Patents by Inventor Mitch Johnson

Mitch Johnson 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: 20130025507
    Abstract: A foldable table may include a table top and legs movable between an extended position and a collapsed position. A first portion of a side rail may be connected to a first table top section and a second portion of the first side rail may be connected to a second table top section. An engaging portion of the first portion of the side rail may be at least partially disposed in a receiving portion of the second portion of the side rail when the table top is in the folded position and an engaging portion of the second portion of the side rail may be at least partially disposed in a receiving portion of the first portion of the side rail when the table top is in the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Ju-Young Jin, Cai Yixian, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130009427
    Abstract: A table and chair set may include a table, a plurality of chairs and a storage case. The table may include a folding table top that has a footprint in the folded position. The chairs may be folding chairs that have a footprint generally equal to or slightly smaller than the footprint of the table in the folded position. The case may include an interior cavity that is sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the table and the chair in the folded positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Joel Bennett, Brandon Smith
  • Patent number: 8347795
    Abstract: A table may be sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration. The table may include a table top constructed from molded plastic and the table top may include a receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. The table may also include a metal frame connected to the table top and the frame may include an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. If desired, an outer surface of the engaging portion may be visible and exposed in the recess in the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120266788
    Abstract: A table may be sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The table may include a molded plastic table top that has a receiving portion disposed proximate an outer perimeter of the table top. The receiving portion is sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of an adjacent, nested table. The table may also include a frame with a first load bearing surface sized and configured to contact a generally planar upper surface of another adjacent, nested table. The table may further include an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of the adjacent, nested table. The nested tables are preferably substantially identical and aligned in the stacked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter
  • Publication number: 20120266789
    Abstract: A table may be sized and configured to nest with one or more adjacent tables to reduce a height of the table in a nested configuration. The table may include a table top constructed from molded plastic and the table top may include a receiving portion sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of a frame of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. The table may also include a metal frame connected to the table top and the frame may include an engaging portion sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent table in the nested configuration. If desired, an outer surface of the engaging portion may be visible and exposed in the recess in the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120266791
    Abstract: A table may include a table top with a first plurality of depressions aligned in a plurality of generally aligned rows. The table top may also include a plurality of channels disposed generally parallel to the rows of depressions and each channel may have a width generally equal to a width of the first plurality of depressions. The table top may further include a second plurality of depressions disposed in the channels. The table top may further include a recess sized and configured to receive a structural support member, and a portion of the channels may be disposed on both sides of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120266787
    Abstract: A table may be sized and configured to nest with another table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The table may include a nesting portion formed in an upper surface and sidewall of the table top. The table may also include a frame with one or more engaging portions sized and configured to be disposed in the nesting portion of an adjacent table when the tables are nested together. In addition, the table top may include a compression edge sized and configured to be disposed in a nesting portion of an adjacent table when the tables are nested together. The compression edge and engaging portions may be sized and configured to be simultaneously disposed in the nesting portion of the adjacent table when the table is nested with the adjacent table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120175918
    Abstract: A table and chair set may include a table, a plurality of chairs and a storage case. The table may include a folding table top that has a footprint in the folded position. The chairs may be folding chairs that have a footprint generally equal to or slightly smaller than the footprint of the table in the folded position. The case may include an interior cavity that is sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the table and the chair in the folded positions, the cavity having a size generally equal to or slightly larger than the footprint of the folding table and the folding chair in the folded positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Southwick, E. Vince Rhoton, Joel Bennett, Brandon Smith, Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter, Wendell Peery
  • Publication number: 20120024203
    Abstract: A foldable table may include a table top and legs that are movable between an extended position and a collapsed position. The table top may include a first section and a second section that are movable between folded and unfolded positions. A first portion of a side rail may be connected to the first section of the table top and a second portion of the side rail connected to the second section of the table top. A hinge assembly may connect the first and second portions of the side rail in an offset configuration. When the table is in the folded position, an inner surface of the first portion of the side rail may be disposed at least proximate an outer surface of the second portion of the side rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Jay Calkin, Mitch Johnson, Joel H. Bennett
  • Patent number: 7733949
    Abstract: A wireless communications system is provided with reduced sideband noise and carrier leakage. In the system, at least one transmitter modulates at least one input signal with a first carrier to generate a modulated output signal, and at least one receiver receives the modulated output signal and demodulates the same with a second carrier to generate at least one demodulated output signal. The first and second carriers are at different frequencies, such that the sideband noise and carrier leakage generated by different sources can be distinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hang Jin, Ahmadreza Hedayat, George Bednekoff, Mitch Johnson, Wenhua Zhou, John Grabner
  • Patent number: 7656957
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for passing a transmit/receive control signal and a power signal through a coax cable from a base transceiver station to a tower top device in a time division duplex communication system. After generating the transmit/receive control signal and a radio frequency signal for communications, the transmit/receive control signal modulates a separate timing control operating on a separate control frequency. It is then multiplexed on at least one coax cable along with the radio frequency signal and DC power. At the tower top device, the modulated transmit/receive control signal is converted back to a DC level for providing a time division duplex control reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitch Johnson, George Bednekoff
  • Publication number: 20090224512
    Abstract: A folding trailer may be capable of moving between a use position and a storage position. The folding trailer may include an axle that is capable of moving between a first position in which the axle is generally aligned along an axis and a second position in which the axle is disposed in a folded configuration. The folding trailer may also include a towing arm that is movable between an extended position in which a portion of the towing arm extends beyond the front portion of the frame to facilitate attached to a towing vehicle and a collapsed position in which the towing arm is at least substantially disposed underneath the frame. In addition, the trailer may include an adjustment assembly that is sized and configured to adjust the position of the axle between the first and second positions, and adjust the position of the towing arm between the extended and collapsed positions. Advantageously, the adjustment assembly may have different configurations and arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Brandon Smith, S. Curtis Nye, Mitch Johnson, Jered Larsen, Doug Fuller
  • Publication number: 20090115163
    Abstract: A trailer may include a connection assembly. The connection assembly may include an arm sized and configured to be connected to a vehicle to allow the vehicle to tow the trailer. The towing arm may be movable between extended and retracted positions. The trailer may also include a handle assembly, which may be movable between extended and retracted positions relative to the towing arm. The trailer may be easily towed by the vehicle when, for example, the towing arm is extended and the handle assembly is retracted. The trailer may also be used as a wheelbarrow when, for example, the towing arm is retracted and the handle assembly is extended. The connection assembly, the handle assembly, and/or other components of the trailer may include openings that may be aligned to receive fasteners to secure the towing arm and/or the handle assembly in the extended and/or retracted positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Kevin Boydston, Mitch Johnson
  • Publication number: 20090066061
    Abstract: A folding trailer may be selectively moved between an extended or use position and a collapsed or storage position. The folding trailer may include an axle that is capable of being moved between a first position in which the axle is generally aligned along an axis and a second position in which the axle is disposed in a folded configuration. The axle is preferably located in generally the same plane in the first and second positions. In addition, the axle preferably moves in a generally rearward direction when the axle is moved from the first to the second position. The trailer may also include a bed that is capable of being moved between a first position in which first and second portions of the bed are generally aligned with a first plane and a second position in which the first and second portions of the bed are disposed in a folded position and generally aligned with a second plane. The axle and bed are preferably disposed in the first positions when the trailer is in the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Brandon Smith, S. Curtis Nye, Mitch Johnson, Jered Larsen, Doug Fuller
  • Patent number: 7475901
    Abstract: A folding trailer may be capable of moving between a use position and a storage position. The folding trailer may include an axle that is capable of moving between a first position in which the axle is generally aligned along an axis and a second position in which the axle is disposed in a folded configuration. The folding trailer may also include a towing arm that is movable between an extended position in which a portion of the towing arm extends beyond the front portion of the frame to facilitate attached to a towing vehicle and a collapsed position in which the towing arm is at least substantially disposed underneath the frame. In addition, the trailer may include an adjustment assembly that is sized and configured to adjust the position of the axle between the first and second positions, and adjust the position of the towing arm between the extended and collapsed positions. Advantageously, the adjustment assembly may have different configurations and arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Brandon Smith, S. Curtis Nye, Mitch Johnson, Jered Larsen, Doug Fuller
  • Patent number: D658912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson
  • Patent number: D659450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson
  • Patent number: D662738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson
  • Patent number: D667659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson
  • Patent number: D671773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Wendell Peery, David C. Winter