Patents by Inventor Dana Ratliff

Dana Ratliff 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: 10864620
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tool for holding a recessed handle structure to be installed into a hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of a trunk door, providing required rotational leverage, and applying required linear pressure to locking tabs of the recessed handle structure as it is being installed into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door, thereby securing the recessed handle structure within the hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door. The use of this tool effectively saves time and protects the installer's fingers, hands, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventor: Dana Ratliff
  • Publication number: 20200130154
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tool for holding a recessed handle structure to be installed into a hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of a trunk door, providing required rotational leverage, and applying required linear pressure to locking tabs of the recessed handle structure as it is being installed into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door, thereby securing the recessed handle structure within the hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door. The use of this tool effectively saves time and protects the installer's fingers, hands, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Dana RATLIFF
  • Patent number: 10426212
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a modular helmet apparatus and system comprised of a removable outer shell disposed on an inner frame. The disclosed football helmet provides for enhanced energy diffusion through the use of one or more energy diffusion areas disposed on an outer shell of the helmet, the one or more energy diffusion areas being configured to align with the energy diffusion zones of the frame. Embodiments of the present disclosure enables a user to quickly and easily replace or swap the outer shell of the helmet with a second or replacement shell by selectively coupling the desired outer shell with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Dana Ratliff
  • Patent number: 10306944
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a modular helmet apparatus and system comprised of a removable outer shell disposed on an inner frame. The disclosed football helmet provides for enhanced energy diffusion through the use of one or more energy diffusion areas disposed on an outer shell of the helmet, the one or more energy diffusion areas being configured to align with the energy diffusion zones of the frame. Embodiments of the present disclosure enables a user to quickly and easily replace or swap the outer shell of the helmet with a second or replacement shell by selectively coupling the desired outer shell with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Dana Ratliff
  • Patent number: D917101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Dana Ratliff