Patents Assigned to Taylor Made Group, LLC
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Publication number: 20150231950Abstract: An accessory mounting system for a laminated glass windshield includes first and second mating plates securable in a scallop in the laminated glass windshield. Each of the mating plates includes an indentation on an inside surface thereof, where the indentations of the first and second mating plates define a pocket. A stiffening plate is disposed in the pocket, and a fastener secures the first and second mating plates and the stiffening plate together. The first and second mating plates and the stiffening plate include an opening for securing a windshield accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Thomas J. Bender
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Patent number: 9068359Abstract: A releasable fastener assembly is affixable through a panel having a front side and a back side and a mounting hole therethrough. The releasable fastener assembly includes a mounting button attachable to the panel back side, the mounting button having a button shaft sized to fit into the mounting hole and a button head with a diameter larger than the mounting hole. A seal may be fit between the mounting button and the panel back side. One part of a releasable fastener is attachable to the panel front side and has an aperture therein in alignment with the mounting hole. A fixing member secures the one part and the mounting button to each other through the panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLCInventors: Edward J. Erskine, Andrew S. Furlong
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Publication number: 20150165876Abstract: An attachment system connects an object such as a windshield to a vehicle pillar. The attachment system includes a front extrusion connectable to the vehicle pillar and including a connecting member, and a mating extrusion connectable to the vehicle pillar and including a coupling member cooperable with the connecting member. A pocket is machined into one of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion, and a latch is coupled with the other of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion. The front extrusion and the mating extrusion are connectable in an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein in the unlocked position, the connecting member is engaged with the coupling member with the latch displaced from the pocket, and in the locked position, the connecting member is engaged with the coupling member with the latch in alignment and engaged with the pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Thomas J. Bender
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Patent number: 8991099Abstract: A multi-panel door assembly is arrangeable into multiple configurations. The multi-panel door assembly includes at least three panel positions, including a first side position, a second side position, and a center position between the first and second side positions, and a corresponding at least three door panels. A fixed door panel is fixed in the first side position, and a secondary door panel is displaceable between the first side position and the second side position. A swinging door jamb is selectively displaceable between an engaged position where the primary door panel is displaceable between the center position and the second side position, and a disengaged position, where the primary door panel is displaceable between the first side position and the second side position.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Edward J. Erskine
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Publication number: 20150075075Abstract: A multi-panel door assembly is arrangeable into multiple configurations. The multi-panel door assembly includes at least three panel positions, including a first side position, a second side position, and a center position between the first and second side positions, and a corresponding at least three door panels. A fixed door panel is fixed in the first side position, and a secondary door panel is displaceable between the first side position and the second side position. A swinging door jamb is selectively displaceable between an engaged position where the primary door panel is displaceable between the center position and the second side position, and a disengaged position, where the primary door panel is displaceable between the first side position and the second side position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Edward J. Erskine
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Publication number: 20140352600Abstract: A sliding window assembly includes a window frame and a window cooperable with the window frame and displaceable on the window frame between an open position and a closed position. Operating components of the assembly include a counterbalance connected between the window frame and the window and an optional motor that drives a cable connected to the window. The counterbalance is biased to assist the motor in displacing the window relative to the window frame toward the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Edward J. Erskine, Michael Trajlinek
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Patent number: 8875646Abstract: A boat cover for a boat includes a cover section that is sized to cover the deck from bow to stern and extending over the rub rail, and a shipping section attached to the cover section and sized to cover the hull from below the rub rail toward the chine. The shipping section is removable from the cover section. The boat cover eliminates waste as a shipping cover and is usable by the boat owner as a daily or long term storage, mooring and trailering cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Donald A. Zirkelbach, Charles Robert Withers, Dennis J. Parniske
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Publication number: 20140165497Abstract: A bottom trim member secures a curved sheet element such as a windshield or the like on a surface. The bottom trim member includes a bottom trim extrusion having a connecting leg affixable to the curved sheet element and a gasket receiving leg. A gasket is disposed in engagement with the gasket receiving leg, where the gasket is shaped such that the bottom trim extrusion is positionable in multiple orientations relative to the surface and such that the gasket maintains a sealing engagement in any of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. A securing member is affixable to the surface and cooperable with the bottom trim extrusion to secure the bottom trim extrusion to the surface in any one of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Douglas D. Griffith
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Publication number: 20140130728Abstract: A visor is cooperable with a bimini top for a boat. The visor includes a bracket attachable to a bimini top frame, and a visor frame pivotally and removably secured to the bracket. The visor frame is positionable relative to the bracket between an inward position and an outward position. A visor cover is disposed on the visor frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Dennis J. Parniske
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Publication number: 20140102352Abstract: A visor is cooperable with a bimini top for a boat. The visor includes a bracket attachable to a bimini top frame, and a visor frame pivotally and removably secured to the bracket. The visor frame is positionable relative to the bracket between an inward position and an outward position. A visor cover is disposed on the visor frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Dennis J. Parniske
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Publication number: 20140090591Abstract: A portable boat enclosure includes a plurality of separable panels formed of a lightweight material and a storage bag. The panels are connectable into a boat enclosure, and the panels are sized and shaped to be overlaid, folded and rolled to fit in the storage bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Robert R. Shearer, Dennis J. Parniske
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Patent number: 8656594Abstract: A bottom trim member secures a curved sheet element such as a windshield or the like on a surface. The bottom trim member includes a bottom trim extrusion having a connecting leg affixable to the curved sheet element and a gasket receiving leg. A gasket is disposed in engagement with the gasket receiving leg, where the gasket is shaped such that the bottom trim extrusion is positionable in multiple orientations relative to the surface and such that the gasket maintains a sealing engagement in any of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. A securing member is affixable to the surface and cooperable with the bottom trim extrusion to secure the bottom trim extrusion to the surface in any one of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Douglas D. Griffith
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Patent number: 8522480Abstract: A multi-piece hinge pivotably connects a top member and a bottom member. The hinge includes an upper hinge member securable to the top member, a lower hinge member securable to the bottom member and fixable in a frame, a hinge cover secured between the upper hinge member and the lower hinge member, and a spring element acting between the upper hinge member and the lower hinge member. The upper hinge member is pivotable relative to the lower hinge member across a pivot range between a closed position and an open position. The pivot range is limited by a stop assembly. In the closed position, the spring element is positioned to bias the upper hinge member toward the closed position, and in the open position, the spring member is displaced over center to bias the upper hinge member toward the open position.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Robert R. Shearer
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Publication number: 20130061795Abstract: A boat cover for a boat includes a cover section that is sized to cover the deck from bow to stern and extending over the rub rail, and a shipping section attached to the cover section and sized to cover the hull from below the rub rail toward the chine. The shipping section is removable from the cover section. The boat cover eliminates waste as a shipping cover and is usable by the boat owner as a daily or long term storage, mooring and trailering cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Donald A. Zirkelbach, Charles Robert Withers, Dennis J. Parniske
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Publication number: 20120180293Abstract: A bottom trim member secures a curved sheet element such as a windshield or the like on a surface. The bottom trim member includes a bottom trim extrusion having a connecting leg affixable to the curved sheet element and a gasket receiving leg. A gasket is disposed in engagement with the gasket receiving leg, where the gasket is shaped such that the bottom trim extrusion is positionable in multiple orientations relative to the surface and such that the gasket maintains a sealing engagement in any of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. A securing member is affixable to the surface and cooperable with the bottom trim extrusion to secure the bottom trim extrusion to the surface in any one of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Douglas D. Griffith
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Patent number: 8201516Abstract: A removable boat windshield is provided that includes a transparent pane with a top end and a bottom end. At least one male portion is attached to the pane. At least one female portion is attachable to a deck of a boat. The at least one female portion defines a receiving opening for receiving at least a portion of the at least one male portion therein. The removable boat windshield also includes a securement device, operable with the at least one female portion, to releasably connect the male portion to the female portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Brian K. Daniels
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Patent number: 8166725Abstract: A bottom trim member secures a curved sheet element such as a windshield or the like on a surface. The bottom trim member includes a bottom trim extrusion having a connecting leg affixable to the curved sheet element and a gasket receiving leg. A gasket is disposed in engagement with the gasket receiving leg, where the gasket is shaped such that the bottom trim extrusion is positionable in multiple orientations relative to the surface and such that the gasket maintains a sealing engagement in any of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. A securing member is affixable to the surface and cooperable with the bottom trim extrusion to secure the bottom trim extrusion to the surface in any one of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventor: Douglas D. Griffith
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Patent number: 8001919Abstract: An enclosure is removably securable to a support member including a first part of a releasable fastener. The enclosure includes a panel of material sized to enclose the support member. A flexible flap is affixed to the panel, and a second part of the releasable fastener is affixed to the flexible flap. The second part of the releasable fastener is positioned for engagement with the first part when the panel encloses the support member. By affixing the second part of the releasable fastener to the flexible flap, the position of the fastener is adjustable to accommodate panel shrinkage, manufacturing tolerances and the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Robert R. Shearer, Pat Madden
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Patent number: 7954443Abstract: A boat windshield is described including a transparent pane. A rail is disposed adjacent and secured to one of either the bottom or the top edge of the transparent pane. An opening is defined through the rail. An air intake housing is secured to the front surface of the rail. An air intake opening and passageway are defined in the air intake housing. An air discharge housing is secured to the rear surface of the rail. An air discharge opening and passageway are defined in the rear intake housing. The air intake passageway, the opening through the rail, and the air discharge passageway define an air pathway from the front surface to the rear surface of the rail. The air discharge opening is positioned adjacent to the rear surface of the transparent pane to direct air along the rear surface of the transparent pane upon exiting the air discharge housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Christopher A. Mason, Sherman E. Whited, II
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Patent number: D633852Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Taylor Made Group, LLCInventors: Stuart Allan Tyson, Michael James Bryant, Brent Lee Bucks