Patents by Inventor Frank Vogel

Frank Vogel 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: 11655934
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Patent number: 11441725
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Patent number: 11292543
    Abstract: A device holder includes a base portion, the base portion attachable to an object. The device holder further includes a ball portion mounted on the base portion. The device holder further includes a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NITE IZE, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Steven L. Lindquist
  • Patent number: 11231596
    Abstract: Secure eyewear includes a face piece and a temple piece. The face piece includes a first side, a second side and a nose rest therebetween. The temple piece extends from a first end coupled with the first side and/or the second side of the face piece to a second end and includes a first extension. The first extension is configured to, with the nose rest supported by a nose of a user and the first temple piece resting on a first ear of the user, selectively grip a back of a head of the user by transitioning between states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Frank Vogel
  • Publication number: 20200400970
    Abstract: Secure eyewear includes a face piece and a temple piece. The face piece includes a first side, a second side and a nose rest therebetween. The temple piece extends from a first end coupled with the first side and/or the second side of the face piece to a second end and includes a first extension. The first extension is configured to, with the nose rest supported by a nose of a user and the first temple piece resting on a first ear of the user, selectively grip a back of a head of the user by transitioning between states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Frank Vogel
  • Patent number: 10724674
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Publication number: 20200178663
    Abstract: An organizer includes a body adapted to receive and hold a head of a tool and a joining feature provided to the body. The joining feature is adapted to allow interconnection of two or more bodies and includes a complementary protrusion and socket arrangement configured to pivotally couple together by a push fit arrangement of the protrusion from a first body into a socket of a second body. The organizer may further include means for biasing two adjacent, coupled bodies in a pre-established relative orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Frank Vogel
  • Publication number: 20190185094
    Abstract: A device holder includes a base portion, the base portion attachable to an object. The device holder further includes a ball portion mounted on the base portion. The device holder further includes a cage portion, interconnected with the base portion, the cage portion shaped to hold a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Steven L. Lindquist
  • Publication number: 20190178437
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Publication number: 20190170291
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Publication number: 20190145574
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Patent number: 10215330
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Patent number: D850436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Leo Lesperance, Rick Case
  • Patent number: D861003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Rex Stevens
  • Patent number: D864187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Steven L. Lindquist
  • Patent number: D875103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee, Rex Stevens
  • Patent number: D889820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Frank Vogel
  • Patent number: D896014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NITE IZE, INC.
    Inventors: Rick Case, Frank Vogel, Bowden Ormsbee
  • Patent number: D915872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NITE IZE, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Rick Case
  • Patent number: D937643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Frank Vogel