Patents Assigned to 4Knines, LLC
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Patent number: 12409763Abstract: Vehicle door guards can be used in conjunction with a vehicle seat cover to provide protection to doors. A vehicle door guard may include a cover portion that is configured to be secured to a lower portion of a vehicle seat cover when the vehicle seat cover is installed on a vehicle seat. The vehicle door guard may also include one or more fasteners for supporting the cover portion from a portion of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 12391161Abstract: A seat cover for a vehicle may include a lower or bench portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The lower portion may include a first section and a second section separated by a slit. The seat cover for the vehicle may also include an upper or backrest portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The seat cover may be divided into vertical sections that correspond to the seats of a bench seat in a vehicle. One or more of the vertical sections may be removable to accommodate movement of the vehicle seats.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2024Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: 4KNINES, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 12059987Abstract: A seat cover for a vehicle may include a lower or bench portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The lower portion may include a first section and a second section separated by a slit. The seat cover for the vehicle may also include an upper or backrest portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The seat cover may be divided into vertical sections that correspond to the seats of a bench seat in a vehicle. One or more of the vertical sections may be removable to accommodate movement of the vehicle seats.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 10363847Abstract: A seat cover for a vehicle may include a lower or bench portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The lower portion may include a first section and a second section separated by a slit. The seat cover for the vehicle may also include an upper or backrest portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 10343568Abstract: A cargo liner for a vehicle may include a cargo area portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented cargo area of a vehicle. The cover may also include a seatback portion coupled to the lower portion. The seatback portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a seatback of a vehicle seat. The seatback portion may include a first section, a second section, and a third section. Each of the first section, the second section, and the third section may extend from an upper edge of the upper portion to the cargo area portion. The cargo liner may include a guard portion elevating mechanism that is manipulable to cause the guard portion to transition between a lowered state and an elevated state wherein at least a segment of the guard portion proximate the cargo bed portion extends upwardly to provide a rear barrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 9963086Abstract: A cover for a vehicle may include a lower portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The cover may also include an upper portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The upper portion may include a first section, a second section, and a third section. Each of the first section, the second section, and the third section may extend from an upper edge of the upper portion to the lower portion. The cover may include a first coupling mechanism and a second coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the first section to the second section. The second coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the second section and the third section.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 9878646Abstract: A cover for a vehicle may include a lower portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The cover may also include an upper portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The upper portion may include a first section, a second section, and a third section. Each of the first section, the second section, and the third section may extend from an upper edge of the upper portion to the lower portion. The cover may include a first coupling mechanism and a second coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the first section to the second section. The second coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the second section and the third section.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 9815395Abstract: A cover for a vehicle may include a lower portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The cover may also include an upper portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The upper portion may include a first section, a second section, and a third section. Each of the first section, the second section, and the third section may extend from an upper edge of the upper portion to the lower portion. The cover may include a first coupling mechanism and a second coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the first section to the second section. The second coupling mechanism may be configured to couple the second section and the third section.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: D1005743Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: 4Knines, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: D1085768Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: 4KNINES, LLCInventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: D1116542Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: 4KNINES, LLCInventor: James Umlauf