Patents Assigned to Abominable Labs, LLC
  • Patent number: 10398601
    Abstract: Bus bar electrical interconnection system adapted for use with an irregularly-shaped eye-shield and adapted for interconnection with leads from a battery to power a heating element affixed to the eye-shield, the interconnection system having bus bars, each bus bar adapted for connection with a lead from the battery, one or more of the bus bars having at least one protruding configuration alteration providing a partial contact surface area of the bus bars, and at least one peripheral member securing interconnection of the partial contact surface area of the bus bars with the heating element, for providing customized heating of the heating element depending upon the number of protruding configuration alterations for customized heating to prevent fogging of the eye-shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Jack C. Cornelius, Vincent O'Malley
  • Patent number: 10111780
    Abstract: Goggle lens and face gasket engagement system having a lens member with first and second ends, a plurality of latch members pivotably attached to the lens member, one latch member attached adjacent each end of the lens member, each latch member having at least one recessed detent area, a flexible face gasket member further comprising a plurality of supple nub protrusions, each supple nub protrusion for residing in a corresponding one of the recessed detent areas of the latch members, a plurality of other alignment protrusions and receptacles interfacing between the lens member and face gasket, and a strap member interconnecting the latch members for securing the goggle lens and face gasket engagement system to a user's head. Preferably, the goggle lens and face gasket engagement system further comprises a multi-point contact electrical system for heating the lens to prevent fogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent O'Malley
  • Patent number: 9999545
    Abstract: Modular, anti-fog goggle system comprising: lens with an anti-fog heating element and electrical contact, a semi-rigid anterior body comprising an inner peripheral engagement receptacle for receiving the lens within the body, the lens being releasably retained by a removable lens retaining member preferably comprising a tongue releasably interconnected with a groove in the body, the anti-fog element on the lens being releasably connected with a battery preferably retained within the body, the releasable electrical connection being reinforced by the tongue and groove interconnection, a flexible posterior interface being adapted for interposition between the removable lens retaining member and a user's face, and strap means adapted for holding the goggle on the user's head or helmet and reinforcing the interconnection between the removable lens retaining member and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius
  • Patent number: 9808375
    Abstract: Power saving method providing a burst of power for defogging an eye-shield apparatus with a thin-film heater, comprising: activating the heater from an off power level to an on-demand mode or from a preliminary intermediate power level during an active-on mode to a max power level and continuing heating for a predetermined first period of time, automatically reducing power after the first period of time and sustaining the lesser power for a second predetermined period of time, after which program control automatically turns off the heater, or automatically reduces the heat back to the preliminary intermediate power level depending upon the initial state of the heater upon activating the burst of power, whether on or off. The method may be repeated as often as necessary from off level in the on-demand mode, or from within a continuous active-on mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Jack C. Cornelius, Vincent O'Malley
  • Patent number: 9693395
    Abstract: Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user's face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on a user's head with, or without, a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David C. McCulloch, Jack C. Cornelius, Toren P. B. Orzeck
  • Patent number: 9681987
    Abstract: Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user's face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on one of a user's head and helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius, Toren Orzeck, Tyler Pesek, Cory Pearman, Evon Epling
  • Patent number: 9678367
    Abstract: A multi-pane, multi-geometry eye-shield adapted to be installed into a frame of an eye-shield, such as a goggle for protecting user's eyes, comprising a spherical anterior outer eye-shield member, a cylindrical posterior inner eye-shield member, an irregular-shaped gasket member between the anterior and posterior eye-shield members forming a water-tight and air-tight semi-annular space therebetween. The posterior cylindrical inner eye-shield member may further be adapted for heating to reduce condensation comprising a thin-film, electrically conductive heating element, such as Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), and electrical contact members to connect the thin-film heating element to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Jack C. Cornelius
  • Patent number: 9532905
    Abstract: A goggle adapted for utilizing a plurality of batteries to perform a powered function for the goggle comprising: a lens retained in a goggle body, strap extension members connected to the goggle body, each extension member defining therein a cavity having a contact for retaining a battery pod, each battery pod having a chemical cell battery therein, for powering the goggle to enable one or more of heating the goggle lens, video capture, GPS, stereo sound or other electronic function of the goggle. The cavities are symmetrical about a z-axis and the batteries for the system are interchangeable such that any battery pod may be flipped about the z-axis and retained in any battery cavity. The goggle is further comprised of a strap portion, either attached to the extension members or integral therewith, for retaining the goggle on a user's head or helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius, Toren Orzeck
  • Patent number: 9351880
    Abstract: Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user's face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on one of a user's head and helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David C. McCulloch, Jack C. Cornelius, Toren P. B. Orzeck
  • Patent number: 9301879
    Abstract: Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user's face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on one of a user's head and helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius, Toren P. B. Orzeck, Tyler A. Pesek, Cory E. Pearman, Evon E. Epling
  • Patent number: 9210737
    Abstract: Eye shield device adapted for fog prevention for use in a ski goggle, dive mask, medical or testing face shield or the like, while preventing undesirable hot spots on the eye shield, comprising an optically-transparent substrate, a plurality of conductive regions defined on the substrate and connected to a powered circuit of one or more channels. The regions on the substrate are electrically isolated from each other in a first embodiment, and the regions on the substrate are not electrically isolated, or contiguous with adjacent regions on the substrate, in a second embodiment. The regions may be uniformly-sized or of varying sizes and shapes from one region to the next region, and resistivity per square of heating material applied to the regions may be selected based on formulation of the heating material and/or thickness of the heating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Jack Cornelius
  • Patent number: 9072591
    Abstract: Eye-shield condensation prevention system for use in a ski goggle, dive mask, medical or testing face shield or the like, that prevents undesirable hot spots on the eye-shield and maintains constant heat, with the ability to compensate for variations in resistance encountered from one eye-shield region to another, and/or one eye-shield to another, comprising a power source, a pulse-width modulator, a microcomputer, a heating element, and a sensing circuit. The microcomputer uses the sensing circuit to sense voltage and determine a value of resistance of the heating element. The microcomputer then uses this value to adjust the duty cycle of the pulse-width modulator, and may employ a two-dimensional table in assisting calculation. Multiple pulse-width modulators may be employed that correspond to a plurality of eye-shield regions and a corresponding plurality of heating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Jack C. Cornelius, Vincent O'Malley
  • Publication number: 20140374402
    Abstract: Power saving method providing a burst of power for defogging an eye-shield apparatus with a thin-film heater, comprising: activating the heater from an off power level to an on-demand mode or from a preliminary intermediate power level during an active-on mode to a max power level and continuing heating for a predetermined first period of time, automatically reducing power after the first period of time and sustaining the lesser power for a second predetermined period of time, after which program control automatically turns off the heater, or automatically reduces the heat back to the preliminary intermediate power level depending upon the initial state of the heater upon activating the burst of power, whether on or off. The method may be repeated as often as necessary from off level in the on-demand mode, or from within a continuous active-on mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Jack C. Cornelius, Vincent O'Malley
  • Publication number: 20140317836
    Abstract: Modular, anti-fog goggle system comprising: lens with an anti-fog heating element and electrical contact, a semi-rigid anterior body comprising an inner peripheral engagement receptacle for receiving the lens within the body, the lens being releasably retained by a removable lens retaining member preferably comprising a tongue releasably interconnected with a groove in the body, the anti-fog element on the lens being releasably connected with a battery preferably retained within the body, the releasable electrical connection being reinforced by the tongue and groove interconnection, a flexible posterior interface being adapted for interposition between the removable lens retaining member and a user's face, and strap means adapted for holding the goggle on the user's head or helmet and reinforcing the interconnection between the removable lens retaining member and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius
  • Publication number: 20140237709
    Abstract: Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user's face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on one of a user's head and helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Abominable Labs, LLC
    Inventors: David McCulloch, Jack Cornelius, Toren Orseck, Tyler Pesek, Cory Pearman, Evon Epling