Patents by Inventor Christian Aime Charles Soteau

Christian Aime Charles Soteau 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).

  • Device for attaching accessories to bars, application to motor vehicle roof rail bars
    Patent number: 8444033
    Abstract: A device for attaching accessories to a vehicle roof bar, the device comprising, a threaded control rod, two threaded nuts threaded onto the control rod, two guide bodies, wherein each of the guide bodies has one of the threaded nuts positioned within the guide body, a C-shaped rail, wherein each of the guide bodies and each of the threaded nuts are positioned within the C-shaped rail; two jaws, each of the jaws being attached to one of the guide bodies and a first portion of each jaw being located outside the C-shaped rail, whereby rotation of the control rod in a first direction causes the guide bodies to move towards each other thereby allowing a second portion of the jaws to contact the vehicle roof bar, and where further rotation of the control rod in the first direction locks the guide body within the C-shaped rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventors: Patrice Jean Marie Alain Brochier, Christian Aime Charles Soteau
  • DEVICE FOR ATTACHING ACCESSORIES TO BARS, APPLICATION TO MOTOR VEHICLE ROOF RAIL BARS
    Publication number: 20110309119
    Abstract: A device for attaching accessories to a vehicle roof bar, the device comprising, a threaded control rod, two threaded nuts threaded onto the control rod, two guide bodies, wherein each of the guide bodies has one of the threaded nuts positioned within the guide body, a C-shaped rail, wherein each of the guide bodies and each of the threaded nuts are positioned within the C-shaped rail; two jaws, each of the jaws being attached to one of the guide bodies and a first portion of each jaw being located outside the C-shaped rail, whereby rotation of the control rod in a first direction causes the guide bodies to move towards each other thereby allowing a second portion of the jaws to contact the vehicle roof bar, and where further rotation of the control rod in the first direction locks the guide body within the C-shaped rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Patrice Jean Marie Alain Brochier, Christian Aime Charles Soteau