Patents Assigned to Lifetime Products, Inc.
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Patent number: 8857349Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
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Publication number: 20140299026Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
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Patent number: 8852034Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Larry Stevens
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Patent number: 8845463Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, IncInventor: Larry Stevens
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Patent number: 8839735Abstract: In one example, a watercraft, such as a kayak, is provided that includes a body, at least a portion of the body having a unitary one-piece construction. The body includes a hull and a cockpit that is integral with the hull, and the cockpit includes a seating area. Finally, the example watercraft includes a backrest connected to the body near the seating area and rotatable between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal orientation, and movement of the backrest is limited to rotational motion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Edward VanNimwegen, Brent Steed, Tim Niemier
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Patent number: 8800468Abstract: In one example, a watercraft, such as a kayak, is provided that has a body which includes a hull, a cockpit connected with the hull, and a backrest removably attached to the body. The watercraft may additionally include a fish tail configuration near a stern of the watercraft.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Edward VanNimwegen, Brent Steed, Tim Niemier
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Patent number: 8757069Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Wendell Peery, David Winter, Mitch Johnson
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Patent number: 8746155Abstract: A structure constructed from plastic may include one or more reinforcing portions that are sized and configured to prevent damage to the structure. For example, the structure may be a table top constructed from blow-molded plastic and the table top may include a body with one or more corners. The corners may include an interior portion and an exterior portion, and reinforcement portions may be sized and configured to help prevent damage to the corners of the table top. In addition, one or more depressions may be at least partially disposed within the reinforcement portions, if desired. The reinforcement portions, for example, may include one or more inwardly and/or outwardly extending portions.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Thayne B. Haney, Jacob Kearl
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Patent number: 8739707Abstract: A folding utility table includes a table top having a pair of support pedestals pivotally attached. A first pivotal support brace includes a distal end and a proximal end attached to the first support pedestal. A second pivotal support brace includes a distal end and a proximal end attached to the second support pedestal. In addition, the support pedestals may comprise at least one support leg, and each support leg of the first and second support pedestals may be laterally offset from each other so as to permit an offset displacement of the support legs when the support pedestals are disposed in a collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Carl R. Stanford
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Publication number: 20140145480Abstract: A chair may include a backrest, a seat, and a frame that supports the backrest and seat. The frame may include a plurality of interfacing portions. Each interfacing portion may include a receivable surface and a receiving surface. The receiving surface may have a shape configured to accept a surface having substantially the same shape as the receivable surface. Each interfacing portion may further include an offset separating the receivable surface and the receiving surface. Each interfacing portion may further include a profile having a length larger than the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Jay Calkin, Frank Clegg, Wendell Peery
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Patent number: 8726817Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Patent number: 8720990Abstract: A combination bench and table may include a platform that is movable between a bench configuration and a table configuration. The platform may form a backrest in the bench configuration and a table in the table configuration. The platform may be supported by a cantilever support member that extends upwardly at an angle and a connecting assembly preferably connects the platform and the cantilever support member. The connecting assembly may allow the platform to pivot about an axis and the axis may be disposed proximate a front edge of the table and the lower portion of the backrest. The axis may also be generally vertically aligned with a midpoint of a connecting member of the frame. Further, the axis may be generally horizontally aligned with a lower edge of the backrest when the combination bench and table is disposed in the bench configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Kevin Boydston
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Patent number: 8721003Abstract: A chair may include a seat, a chair back and a frame that may be connected to the seat and/or chair back. The chair back and the frame may include engaging portions and/or receiving portions that may be sized and configured to contact, abut, engage and/or interlock with each other to connect the chair back to the frame. The engaging portions and/or receiving portions may be sized and configured to connect the chair back to the frame using a friction, interference and/or snap fit.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Donald Waite, Ed VanNimwegen, Rich Howe
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Patent number: 8708844Abstract: A basketball system may include a support structure that is sized and configured to support a basketball goal above a playing surface. The basketball system may also include a connecting structure that interconnects the basketball goal and the support structure. For example, the connecting structure may include a first pair of arms with one end connected to the basketball goal and another end connected to the support structure. The connecting structure may also include a second pair of arms with one end connected to the basketball goal and a rim assembly, and the other end connected to the support structure. The connecting structure may further include a third pair of arms with a first end connected to the rim assembly and a second end connected to the support structure. The third pair of arms is preferably disposed between the first pair of arms and the second pair of arms.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: S. Curtis Nye, L. Curtis Strong
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Patent number: 8683929Abstract: 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 table top with a receiving portion disposed at least proximate an intersection of an upper surface and a sidewall. The table top may also include a lip and a lower portion of the lip may include a contact surface that is sized and configured to contact an upper surface of an adjacent, nested table. The lower portion of the lip may also include an engaging portion that is sized and configured to be disposed in a receiving portion of an adjacent, nested table. The contact surface and the engaging portion may be directly adjacent to each other in the lower portion of the lip.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Wendell Peery, David C. Winter, Mitch Johnson
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Patent number: D708462Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: S. Curtis Nye, Frank Clegg
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Patent number: D710623Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Wendell Peery, Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter, Frank Clegg
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Patent number: D714412Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert A Astle, Danny Green, Joel Bennett, Eric Olsen
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Patent number: D715081Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Joel Bennett
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Patent number: D715386Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Eric M. Olsen, Robert A. Astle, Brent R. Allen