Patents by Inventor Darrell A. Moreau

Darrell A. Moreau 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).

  • TOOL HOLDER COMPATIBLE WITH MOLLE/PALS ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160367021
    Abstract: A tool holder compatible with MOLLE/PALS webbing systems has a holder body defining a tool compartment with a holder opening, a back surface extending along a holder longitudinal axis, a bottom surface, and a front surface. A strap has a first end secured adjacent a top end of the tool holder with the strap body extending down along the holder back surface and around the bottom surface to the strap distal end portion, which includes a connector first portion. A connector second portion is secured to a holder front surface for releasably engaging the connector first portion. When the connector first portion engages the connector second portion, the strap wraps around the holder bottom surface and extends part way upward along the holder front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • TOOL VEST
    Publication number: 20160345712
    Abstract: A wearable upper-body garment has a plurality of first webbings secured to the garment front panel in a substantially parallel relation, each of the plurality of first webbings defining at least one passageway between the webbing and the front panel with the passageways extending perpendicular to the webbing. The first webbings extend upwardly and outwardly from a sternal region on the front panel that divides the garment front panel into a right half and a left half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool vest
    Patent number: 9486058
    Abstract: A wearable upper-body garment has a plurality of first webbings secured to the garment front panel in a substantially parallel relation, each of the plurality of first webbings defining at least one passageway between the webbing and the front panel with the passageways extending perpendicular to the webbing. The first webbings extend upwardly and outwardly from a sternal region on the front panel that divides the garment front panel into a right half and a left half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Drop-prevention apparatus for a rolled product
    Patent number: 9480327
    Abstract: A lanyard apparatus for a rolled product includes a flexible strap having first and second strap ends and a body portion between the strap ends. The first strap end is secured to the body portion at an attachment point to define a first loop. A hollow tubular member is installed over the body portion between a second strap end portion and the attachment point. The second strap end portion extends from the tubular member and has an opening sized to permit passage of the first loop therethrough to thereby define an openable second loop. The tubular member has a first arm, a second arm spaced apart from the first arm, a transverse part extending transversely between and connecting a lower first arm portion and a lower second arm portion, and an upper transverse portion extending transversely from an upper second arm portion and aligned with the transverse part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Ratchet wrench with a locking release assembly
    Publication number: 20160311090
    Abstract: A socket release assembly for a ratchet drive or ratchet wrench that includes a ratchet gear housing, a ratchet head connected to the ratchet gear housing, a push button disposed within the ratchet gear housing and the ratchet head with a portion extending through an opening in the ratchet gear housing, a channel lock disposed within the ratchet gear housing above the ratchet head, a ball lock disposed within the ratchet head and in mating contact with the push button, a ball bearing disposed within the ratchet head between the ball lock and a ball bearing opening in the ratchet head, a release pin within the ball lock and in mating contact with the channel lock where sliding of the release pin causes the channel lock to be slidably positioned allowing the push button to be depressed into ratchet gear housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau, Reginald J. Moreau, Ben Bachman
  • LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR A TOOL CARRIER
    Publication number: 20160305648
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for use in a tool carrier includes a conduit made of a translucent material. The conduit defines a conduit path sized to extend along a perimeter of a tool carrier floor. Light sources are disposed in the conduit and are electrically connected to a power source retained by the tool carrier. The lighting apparatus provides light to the inside of the tool carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau, Reginald J. Moreau
  • METHOD OF TETHERING A TOOL
    Publication number: 20160257065
    Abstract: A tool tethering method includes the steps of providing a tool with a longitudinal portion, installing a base layer on the longitudinal portion, providing an overwrap member, and providing a connector strap. The connector strap includes a length of webbing secured to a connector and defining a first catch and a second catch. The connector strap is positioned with the body portion axially aligned with the longitudinal portion of the tool, with the first catch and the second catch facing away from the longitudinal portion, and with the back surface in contact with the base layer. The overwrap member is installed over the body portion of the connector strap and the corresponding region of the longitudinal portion of the tool and base layer, thereby securing the connector strap to the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Lanyard attachment assembly
    Patent number: 9402457
    Abstract: A lanyard attachment assembly has a sleeve with an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface defines a passageway through the sleeve. A strap passes through the passageway and forms a closed loop to link the closed loop to the sleeve. The assembly optionally includes a connector with a connector opening therethrough. When the assembly includes a connector, the strap passes through the connector opening where the closed loop links the connector to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool collet for securing a hand tool to a tool lanyard
    Publication number: 20160192766
    Abstract: A method of creating a shear across a fastener for a tool collet being attached to a hand tool includes providing a tool collet having a collet body with a peripheral body surface and a collet through opening where the collet body is divided into a first body component and a second body component attachable to each other and where one of the first body component and the second body component has a first radial through aperture extending from the peripheral body surface to the collet through opening, providing a setscrew within the first radial through aperture, inserting a hand tool into the collet through opening, securing the first body component to the second body component , and tightening the setscrew against the hand tool sufficient to cause the first body component and the second body component to slide in opposite directions transversely to the portion of the hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • TETHER CLIP AND METHOD OF TETHERING HARD HATS
    Publication number: 20160183620
    Abstract: A method of storing a hard hat tether attached to a hard hat includes the steps of providing a hard hat; providing a clip holder having a latch plate with a latch opening that defines at least one attachment handle; providing a clip member defining a tether opening and having a locking mechanism constructed to removably secure the clip member to the clip holder by capturing the attachment handle; providing a hard hat tether having a first tether end portion secured to the clip member by extending through the tether opening of the clip member, a second tether end portion, and a tether body portion secured to the clip holder; securing the second tether end portion to the hard hat; and attaching the clip member to the attachment handle of the clip holder, thereby storing the clip member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Clip for attaching articles together
    Patent number: 9375074
    Abstract: A clip system includes a first resilient clip member having a curved rear wall portion and finger gripping portions sufficiently resilient that when pressed together by the fingers of an operator, the jaw portions will open and when released will be urged toward an abutted condition, the curved rear wall portion having a first aperture with a concave recess at an outer surface, a slot extending from the first aperture to a second aperture located a predefined distance from the first aperture where the slot is narrower than the first aperture and the second aperture, and a detent connected to the clip member and adjacent to the slot, and a tether member rotationally and pivotally connected to and retained in the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • TETHER CLIP FOR HARD HATS
    Publication number: 20160143384
    Abstract: A slot member for a hard hat having a universal accessory slot includes a slot member body having a proximal body end portion and a distal body end portion, a front face, and a rear face. The slot member body includes a resilient tab protruding away from the front face of the slot member body and a lip extending away from the rear face of the slot member body and defining a catch surface facing towards the distal body end portion. The slot member body is plate-like and sized to be received through the universal accessory slot of the hard hat with the lip overlapping the slot rim. A latch plate adjoins and extends distally from the distal body end portion of the slot member body, where the latch plate has a latch opening defining an attachment handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Badge clip assembly
    Patent number: D763673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool collet for securing a hand tool to a tool lanyard
    Patent number: D766058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool collet for securing a hand tool to a tool lanyard
    Patent number: D766059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Hand tool subassembly
    Patent number: D766692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Fitting with swivel D-ring
    Patent number: D769705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Fastener with locking ring
    Patent number: D770884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool collet for securing a hand tool to a tool lanyard
    Patent number: D773270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Lighted ring
    Patent number: D775376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau, Reginald Moreau