Patents by Inventor David F. MacNeil

David F. MacNeil 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: 10717396
    Abstract: A vehicle cup holder cell phone mount has a base with a downwardly and inwardly tapering surface of rotation around a vertical axis. A pier stands up from a top of the base and a cell phone mounting bracket is pivotally mounted to the pier. The cell phone mounting bracket has adjustable jaws to fit cell phones of varying widths. The jaws always define an opening for a cell phone power/communications cable. One or more of a plurality of shells may be selectively assembled to the base. Each shell has a tapering surface of rotation around the axis. The shells are of different sizes. The user assembles from zero to (n) shells to the base, Russian-doll fashion, so as to optimally fit a particular vehicle cup holder. The user then wedges the assembly into the vehicle cup holder such that compressive force between the outermost tapering surface and the cup holder side wall securely holds the cell phone mount in place in the vehicle cup holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, David S. Iverson
  • Publication number: 20200130604
    Abstract: A vehicle cup holder cell phone mount has a base with a downwardly and inwardly tapering surface of rotation around a vertical axis. A pier stands up from a top of the base and a cell phone mounting bracket is pivotally mounted to the pier. The cell phone mounting bracket has adjustable jaws to fit cell phones of varying widths. The jaws always define an opening for a cell phone power/communications cable. One or more of a plurality of shells may be selectively assembled to the base. Each shell has a tapering surface of rotation around the axis. The shells are of different sizes. The user assembles from zero to (n) shells to the base, Russian-doll fashion, so as to optimally fit a particular vehicle cup holder. The user then wedges the assembly into the vehicle cup holder such that compressive force between the outermost tapering surface and the cup holder side wall securely holds the cell phone mount in place in the vehicle cup holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MACNEIL, David S. IVERSON
  • Publication number: 20200130605
    Abstract: A cell phone stand has a base and a cell phone mounting bracket rotatably affixed to the base around a horizontal axis. The mounting bracket has a first jaw and a second jaw that is movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the first jaw. The first jaw has a first u-shaped channel with a first upper segment and a first lower segment. The second jaw has a second u-shaped channel with a second upper segment and a second lower segment. By adjusting the position of the jaws, the user may adjust a width between the first and upper segments, thus sizing the mounting bracket to receive a cell phone of a particular width. Even at the smallest such width, inner ends of the first and second lower segments of the u-shaped channels remain spaced from each other so as to permit the cell phone to be connected to an electrical cable while being held by the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: DAVID F. MACNEIL, DAVID S. IVERSON
  • Patent number: 10576905
    Abstract: A vehicle cup holder cell phone mount has a base with a downwardly and inwardly tapering surface of rotation around a vertical axis. A pier stands up from a top of the base and a cell phone mounting bracket is pivotally mounted to the pier. The cell phone mounting bracket has adjustable jaws to fit cell phones of varying widths. The jaws always define an opening for a cell phone power/communications cable. One or more of a plurality of shells may be selectively assembled to the base. Each shell has a tapering surface of rotation around the axis. The shells are of different sizes. The user assembles from zero to many shells to the base, Russian-doll fashion, so as to optimally fit a particular vehicle cup holder. The user then wedges the assembly into the vehicle cup holder such that compressive force between the outermost tapering surface and the cup holder side wall securely holds the cell phone mount in place in the vehicle cup holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MacNeil IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D861994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D864493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D871682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D873205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D873502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D873503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D873504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D877043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D882882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D887650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D878279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D891002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., David S. Iverson
  • Patent number: D894498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MacNeil IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D899707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D899709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.
  • Patent number: D901096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MacNeil, Frederick W. Masanek, Jr.