Patents by Inventor Bryan Krueger

Bryan Krueger 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: 20150027377
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for attracting different types of wild birds, as chosen by a user. In one implementation, a top section is configured to engage a cap, and a bottom section positioned opposite the top section includes at least one feeding station. A supporting member extends vertically from the bottom section to the top section. The supporting member, the top section, and the bottom section forma frame. A reversible insert has an elongated body extending between a first edge and a second edge. The first edge has a plurality of ports, and the second edge one or more slots. The frame is adapted to receive the reversible insert in an orientation based on a size of the bird seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, James Carter, Bryan Krueger
  • Publication number: 20150000604
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder having a perch mounted on a wall of a reservoir having an interior configured to hold bird food is provided. The reservoir has a wall opening to provide access to the interior. The perch is rotated to one of a plurality of positions about an axis line extending through a center of the wall opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Publication number: 20150000603
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a reservoir having a wall defining an interior. The wall has a wall opening to provide access to the interior. A port is mounted on the wall relative to the wall opening. The port includes a protruding portion extending from a surface. The protruding portion defines an opening providing access to the wall opening. A perch has a projecting portion extending from a surface covering the opening defined by the protruding portion. The surface has one or more holes providing access to the opening. The perch is connected to the port such that the projecting portion is moveable to a plurality of positions relative to an axis line extending through a center of the opening defined by the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: 8899179
    Abstract: A bird feeder with a movable lid includes a knob which is grippable by the user of the bird feeder to slide the lid along a suspending cable. The knob includes a U-shaped spring with gripping surfaces that grip the cable. This U-shaped spring is firmly trapped between the knob and the upper surfaces of the lid. This assembly permits easy sliding of the lid against the frictional engagement provided by spring bias so that the lid is held down against the filler opening of the feed reservoir that, but can be slid along the cable against the frictional bias of the spring for easy filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: James Carter, Bryan Krueger, Lynn Hunter
  • Patent number: 8857374
    Abstract: There are generally two styles of modern bird feeders: the tubular feeder with a tubular reservoir and several perches attached to the tubular reservoir at various positions around the reservoir, and the more traditional rectangular bin style with one or two feeding stations. These bin feeders are constructed to feed only general bird seed of mixed variety and are not selectively configurable to feed a specific small seed like thistle. The disclosed bin feeder includes removable and repositionable bin sidewalls with appropriately shaped upper and lower longitudinal edges to exclusively provide appropriate openings for thistle feed along one of the longitudinal edges or an appropriate opening for generally larger seed along the other of the longitudinal edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, James Carter, Bryan Krueger
  • Publication number: 20140259540
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for removably fastening a decoration to a garment (e.g., a scarf or hat) or other decorative material, such that the decoration is secured in a desired orientation. In one implementation, a decorative fastener includes a decoration and a receiver. The decoration has a decorative member and a pin. The decorative member has a surface displaying aesthetic content and a fastening surface. The pin has a securing portion extending from the fastening surface. The securing portion has one or more securing features. The receiver has at least one receiving feature protruding from a surface and forming a plurality of fastening paths. Each of the fastening paths is configured to receive the securing portion of the pin. An orientation of the surface of the decorative member displaying the aesthetic content is based on a selection of one of the plurality of fastening paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Good Threads, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Norwood, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: 8833301
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a reservoir, a port, and a perch. The reservoir is configured to hold bird food and has an opening in a wall to provide access to the bird food. The port is mounted on the wall providing access to the opening in the wall. The perch permits a bird may access the port, and the perch connected such that the perch may be moved to a plurality of positions around the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: 8833302
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a reservoir and a perch. The reservoir has an interior configured to hold bird food and an opening in a wall to provide access to the interior of the reservoir. The perch is connected to the wall such that the perch may be moved to a plurality of positions around the opening in the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: 8639963
    Abstract: A system and method for indirect throttling of a system resource by a processor are disclosed. An information handling system includes a chassis that receives modular components, a processor disposed in the chassis and a system resource in communication with the processor. A management module associated with the chassis generates a throttle signal that throttles operation of the processor in response to receiving an alarm such that the processor reduces the throughput of the system resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael A. Brundridge, Paul T. Artman, Bryan Krueger, Abhishek Mehta
  • Publication number: 20130255581
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a reservoir, a port, and a perch. The reservoir is configured to hold bird food and has an opening in a wall to provide access to the bird food. The port is mounted on the wall providing access to the opening in the wall. The perch permits a bird may access the port, and the perch connected such that the perch may be moved to a plurality of positions around the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Publication number: 20130255582
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for providing different perch positions for feeding birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a reservoir and a perch. The reservoir has an interior configured to hold bird food and an opening in a wall to provide access to the interior of the reservoir. The perch is connected to the wall such that the perch may be moved to a plurality of positions around the opening in the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: 8522717
    Abstract: A liquid birdfeeder includes a generally upstanding container having a large opening at its top end and a bottleneck opening at its lower end. A quarter-turn removable cap is screw-threaded onto the top end to seal the top end opening. The lower bottleneck opening is screw-threaded into a central collar of a feeding basin having a plurality of feeding ports. An actuator rod extends longitudinally through the container and is operatively connected to a biased sealing mechanism which selectively seals or opens the bottleneck opening. When the removable cap is screw-threaded onto the top end opening, the cap depresses the actuator rod causing the biased sealing mechanism to move to an open position which allows liquid to flow out from the container into the feeding basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Woodstream Corporation
    Inventors: James S. Carter, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D678628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D679453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Classic Brands LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Krueger, James Carter
  • Patent number: D682481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D698502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D708401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D713101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: John Bruno, Robert W. Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D720506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventors: John Bruno, Robert W. Donegan, Bryan Krueger
  • Patent number: D723226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger