Patents by Inventor Brian Haack

Brian Haack 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).

  • Publication number: 20070096506
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided for connecting a floor and a structural wall. The connector assembly includes a first elongated bracket mounted to one of the floor and the structural wall and defines a female channel. A second elongated bracket is mounted to the other of the floor and the structural wall and includes a male projection complimentary in configuration to the female channel. The male projection is disposed within the female channel in a dovetail type connection. At least one of the male projection and the female channel includes a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves to permit a flow of an adhesive between the male projection and the female channel along the longitudinal length of the first and second elongated brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Haack
  • Publication number: 20070096505
    Abstract: A lightweight modular construction for use as a slide-out structure in a recreational vehicle is provided. The slide-out structure comprises a floor, a structural wall, and a roof. The floor, the roof, and the wall structure may include a plurality of reinforced foam panels, connected together in a modular fashion. A first and a second elongated bracket interconnect the floor and the structural wall by an interlocking dovetail connection. A header bracket interconnects the structural wall and the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Haack
  • Patent number: 6986541
    Abstract: The present invention is an integrated storage compartment for a truck bed liner. A divider panel and an enclosure panel are formed by either molding or cutting slits on three sides of the liner bottom or rear wall, respectively. The fourth sideforms a living hinge. The living hinge allows the unattached portion of the truck bed liner bottom to move freely about the hinge. The side walls of the truck bed liner include receiving channels into which the divider and enclosure panels are locked into place. The side walls also have a closure means which comprise horizontal protrusions that form a closure channel to receive the enclosure panel. Thus, an operator can position the divider panel to a 90 position with respect to the bottom and lock it into the receiving channels found on the side walls. The enclosure panel is rotated to a 90 position with respect to a base panel and is inserted into the closure means to form, in conjunction with the divider panel, an enclosed trunk storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Blackwood Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Haack
  • Patent number: 6948761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a frame and cover assembly for use with a truck having a truck bed. The frame includes frame bars that are disposable on the top ends of the walls of the truck bed and corner brackets for connecting adjacent bars to form the support frame for the cover material. The cover material attaches to the support frame with fastening means disposed on the perimetric edge of the cover material. The support frame may be used to mount hard, soft or semi-rigid cover materials thereto without any additional components required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: The Colonel's International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Haack, Louis Simko, Gary Mobley
  • Publication number: 20040119314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a frame and cover assembly for use with a truck having a truck bed. The frame includes frame bars that are disposable on the top ends of the walls of the truck bed and corner brackets for connecting adjacent bars to form the support frame for the cover material. The cover material attaches to the support frame with fastening means disposed on the perimetric edge of the cover material. The support frame may be used to mount hard, soft or semi-rigid cover materials thereto without any additional components required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Haack, Louis Simko, Gary M. Bley
  • Patent number: 6015178
    Abstract: The present invention is a truck bed liner having two side walls, a front wall, a bottom, and a rear wall, the bottom further having an integrated liner incorporated into it. The divider is formed by either molding or cutting slots on three sides of the liner bottom. The fourth side is molded or cut into a living hinge. The living hinge allows the unattached portion of the truck bed liner bottom to move freely about the hinge. The side walls of the truck bed liner include receiving channels into which the hinged dividers are locked into place. A latch is molded into and extends from the lower aspect of each sidewall at a point in which when the divider is placed into its horizontal position, will hold it in place. In operation, an operator can position the hinged divider to a 90.degree. position with respect to the bottom and lock it into the receiving channels found on the side walls. Once locked into position, a compartment is created on each side of the raised wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Brian Haack