Patents by Inventor Collin Ostergaard

Collin Ostergaard 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: 20240343284
    Abstract: A shopping cart has a base, a basket that moves up and down, and a latching mechanism to secure the basket to the base in a variety of vertical positions. The base has wheels, and legs extending upwardly. The basket has receivers to receive the legs of the base. The latching mechanism has an activator, a bias member, and latching pins. The activator moves from a normal position to a biased position to move the latching pins from an engaged position to a disengaged position. The latching pins are removed from the openings in the legs when the activator is in the biased position, and the latching pins engage openings in the legs when the activator is in the normal positon to secure the basket at a variety of positions about the legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Fitzwater, Erin Rice, Collin Ostergaard
  • Publication number: 20240343341
    Abstract: A cycle has a frame, a seat, a rear wheel, a front fork and handlebar, a front wheel rotatably secured to the front fork, and first and second pedals removably connected to the front wheel. The seat has a base, a top portion pivotally connected to the base to move between an open position and a closed position, and a cavity between the base and the top portion that is accessible when the top portion is in open position. The cavity has receivers that are sized to hold the first and second pedals after the first and second pedals are removed from the front wheel. The top portion can be moved to the closed position when the first and second pedals are in the receivers to store the first and second pedals in the cavity of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Collin Ostergaard, Jason Fitzwater
  • Patent number: 11975786
    Abstract: A convertible cargo holder for a bicycle that is operable in a cargo mode and a child carry mode. The holder has a frame that is secured to the bicycle and that has a hoop. A liner is removably secured to the frame and has first and second side walls, first and second end walls, and a bottom wall. The liner has disconnecting fasteners to secure the side walls to the end walls, and disconnecting fasteners to secure the liner to the hoop. In cargo mode the side walls are secured to the end walls, and each of the walls are secured to the hoop to create a basket. In child carry mode the side walls are disconnected from the end walls and the hoop, and the side walls hang below the bottom wall. Seats are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Goodman, Collin Ostergaard, Kyle Kenagy
  • Patent number: 11718337
    Abstract: A handle release and locking mechanism for a wagon is provided. The mechanism has a pivotable drum, a handle secured to the drum, a release pedal, a main shaft about which the drum and release pedal pivot, and a locking pin. The release pedal moves from a locked position to an unlocked position by a user. The locking pin extends through the release pedal and the drum, and moves from a first position to a second position via movement of the release pedal. When the locking pin is in the first position the handle is locked in a generally vertical position. When the release pedal is moved to the unlocked position the locking pin is moved to the second position and the handle and pivotable drum can pivot about the main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Collin Ostergaard, Cameron Eckert
  • Patent number: 11649006
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a drift scooter, including: handlebars operatively coupled to a front wheel and mounted from a scooter body; first and second legs extending from the scooter body; first and second castered rear wheels mounted from the respective first and second legs; and first and second foot platforms operatively coupled with the respective first and second castered rear wheels wherein the first and second foot platforms pivot. The first and second rear wheels are adjusted in response to pivoting of the respective first and second foot platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Weber, Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: 11642601
    Abstract: A folding play structure is provided. The play structure is convertible between a storage position and a use position, and has first, second, third and fourth sidewalls. A center beam is positioned between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. A first foldable frame structure joins one end of the first sidewall to one end of the second sidewall, and a second foldable frame structure joins the other end of the first sidewall to the other end of the second sidewall. A frame lock is provided and is prevented from moving when the play structure is in the use position to retain the structure in the use position. The structure has legs, a slide and a ladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Young, Kyle Kenagy, Collin Ostergaard, Jacob Swan
  • Publication number: 20230112111
    Abstract: A folding mechanism for a scooter to transition the scooter from a use position to a folded position. The folding mechanism has an upper housing connected to a steering tube of the scooter, and a lower housing operably secured to a fork of the scooter and pivotally secured to the upper housing about a folding axle. A lever is pivotally attached to the folding axle and operates to move a locking clamp from an unlocked position to a locked position. The locking connects the upper housing and the lower housing in the locked position. Additionally, a locking sleeve engages the lever to prevent the lever from being moved from the locked position to the unlocked position when the locking sleeve is in its locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Fitzwater, Collin Ostergaard
  • Publication number: 20220379989
    Abstract: A convertible cargo holder for a bicycle that is operable in a cargo mode and a child carry mode. The holder has a frame that is secured to the bicycle and that has a hoop. A liner is removably secured to the frame and has first and second side walls, first and second end walls, and a bottom wall. The liner has disconnecting fasteners to secure the side walls to the end walls, and disconnecting fasteners to secure the liner to the hoop. In cargo mode the side walls are secured to the end walls, and each of the walls are secured to the hoop to create a basket. In child carry mode the side walls are disconnected from the end walls and the hoop, and the side walls hang below the bottom wall. Seats are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Anne Goodman, Collin Ostergaard, Kyle Kenagy
  • Publication number: 20220194451
    Abstract: A wagon having a wagon frame, a push bar and a handle is provided. The wagon frame has a first end assembly and an opposing second end assembly. First and second rear wheels are rotatably connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly, and first and second front wheels are rotatably and pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly. The handle is pivotally connected to the first end assembly, and the push bar is pivotally connected to the second end assembly. The push bar is lockably positionable in a plurality of use positions and a storage position with a ratchet mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Samantha Sturgeon, Collin Ostergaard, Scott Padiak
  • Patent number: 11358675
    Abstract: A lockable steering mechanism for a children's ride-on vehicle is provided. The steering mechanism has a steering shaft coupled to a steering link that is coupled to the vehicle's front wheels. A steering wheel is axially fixed to the steering shaft. A lifter guide is rotationally and axially fixed to the steering shaft, and a lifter is rotationally fixed to and axially moveable about the lifter guide. A rotatable locking ring rotates from a first position to a second position. The lifter engages the steering wheel when the locking ring is in the first position to rotationally fix the steering wheel to the steering shaft. The lifter is rotationally decoupled from the steering wheel when the locking ring is in a second position to rotationally decouple the steering wheel from the steering shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Korte, Collin Ostergaard, Cameron Eckert, Jacob Swan
  • Publication number: 20210387101
    Abstract: A folding play structure is provided. The play structure is convertible between a storage position and a use position, and has first, second, third and fourth sidewalls. A center beam is positioned between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. A first foldable frame structure joins one end of the first sidewall to one end of the second sidewall, and a second foldable frame structure joins the other end of the first sidewall to the other end of the second sidewall. A frame lock is provided and is prevented from moving when the play structure is in the use position to retain the structure in the use position. The structure has legs, a slide and a ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Young, Kyle Kenagy, Collin Ostergaard, Jacob Swan
  • Publication number: 20210122403
    Abstract: A handle release and locking mechanism for a wagon is provided. The mechanism has a pivotable drum, a handle secured to the drum, a release pedal, a main shaft about which the drum and release pedal pivot, and a locking pin. The release pedal moves from a locked position to an unlocked position by a user. The locking pin extends through the release pedal and the drum, and moves from a first position to a second position via movement of the release pedal. When the locking pin is in the first position the handle is locked in a generally vertical position. When the release pedal is moved to the unlocked position the locking pin is moved to the second position and the handle and pivotable drum can pivot about the main shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Collin Ostergaard, Cameron Eckert
  • Publication number: 20210107553
    Abstract: A lockable steering mechanism for a children's ride-on vehicle is provided. The steering mechanism has a steering shaft coupled to a steering link that is coupled to the vehicle's front wheels. A steering wheel is axially fixed to the steering shaft. A lifter guide is rotationally and axially fixed to the steering shaft, and a lifter is rotationally fixed to and axially moveable about the lifter guide. A rotatable locking ring rotates from a first position to a second position. The lifter engages the steering wheel when the locking ring is in the first position to rotationally fix the steering wheel to the steering shaft. The lifter is rotationally decoupled from the steering wheel when the locking ring is in a second position to rotationally decouple the steering wheel from the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Korte, Collin Ostergaard, Cameron Eckert, Jacob Swan
  • Publication number: 20210061332
    Abstract: A wagon having a wagon frame, a push bar and a handle is provided. The wagon frame has a first end assembly and an opposing second end assembly. First and second rear wheels are rotatably connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly, and first and second front wheels are rotatably and pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly. The handle is pivotally connected to the first end assembly, and the push bar is pivotally connected to the second end assembly. The push bar is lockably positionable in a plurality of use positions and a storage position with a ratchet mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Samantha Sturgeon, Collin Ostergaard, Scott Padiak
  • Publication number: 20210061397
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a drift scooter, including: handlebars operatively coupled to a front wheel and mounted from a scooter body; first and second legs extending from the scooter body; first and second castered rear wheels mounted from the respective first and second legs; and first and second foot platforms operatively coupled with the respective first and second castered rear wheels wherein the first and second foot platforms pivot. The first and second rear wheels are adjusted in response to pivoting of the respective first and second foot platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Weber, Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: D903774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventor: Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: D921765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventor: Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: D991141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Goodman, Igor Zemskov, Collin Ostergaard
  • Patent number: D1044962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: The Radio Flyer Company
    Inventors: Collin Ostergaard, Joseph Korte
  • Patent number: D1046987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: The Radio Flyer Company
    Inventors: Collin Ostergaard, Joseph Korte, Todd Herlitz