Patents by Inventor Dane Brooks Barnes

Dane Brooks Barnes 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: 12607033
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20250366619
    Abstract: A foldable chair is disclosed herein, where the foldable chair includes a first plurality of frame components forming a seat of the chair, a second plurality of frame components forming a backrest coupled with the seat and moveable relative thereto; rear legs; rear joint assemblies enabling the backrest to translate between angles of reclination relative to the seat in a supporting configuration and to collapse the backrest toward the seat and align the rear legs with the first and second horizontal frame components in a transport configuration; front legs coupled with the first plurality of frame components; and first and second engagement structures that allow for an indirect coupling between the first plurality of frame components and the front legs, the engagement structures operating in tandem with the rear joint assemblies to hingedly collapse the front legs against the respective rear legs in the transport configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Christian Barnes, Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater
  • Publication number: 20250012108
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20240240489
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: 11970876
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: 11946273
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHIBUMI SHADE, INC.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20240011316
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20230313555
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20230126867
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is disclosed, where the system includes at least one frame that includes a plurality of sections configured for engagement in an end-to-end alignment to provide the frame in a supporting configuration; a canopy defining a length and a width, the canopy being supportable by the at least one frame in the supporting configuration such that the frame extends along the length of the canopy or along the width of the canopy; and a plurality of anchors engageable with one or both of the canopy and the frame, at least one of the plurality of anchors being engageable with a corner of the canopy, wherein, in the supporting configuration, the canopy is supported by the frame and the plurality of anchors and is at least partially supportable by wind for providing shade onto the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes, Alexei Tcherepanov
  • Patent number: 11634924
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20230089529
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: 11536046
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: 11299904
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: 11255103
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20210404208
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20210293045
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Publication number: 20210293044
    Abstract: A system for providing shade onto a surface is described herein. The system includes a canopy configured for engagement with, and aerial suspension by, a frame. The frame includes a plurality of sections configured for end-to-end alignment from a left end to a right end of the frame. Each section is configured to engage with any adjacent sections to form the frame. The ends of the frame are secured to the surface, thereby aerially suspending the canopy and providing shade to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: D989350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: D1014687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Brooks Barnes, Alexander Griffith Slater, Scott Christian Barnes
  • Patent number: D1084195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Shibumi Shade, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Christian Barnes, William S. McElwain, Alexander Griffith Slater, Dane Brooks Barnes