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).

  • Lanyard attachment assembly
    Patent number: 9339100
    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: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 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: 20160128455
    Abstract: A tool collet for creating a lanyard attachment point on a hand tool that includes a collet body with a through opening, an annular groove in one of a first body side of the collet body, a second body side of the collet body or a peripheral body surface of the collet body, a lanyard ring having an annular end adapted to be disposed and captured within the annular groove where the lanyard ring is adapted to freely slide along the annular groove, and one or more fastening members adapted to securely fix the collet body around an elongated body of a hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andrew W. Moreau
  • DROP-PREVENTION APPARATUS FOR A ROLLED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20160095421
    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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • DROP-PREVENTION APPARATUS FOR A ROLLED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20160095420
    Abstract: A drop-prevention lanyard for rolled product includes a flexible strap having a first strap end portion with a first strap end, a second strap end portion with a second strap end, and a body portion between the first strap end portion and the second strap end portion. The first strap end portion is fixedly attached to the body portion at an attachment point, thereby defining a first loop at a first lanyard end portion. A connector on the flexible strap is operable between an open connector position and a closed connector position. The connector is positioned to selectively connect the second strap end to the body portion. A tubular member is installed over the second strap end portion of the flexible strap and is positioned between the attachment point and the second strap end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • LANYARD SLIDER WITH IMPLEMENT HOLDERS
    Publication number: 20160073745
    Abstract: A lanyard slider includes a plate-like slider body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The plate-like slider body defines at least one cord opening extending longitudinally therethrough along a cord opening axis extending between the bottom surface and the top surface, where the cord opening is sized to receive a lanyard cord. The lanyard slider also has at least one implement holder that is contiguous with and extends from the slider body. Each implement holder has a first holder sidewall and a second holder sidewall extending in opposed and spaced apart relation, where the first holder sidewall and the second holder sidewall define therebetween an implement passageway extending along a holder passageway axis and having an elongated cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • DROP-PREVENTION POUCH FOR CORDLESS POWER TOOLS
    Publication number: 20160067862
    Abstract: A drop-prevention pouch for a cordless power tool has a battery pack that defines a battery pack perimeter. The drop-prevention pouch includes a pouch floor and a sidewall extending transversely from the pouch floor and having a sidewall rim portion defining a pouch opening. The pouch floor and the pouch sidewall define a chamber sized to receive the battery pack when the battery pack is attached to the cordless power tool. A flexible conduit extends along the sidewall rim portion. A drawstring extends through the flexible conduit and is capable of restricting the pouch opening to be smaller than the battery pack perimeter, thereby preventing the drop-prevention pouch from being removed from the battery pack when the battery pack is attached to the cordless power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Drop-prevention pouch for cordless power tools
    Patent number: 9254032
    Abstract: A drop-prevention pouch for a cordless power tool has a battery pack that defines a battery pack perimeter. The drop-prevention pouch includes a pouch floor and a pouch sidewall extending transversely from the pouch floor and having a sidewall rim portion defining a pouch opening. The pouch floor and the pouch sidewall define a chamber sized to receive the battery pack when the battery back is attached to the cordless power tool. A flexible conduit extends along the sidewall rim portion. A drawstring extends through the flexible conduit and is capable of restricting the pouch opening to be smaller than the battery pack perimeter, thereby preventing the drop-prevention pouch from being removed from the battery pack when the battery pack is attached to the cordless power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Combination tool carrier and carrier securing lanyard
    Patent number: 9232850
    Abstract: A tool carrier for attaching to a user's belt or a user's harness includes a rear wall having an upper wall portion, a tool holder disposed on a front wall surface of the rear wall, a tool carrier safety lanyard removably connected to the front wall surface, the safety lanyard having a lanyard first end and a closed loop formed in a lanyard second end, an elongated first attachment member fixedly secured to a rear wall surface of the upper wall portion at a pair of spaced-apart first and second attachment locations thereon and defining a closed loop therebetween, and a first flexible strip forming an openable strip loop when a first strip end mates with a second strip end after being positioned through the closed loop of the elongated first attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool lanyard wrist cuff
    Patent number: 9232849
    Abstract: A tool lanyard wrist cuff includes a fixed closed loop band and an adjustment tab extending therefrom. A first fastener part of a releasable fastener is fixedly attached to a loop outside surface of the closed loop band. The adjustment tab has a tab inside surface, a tab outside surface, and a distal end portion. The adjustment tab has a second fastener part of the releasable fastener fixedly attached to the tab inside surface of the distal end portion. The second fastener part is configured for releasable engagement with the first fastener part when the adjustment tab is folded with the tab inside surface against the loop outside surface to position the second fastener part in engagement with the first fastener part. A lanyard connector is secured to the distal end portion of the adjustment tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Swivel connector assembly
    Publication number: 20150345546
    Abstract: A swivel connector assembly has a pin member, a collar member, and a connector. The connector defines a partially-open ring with arm ends spaced apart from each other. The collar member has recesses to receive the arms and permit the connector to pivot about the arms. The pin member extends through a central aperture of the collar member, with the collar member permitted to rotate about the pin member while coupled to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Shackle assembly with pin and retaining ring
    Patent number: 9169900
    Abstract: A shackle assembly has a body that includes a first side member with a first side aperture, a second side member with a second side aperture, and at least one end portion extending between and connecting the first side member and the second side member. At least one of the apertures defines an annular recess. A pin has a first end portion received in the first side aperture, a second end portion received in the second side aperture, and a pin body extending between the first end portion and the second end portion. At least one end portion of the pin defines an annular groove corresponding to the annular recess(es). A retaining ring with a pair of open ends is seated in the annular groove and extends radially into the corresponding annular recess, thereby preventing the pin from being removed from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Attachment system for hand-held tools
    Patent number: 9167884
    Abstract: An attachment system for tools includes a housing, a rotating member having a sloping surface and a catch surface disposed in an open central region of the housing, and a clip member having a clip protrusion with a head and neck portions where the neck portion is sized to be slidably receive in one of a first and second slot of the housing where each slot extends through a wall of the housing to the open central region. The clip protrusion engages the sloping surface causing the rotating member to rotate about a central longitudinal axis to a point as the neck portion moves distally along one of the slots where a catch surface aligns with the clip protrusion and where a channel aligns with a clip protrusion of a second clip member retained in the second slot, thereby retaining the first clip member and releasing the second clip member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau, Ben Bachman
  • Tape measure holder
    Patent number: 9170082
    Abstract: A tape measure holder includes a holder body having a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, a first top portion, a second top portion, a forward-edge portion, a rearward-edge portion, a back end panel and a front strap. A securing mechanism has a first securing portion and a second securing portion connected to or integrally-formed with the first top portion and a second securing portion for interlocking the first top portion to the second top portion. The front strap extends between the forward-edge portion of the first side panel and the forward-edge portion of the second side panel and is positioned adjacent to but spaced a predefined distance from the bottom panel. The holder body is sized and configured to receive a tape measure in a snug manner with the first top portion overlapping the second top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau, Barbara Haberman
  • LANYARD ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150289633
    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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Tool lanyard wrist cuff
    Patent number: 9155376
    Abstract: A tool lanyard wrist cuff includes a fixed closed loop band and an adjustment tab extending therefrom. A second fastener part releasably engages a first fastener part when the adjustment tab is folded with a tab inside surface against a loop outside surface. A lanyard connector assembly includes a lanyard connector, a breakaway lanyard connector strap releasably connected to the closed loop band by a releasable fastener and fixedly connected at a first end to the adjustment tab or the closed loop band adjacent the adjustment tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Drop-prevention strap for a rolled product
    Patent number: D737667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Drop-prevention strap for a rolled product
    Patent number: D737668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Drop-prevention strap for a rolled product
    Patent number: D738709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Ty-Flot, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Lanyard slider with holders for writing implements
    Patent number: D741213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Clip for a universal accessory slot of a hard hat
    Patent number: D741554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TY-FLOT, INC.
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau