Patents by Inventor Eric McCallister Bennett

Eric McCallister Bennett 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: 10094513
    Abstract: The quick release bite mount comprises a quick release coupler portion and a malleable overmold that allows a user to bite down on the mount when a user holds the mount with a mouth. The overmold part of the mount can be a material such as rubber, plastic, or gel based structure. The overmold has an outer ridge that can hang from teeth of a user, allowing the user to relax their jaw during use. The plastic part of the mount has a thin, flexible area that the rubber part is overmolded over. This adds stiffness to the malleable area, while still allowing it to flex. The mount is configured to mechanically couple with a camera (or camera housing). The camera can be coupled to the mount such the camera can capture images in an unobstructed field of view when the mount is gripped in the mouth of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Travis Eastman Pynn, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua Todd Druker
  • Patent number: 9513535
    Abstract: A camera system is configured to detachably couple to a camera mount, which in turn can be attached to an apparatus such as a sports board. The camera mount includes a top mount portion and a bottom screw portion. The top mount portion includes a buckle component that can detachably couple to a camera system, and includes blade components having cutting edges that can cut through a sports board. The blade components surround a screw hole component, and when the blade components have pierced a surface of the sports board and cut through the board, an opening to the screw hole component is accessible from the underside of the board surface. The bottom screw portion includes a screw thread that can be inserted and screwed into the screw hole component, thus securing the camera mount to the sports board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Patent number: 9507245
    Abstract: Various camera mounts used to attach a camera to a helmet, vehicle, user, or other object are described. In one embodiment, a flexible camera mount deforms under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach without fracturing the mount. In a second embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount fractures under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach. In a third embodiment, a camera mount comprising a ring base and a floating base separates under impact, allowing a camera attached to the floating base to detach. In a fourth embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount including two rigid sections joined in a “V” shape fractures under impact, allowing the camera to detach. In a fifth embodiment, a flexible camera mount comprising two sections connected in a “V” shape separate under impact, allowing the camera to detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Todd Druker, Christopher Aaron Clearman, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: 9482931
    Abstract: Various camera mounts used to attach a camera to a helmet, vehicle, user, or other object are described. In one embodiment, a flexible camera mount deforms under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach without fracturing the mount. In a second embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount fractures under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach. In a third embodiment, a camera mount comprising a ring base and a floating base separates under impact, allowing a camera attached to the floating base to detach. In a fourth embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount including two rigid sections joined in a “V” shape fractures under impact, allowing the camera to detach. In a fifth embodiment, a flexible camera mount comprising two sections connected in a “V” shape separate under impact, allowing the camera to detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Aaron Clearman, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: 9377672
    Abstract: Various camera mounts used to attach a camera to a helmet, vehicle, user, or other object are described. In one embodiment, a flexible camera mount deforms under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach without fracturing the mount. In a second embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount fractures under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach. In a third embodiment, a camera mount comprising a ring base and a floating base separates under impact, allowing a camera attached to the floating base to detach. In a fourth embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount including two rigid sections joined in a “V” shape fractures under impact, allowing the camera to detach. In a fifth embodiment, a flexible camera mount comprising two sections connected in a “V” shape separate under impact, allowing the camera to detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Aaron Clearman, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: D759141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bacon, Kielan Crow, Seungheon Lee, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: D764566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Mark Costa
  • Patent number: D764567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Mark Costa
  • Patent number: D768754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Joshua Todd Druker, Richard Gioscia, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski
  • Patent number: D768757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Thomas, John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: D775514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Matthew D. Thomas, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: D776745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Travis Eastman Pynn, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua Todd Druker
  • Patent number: D776746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric McCallister Bennett, Travis Eastman Pynn, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua Todd Druker
  • Patent number: D798939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Costa, Arthur Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric McCallister Bennett, Joshua Todd Druker, Christopher Aaron Clearman
  • Patent number: D798940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Costa, Arthur Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric McCallister Bennett, Joshua Todd Druker, Christopher Aaron Clearman
  • Patent number: D841722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Arthur Charles Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric Mccallister Bennett, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua T. Druker, Travis Pynn
  • Patent number: D851162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Kevin Drake, Joshua T. Druker, Eric McCallister Bennett
  • Patent number: D880570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Arthur Charles Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric McCallister Bennett, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua T. Druker, Travis Pynn
  • Patent number: D897416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Arthur Charles Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric McCallister Bennett, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua T. Druker, Travis Pynn
  • Patent number: D989164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Arthur Charles Kwun, Huy Phuong Nguyen, Eric McCallister Bennett, Nicholas D. Woodman, Joshua T. Druker, Travis Pynn