Patents by Inventor Keith Prescott
Keith Prescott 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).
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Patent number: 9744910Abstract: A cargo load carrier configured to be mounted at the rear of a carrying vehicle and having a support frame mountable to the vehicle. A load carrying member is coupled to the support frame and is deployable from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. A collapsible brace is coupled between the support frame and the load carrying member and has an articulated joint between a pair of pivot arms. A latch is releasably coupled between the pair of pivot arms and the latch has a plurality of latched configurations that releasably lock the load carrier in at least the travelling configuration and the load supporting configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventor: Keith Prescott
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Patent number: 9551392Abstract: A shock absorbing cradle for supporting a bicycle on an arm of a bicycle carrier. The cradle includes an arm receiving base having a bicycle carrier arm engaging surface and a floating carriage releasably coupled to the arm receiving base. The floating carriage includes an upper portion having a bicycle engaging surface and a resilient member disposed between the upper portion and the arm receiving base.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Kevin Bogoslofski, Timothy Makris, Gregor Weaver, John Laverack, Keith Prescott
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Publication number: 20160214545Abstract: A bicycle carrier rack mountable to a vehicle includes a mounting member configured to abut against the vehicle and a flexible strap coupled to the mounting member, the flexible strap having a free end. A blocker is disposed at the free end of the flexible strap and a hooked end piece is removably coupled to the free end of the flexible strap. The hooked end piece includes a distal end having a hooked portion and a proximal end. A cover has a passage extending therethrough from a first end of the cover to a second end of the cover. The cover is slidably disposed about the flexible strap and configured to enclose the blocker and a portion of the hooked end piece within an interior of the cover. The blocker inhibits movement of the flexible strap through the proximal end of the hooked end piece in the proximal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Keith PRESCOTT, John D. Fiegener, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Michael Tinstman
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Publication number: 20160001710Abstract: A cargo load carrier configured to be mounted at the rear of a carrying vehicle and having a support frame mountable to the vehicle. A load carrying member is coupled to the support frame and is deployable from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. A collapsible brace is coupled between the support frame and the load carrying member and has an articulated joint between a pair of pivot arms. A latch is releasably coupled between the pair of pivot arms and the latch has a plurality of latched configurations that releasably lock the load carrier in at least the travelling configuration and the load supporting configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventor: Keith Prescott
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Publication number: 20150285324Abstract: A shock absorbing cradle for supporting a bicycle on an arm of a bicycle carrier. The cradle includes an arm receiving base having a bicycle carrier arm engaging surface and a floating carriage releasably coupled to the arm receiving base. The floating carriage includes an upper portion having a bicycle engaging surface and a resilient member disposed between the upper portion and the arm receiving base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Kevin BOGOSLOFSKI, Timothy Makeris, Gregor Weaver, John Laverack, Keith Prescott
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Patent number: 8225679Abstract: The present invention relates to a load carrier foot (1) and a torque indicator device (25, 34, 44, 532, 74) for use with various sports equipment accessory devices, preferably a load carrier foot, the torque indicator providing a signal alerting an operator that a desired torque has been reached, thereby avoiding over-tightening or under-tightening of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Joseph R. Flaherty, William E. Fortune, Jr., Keith Prescott, Joakim Persson, Eric Anders Gustavsson
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Patent number: 8025196Abstract: A bicycle carrier rack mountable to a vehicle and having a load bearing arm, the arm having an attachment member on its underside having a locking portion. An anti-sway member is attachable to the locking portion of the member, the anti-sway member having an attachment portion on one end of the anti-sway member, the anti-sway member having an engaged position wherein the anti-sway member prevents sway of the bicycle. The attachment portion encloses a central aperture having an opening in a side of the attachment portion to the central aperture. The locking portion is sized to receive the opening of the anti-sway member when the anti-sway member is in a non-engaged position, and wherein the locking portion is sized to prevent passage through the opening when anti-sway member is in the engaged position, the anti-sway member being rotatable between the engaged and non-engaged positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Joseph R. Flaherty, Keith Prescott
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Publication number: 20110068140Abstract: A load carrier with a retracting elongate securement device, the load carrier having a support arrangement with a vehicle interfacing portion and a load support interfacing portion, as well as a load support which interfaces with the support arrangement. The load support is configured to receive and carry cargo loads thereupon and has an elongate tubular member having an extendible member received therein. The load carrier further has a biasing member operatively interposed between the elongate tubular member and the extendible member, the biasing member exerting a retracting force on the extendible member thereby urging the extendible member to a retracted configuration within the elongate tubular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: James Travis Stevens, Keith Prescott
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Publication number: 20110068138Abstract: A bicycle carrier rack mountable to a vehicle and having a load bearing arm, the arm having an attachment member on its underside having a locking portion. An anti-sway member is attachable to the locking portion of the member, the anti-sway member having an attachment portion on one end of the anti-sway member, the anti-sway member having an engaged position wherein the anti-sway member prevents sway of the bicycle. The attachment portion encloses a central aperture having an opening in a side of the attachment portion to the central aperture. The locking portion is sized to receive the opening of the anti-sway member when the anti-sway member is in a non-engaged position, and wherein the locking portion is sized to prevent passage through the opening when anti-sway member is in the engaged position, the anti-sway member being rotatable between the engaged and non-engaged positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: THULE SWEDEN ABInventors: Joseph R. Flaherty, Keith Prescott
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Publication number: 20100192704Abstract: The present invention relates to a load carrier foot (1) and a torque indicator device (25, 34, 44, 532, 74) for use with various sports equipment accessory devices, preferably a load carrier foot, the torque indicator providing a signal alerting an operator that a desired torque has been reached, thereby avoiding over-tightening or under-tightening of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: THULE SWEDEN ABInventors: Joseph R. Flaherty, William E. Fortune, JR., Keith Prescott
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Patent number: 7261228Abstract: A sporting article transport rack that is engageable to a hitch of an automotive vehicle is provided. The rack comprises a hitch engaging portion that is fastenable to the hitch and which extends therefrom away from the automotive vehicle. An elongated stem portion extends upwardly from the hitch engaging portion. An article support member is securable to an upper end of the elongated stem portion and is cantilevered therefrom. The article support member is removable from the elongated stem portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Sportrack AccessoriesInventors: Keith Prescott, Jean Pigeon, Moussa Zahzam, Hugues Espesset, Germain Dépot, Stéphane Labrie, Laurent Landrin, Alain Parizeau
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Publication number: 20050035168Abstract: A sporting article transport rack that is engageable to a hitch of an automotive vehicle is provided. The rack comprises a hitch engaging portion that is fastenable to the hitch and which extends therefrom away from the automotive vehicle. An elongated stem portion extends upwardly from the hitch engaging portion. An article support member is securable to an upper end of the elongated stem portion and is cantilevered therefrom. The article support member is removable from the elongated stem portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Keith Prescott, Jean Pigeon, Moussa Zahzam, Hugues Espesset, Germain Depot, Stephane Labrie, Laurent Landrin, Alain Parizeau
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Patent number: D628141Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Greg G. Weaver, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Keith Prescott
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Patent number: D629350Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Greg G. Weaver, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Keith Prescott
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Patent number: D630572Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Greg G. Weaver, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Keith Prescott
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Patent number: D634697Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Greg G. Weaver, Joseph R. Flaherty, Thomas J. Hanson, Timothy J. Makris, Keith Prescott
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Patent number: D637137Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Greg G. Weaver, Joseph R. Flaherty, Timothy J. Makris, Keith Prescott, Thomas J. Hanson
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Patent number: D817256Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Jan Adler, Henrik Eriksson, Keith Prescott, Jeffrey Edgerly
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Patent number: D863199Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Jan Adler, Henrik Eriksson, Keith Prescott, Jeffrey Edgerly