Patents by Inventor Charles E. Bauer, JR.

Charles E. Bauer, JR. 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: 9475515
    Abstract: A mountable smart device holder for use on a shopping cart handle or the like. The holder includes: a front side having a generally planar surface; a lip that extends about a bottom and a side portion of the generally planar surface; a horizontal clamp and a vertical clamp proximately located in a lower corner region of the front side for holding a smart device, wherein the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp include a lifting mechanism that raises both the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp in response to pressing a single lever on one of the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp; a mounting clamp affixed to the rear side of the holder, wherein the mounting clamp includes a spring loaded claw and lever element; and an opening in the generally planar surface that provides access to the lever element of the mounting clamp from the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KOUPKART, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew K. Carruthers, Charles E. Bauer, Jr., Robert Peck
  • Publication number: 20160257330
    Abstract: A mountable smart device holder for use on a shopping cart handle or the like. The holder includes: a front side having a generally planar surface; a lip that extends about a bottom and a side portion of the generally planar surface; a horizontal clamp and a vertical clamp proximately located in a lower corner region of the front side for holding a smart device, wherein the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp include a lifting mechanism that raises both the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp in response to pressing a single lever on one of the horizontal clamp and the vertical clamp; a mounting clamp affixed to the rear side of the holder, wherein the mounting clamp includes a spring loaded claw and lever element; and an opening in the generally planar surface that provides access to the lever element of the mounting clamp from the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew K. Carruthers, Charles E. Bauer, JR., Robert Peck
  • Patent number: D769858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KOUPKART, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew K. Carruthers, Charles E. Bauer, Jr., Robert Peck