connection device. The device also includes a body with a blocking portion configured to adequately span the ring opening to selectively prohibit addition or removal of objects from the ring. The ring and body are shiftably interconnected at a hinged connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, JR., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass
  • Patent number: D668038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, Jr., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass
  • Patent number: D677460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: AHA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, Jr., Warren V. Moore, David R. Peck, Dale W. Sass
  • Patent number: D917872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Aha LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Danforth, Jr., Warren V. Moore, Tracy E. Hockenhull