Patents by Inventor Andrew Donati

Andrew Donati has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11540439
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a seat plate movably coupled to the frame. An operator seat is coupled to the seat plate. An armrest is laterally spaced from the operator seat and includes an elongated support, an arm support surface, and a control panel. The elongated support has a first end fixed to the seat plate and a second end. The arm support surface is coupled to the second end and can support a user's arm. The control panel is positioned between the arm support surface and the second end of the elongated support. The control panel is fixed to the elongated support for movement with the seat plate such that the control panel remains stationary relative to the seat plate. The control panel includes an actuator to control a function of the lawn mower. The actuator is configured to be actuated while the user's arm is on the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ariens Company
    Inventors: Daniel J. Gindt, Andrew Donati, Christopher Forrest, Derek Mikula, Rebecca Vissers, Fredric D. Schreiner, Scott Lyman, Matthew P. Schuller-Rach
  • Publication number: 20210378175
    Abstract: A utility machine, such as an outdoor power equipment unit such as a lawn mower, includes a work unit performing work in addition to motive power for the utility machine and a trailer occupied by an operator in a standing position. The operator may seamlessly step onto the trailer to operate the machine in stand-on mode and step off the trailer to operate the machine in walk-behind mode. The trailer remains in the deployed condition in both stand-on mode and walk-behind mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas E. Phillip, Aric Hamburg, William D. Maile, Craig Key, Brent P. Berglund, Michael Rukamp, Andrew Donati, Jeffrey M. Berchem, John Adams
  • Patent number: 11116130
    Abstract: A utility machine, such as an outdoor power equipment unit such as a lawn mower, includes a work unit performing work in addition to motive power for the utility machine and a trailer occupied by an operator in a standing position. The operator may seamlessly step onto the trailer to operate the machine in stand-on mode and step off the trailer to operate the machine in walk-behind mode. The trailer remains in the deployed condition in both stand-on mode and walk-behind mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
  • Publication number: 20200022303
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a seat plate movably coupled to the frame. An operator seat is coupled to the seat plate. An armrest is laterally spaced from the operator seat and includes an elongated support, an arm support surface, and a control panel. The elongated support has a first end fixed to the seat plate and a second end. The arm support surface is coupled to the second end and can support a user's arm. The control panel is positioned between the arm support surface and the second end of the elongated support. The control panel is fixed to the elongated support for movement with the seat plate such that the control panel remains stationary relative to the seat plate. The control panel includes an actuator to control a function of the lawn mower. The actuator is configured to be actuated while the user's arm is on the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel J. Gindt, Andrew Donati, Christopher Forrest, Derek Mikula, Rebecca Vissers, Fredric D. Schreiner, Scott Lyman, Matthew P. Schuller-Rach
  • Publication number: 20190166758
    Abstract: A utility machine, such as an outdoor power equipment unit such as a lawn mower, includes a work unit performing work in addition to motive power for the utility machine and a trailer occupied by an operator in a standing position. The operator may seamlessly step onto the trailer to operate the machine in stand-on mode and step off the trailer to operate the machine in walk-behind mode. The trailer remains in the deployed condition in both stand-on mode and walk-behind mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
  • Patent number: 7713182
    Abstract: An exercise device comprises a frame, including a pair of arcuate rails having a central curved portion, a first end, and a second end. The pair of rails are disposed in fixed parallel relation with one another with a first end member interconnecting the first ends of the rails and a second end member interconnecting the second ends of the rails. The exercise device further comprises a platform operatively connected to the frame for supporting a person thereon. The device may be oriented in various orientations including: 1) a rocking orientation wherein the curved portions of the pair of rails abut a surface on which the device is placed such that the device may move in a rocking motion relative to the surface and 2) a stationary orientation wherein the first end member and the second end member abut the surface on which the device is placed such that the device is stationary relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Edison Nation, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Bizzell, Andrew Donati, Ryan Gorman, Chris Hoy, Todd Stancombe
  • Patent number: 7661766
    Abstract: A rim assembly comprises a rim including a peripheral rim portion for the mounting of a wheel; a wheel cover affixed to the rim and configured to rotate about an axis of the rim; and an oscillator attached to the wheel cover and configured to move back and forth between a first position and a second position based on rotation of the wheel cover about the axis. The oscillator is configured to protract axially away from the wheel cover when moving from the second position toward the first position and to retract axially toward the wheel cover when moving from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jon R. Davis, Ian D. Kovacevich, Chris Hoy, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Tom Philpott, Andrew Peeler, Andrew Donati
  • Patent number: 7637855
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a platform for use in exercises in an unstable configuration. The platform includes a stepping deck for receiving a user; an arched base for rocking support of the stepping deck on a workout surface; and a resistance band assembly housed within the platform, with the resistance band assembly including a plurality of resistance bands. The exercise apparatus may include a frame that is adapted to removably receive and support the platform above a workout surface in a stable configuration for use in exercises. In another exercise apparatus, the platform is secured to the frame such that, in a first orientation, the platform is stable; and in a second, inverted orientation, the platform is unstable. The platform is plank-shaped, and the stepping deck includes two stepping surfaces, each surface being located on an opposite side of the stepping deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Edison Nation, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Bizzell, Christopher Hoy, Jerry Shew, Amy Fessler Cotta, James Cotta, Ryan S. Gorman, Todd S. Stancombe, Andrew Donati
  • Publication number: 20080318743
    Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a platform for use in exercises in an unstable configuration. The platform includes a stepping deck for receiving a user; an arched base for rocking support of the stepping deck on a workout surface; and a resistance band assembly housed within the platform, with the resistance band assembly including a plurality of resistance bands. The exercise apparatus may include a frame that is adapted to removably receive and support the platform above a workout surface in a stable configuration for use in exercises. In another exercise apparatus, the platform is secured to the frame such that, in a first orientation, the platform is stable; and in a second, inverted orientation, the platform is unstable. The platform is plank-shaped, and the stepping deck includes two stepping surfaces, each surface being located on an opposite side of the stepping deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Lee BIZZELL, Christopher Hoy, Jerry Shew, Amy Fessler Cotta, James Cotta, Ryan S. Gorman, Todd S. Stancombe, Andrew Donati
  • Publication number: 20080108487
    Abstract: An exercise device comprises a frame, including a pair of arcuate rails having a central curved portion, a first end, and a second end. The pair of rails are disposed in fixed parallel relation with one another with a first end member interconnecting the first ends of the rails and a second end member interconnecting the second ends of the rails. The exercise device further comprises a platform operatively connected to the frame for supporting a person thereon. The device may be oriented in various orientations including: 1) a rocking orientation wherein the curved portions of the pair of rails abut a surface on which the device is placed such that the device may move in a rocking motion relative to the surface and 2) a stationary orientation wherein the first end member and the second end member abut the surface on which the device is placed such that the device is stationary relative to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: CORE EXERCISE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bizzell, Andrew Donati, Ryan Gorman, Christopher Hoy, Todd Stancombe
  • Publication number: 20080036285
    Abstract: A rim assembly comprises a rim including a peripheral rim portion for the mounting of a wheel; a wheel cover affixed to the rim and configured to rotate about an axis of the rim; and an oscillator attached to the wheel cover and configured to move back and forth between a first position and a second position based on rotation of the wheel cover about the axis. The oscillator is configured to protract axially away from the wheel cover when moving from the first position toward the second position and to retract axially toward the wheel cover when moving from the second position toward the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicants: Bouncing Brain Productions Subsidiary 11, LLC, Oscillators, LLC
    Inventors: Jon R. Davis, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Chris Hoy, Ian D. Kovacevich, Tom Philpott, Andrew Donati, Andrew Peeler
  • Patent number: D919671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ARIENS COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Donati, Grant Gierosky, Trenton J. Meyer, Cory Petersen