Patents by Inventor Stephen N. UNDERWOOD

Stephen N. UNDERWOOD 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: 20190390819
    Abstract: A multipod and monopod apparatus are described. The multipod apparatus includes a plurality of legs forming a leg assembly wherein each leg assembly includes a yoke foot, a base including a leg lock plate coupled to the plurality of legs with a securing mechanism configured to apply pressure to the leg lock plate to secure each leg at a desirable angle. Each leg assembly includes washboard track, leg length adjuster saddle, adjuster lever and adjuster spring. An apparatus for securing a component to a monopod comprises a monopod flip tip assembly including cap section, base section and tether ring, wherein the cap section is coupled to the base section by the tether ring, wherein the cap section includes a tether ring groove for releasable engagement with the tether ring, and wherein the base section includes a port for engaging with the monopod and a stud for engaging with the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen N. Underwood
  • Patent number: 10309581
    Abstract: A multipod apparatus and a monopod tip apparatus are described. The multipod apparatus includes a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs formed as a leg assembly wherein each leg assembly includes an upper leg section and a lower leg section, a base coupled to the upper leg sections of the plurality of legs and including a leg lock plate and a securing mechanism engaged with the leg lock plate of the base and configured to apply pressure to the leg lock plate so as to secure each of the plurality of legs at a desirable angle. The monopod tip apparatus includes a monopod tip including a cap section and a base section and a concealable stud, wherein the cap section includes a tip cap hingedly connected to a cap body and arranged to conceal the concealable stud therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Deep Blue Design, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen N. Underwood
  • Publication number: 20170370517
    Abstract: A multipod apparatus and a monopod tip apparatus are described. The multipod apparatus includes a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs formed as a leg assembly wherein each leg assembly includes an upper leg section and a lower leg section, a base coupled to the upper leg sections of the plurality of legs and including a leg lock plate and a securing mechanism engaged with the leg lock plate of the base and configured to apply pressure to the leg lock plate so as to secure each of the plurality of legs at a desirable angle. The monopod tip apparatus includes a monopod tip including a cap section and a base section and a concealable stud, wherein the cap section includes a tip cap hingedly connected to a cap body and arranged to conceal the concealable stud therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen N. UNDERWOOD