Patents Assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
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Patent number: 11965341Abstract: A step clip fastening device, the step clip fastening device comprising: an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein a female locking part is attached to the first end and a male locking part is attached to the second end; a plurality of step clip sets extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from the base strip, wherein each of the step clip set comprising at least two step clips arranged in a back-to-back configuration, wherein a step clip is attached at each of the first end and the second end of the base strip; an anchor protruded at a center of each of the step clip; and one or more tabs extending substantially perpendicularly downwards from the base strip between two corresponding step clips facing each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Michael Schneider
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Publication number: 20240110380Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110382Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110383Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110385Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110384Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240110381Abstract: A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Publication number: 20240093510Abstract: A deck tile assembly is disclosed. The deck tile assembly comprises a frame having at least four sides. The deck tile assembly further comprises a plurality of bars for providing a support structure to the frame. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two parallel sleepers permanently attached between two opposite sides of the frame and mounted on the plurality of bars. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device is mounted on one of the at least two parallel sleepers. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two supporting members for attaching the frame with the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Simon Rafael Marin, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 11891832Abstract: Disclosed is a fence system. The fence system, comprising: a first post; a second post, wherein each of the first post and the second post comprises a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs; a lower rail, wherein a first end of the lower rail is adapted to terminate at a face of the first set of ribs of the first post and a second end of the lower rail is adapted to terminate at a face of the first set of ribs of the second post; and an upper rail, wherein the lower rail and the upper rail are positioned to receive one or more infill boards, such that the one or more infill boards are adapted to terminate at a face of the second set of ribs of the first post and at a face of the second set of ribs of the second post.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Paige Barbara Moore
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Patent number: 11746533Abstract: A method of assembling a deck board by using a step clip fastening device is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of fastening the step clip fastening device onto a joist by using a plurality of fastening tools; sliding a first end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a step clip attached at a first end of the step clip fastening device; and snapping a second end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a corresponding step clip facing the step clip attached at the first end of the step clip fastening device to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the step clip fastening device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventor: Christopher Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 11719016Abstract: A fence post mount device comprising: a base having at least one cavity; a first universal collet having a plurality of collet legs attached to each other through at least one of a plurality of separation notches, wherein a distal end of the first universal collet is inserted into the cavity from a proximal end of the base; a first cap nut inserted into the first universal collet; a post inserted into the cavity of the base; a full thread nut threaded into the first cap nut from a distal end of the base through an opening, wherein each of the plurality of separation notches are broken when the full thread nut is tightened into the first cap nut and each of the collet legs of the first universal collet deforms an inner wall of the post such that the post is securely locked within the cavity of the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Wayne Dixon, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 11719004Abstract: A deck tile assembly is disclosed. The deck tile assembly comprises a frame having at least four sides. The deck tile assembly further comprises a plurality of bars for providing a support structure to the frame. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two parallel sleepers permanently attached between two opposite sides of the frame and mounted on the plurality of bars. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device is mounted on one of the at least two parallel sleepers. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two supporting members for attaching the frame with the ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Simon Rafael Marin, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 11686154Abstract: A racked fence gate assembly comprises an upright having a longitudinal opening and a lateral opening. The assembly also includes an insert received within the longitudinal opening and coupled to the upright. The insert also includes a support portion extending from a rear wall. The assembly further includes a rail having trimmable areas at proximal and distal ends that is at least partially received within a cavity of the insert at a racking angle, the rail including a channel configured to at least partly receive the support portion therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Grant Wright, Christopher Rolland Clark, Christopher Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 11585132Abstract: A magnetic safety gate latch assembly and method of operation. The assembly includes: a pool latch tube, a user-actuated lid coupled to the top end of the pool latch tube; a rotatable shaft within the pool latch tube, an upper end of the shaft rigidly coupled to the lid, and a lower end of the shaft including a shaped base. The assembly further includes a magnet housing that at least partially encloses the shaped base and includes an aperture to cooperatively engage with the shaped base. The assembly further includes a bottom cover coupled to the lower end of the pool latch tube and enclosing the magnet housing, the bottom cover including an aperture facing a latch pin housing, the aperture positioned to expose a magnet. The assembly further includes a ferromagnetic latch pin and housing, and a magnetic latch pin guide slidably enclosing the latch pin.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Craig Kime, Antonello Nizzia, Christopher John Heritage
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Patent number: 11454032Abstract: A step clip fastening device, the step clip fastening device comprising: an elongated base strip having a first end and a second end, wherein a female locking part is attached to the first end and a male locking part is attached to the second end; a plurality of step clip sets extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from the base strip, wherein each of the step clip set comprising at least two step clips arranged in a back-to-back configuration, wherein a step clip is attached at each of the first end and the second end of the base strip; an anchor protruded at a center of each of the step clip; and one or more tabs extending substantially perpendicularly downwards from the base strip between two corresponding step clips facing each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventor: Christopher Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 11352806Abstract: A fence post mount device comprising: a base having at least one cavity; a first universal collet having a plurality of collet legs attached to each other through at least one of a plurality of separation notches, wherein a distal end of the first universal collet is inserted into the cavity from a proximal end of the base; a first cap nut inserted into the first universal collet; a post inserted into the cavity of the base; a full thread nut threaded into the first cap nut from a distal end of the base through an opening, wherein each of the plurality of separation notches are broken when the full thread nut is tightened into the first cap nut and each of the collet legs of the first universal collet deforms an inner wall of the post such that the post is securely locked within the cavity of the base.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Wayne Dixon, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 11261662Abstract: A racked fence gate assembly comprises an upright having a longitudinal opening and a lateral opening. The assembly also includes an insert received within the longitudinal opening and coupled to the upright. The insert also includes a support portion extending from a rear wall. The assembly further includes a rail having trimmable areas at proximal and distal ends that is at least partially received within a cavity of the insert at a racking angle, the rail including a channel configured to at least partly receive the support portion therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Douglas Grant Wright, Christopher Rolland Clark, Christopher Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 11156005Abstract: A deck tile assembly is disclosed. The deck tile assembly comprises a frame having at least four sides. The deck tile assembly further comprises a plurality of bars for providing a support structure to the frame. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two parallel sleepers permanently attached between two opposite sides of the frame and mounted on the plurality of bars. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two step clip fastening devices, wherein each of the step clip fastening device is mounted on one of the at least two parallel sleepers. The deck tile assembly further comprises at least two supporting members for attaching the frame with the ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Simon Rafael Marin, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 11105100Abstract: A method of assembling a deck board by using a step clip fastening device is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of fastening the step clip fastening device onto a joist by using a plurality of fastening tools; sliding a first end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a step clip attached at a first end of the step clip fastening device; and snapping a second end of the deck board into an inner cavity of a corresponding step clip facing the step clip attached at the first end of the step clip fastening device to form a mating relationship between the deck board and the step clip fastening device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventor: Christopher Michael Schneider
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Patent number: D936377Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING, INC.Inventors: Patrick Joseph Bertke, Mario Allard, Michael Matthew DeSalle, Douglas Grant Wright