Patents by Inventor Dee Volin

Dee Volin 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: 10856519
    Abstract: A crumplable rollable collapsible pet crate, comprises: a top panel; a bottom panel; a left panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; a right panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; a rear panel pivotably attached to the top and the bottom panels; a front panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; four top corner connectors respectively attached to the top, the left, the right, the rear, and the front panel; four bottom corner connectors respectively attached to the bottom, the left, the right, the rear, and the front panel; two wheels respectively rotatably attached to the bottom panel; a tray attached to the bottom panel; an outer crumple-zone-ramp-and-door swingably attached to the front panel; an inner rumple-zone-ramp-and-door slid inside the outer drying-grooming-platform-patio-crumple-zone-ramp-and-door; a housing attached to the top panel; a processor secured within the housing; a memory connected to the processor; a display connected to the processor and the memory; a software installed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10851544
    Abstract: A multi-function wind-directing rainwater-sealing automatic-multi-screen-raising-and-lowering multi-screen-securing fruit-drying-and-sorting truck-tonneau-covering rainwater-channeling-and-collecting leaf-filtering height-and-angle-adjustable louvered pergola comprises: opposing end caps, wind-directing-and-rainwater-sealing-louver-blade multi-screen-securing leading and trailing edges, and rainwater-and-wind-sealing rattle-preventing insulation strips, attached and/or molded to wind-directing-and-rainwater-sealing multi-screen-securing louver blades, which automatically raise and lower sun shade and video projection screens, control the duration of fruit-drying, provide fruit sorting function, and provide a full-content-viewing truck-bed tonneau cover, insertion axels are inserted into stanchions, cradle axels being inserted between cradle caps and rotation cradles, stanchions and rotation cradles screwed to first and second rainwater-channeling-and-leaf-filtering side gutter beams, with rainwater-channeling
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10842126
    Abstract: A twelve-device-in-one pet crate comprises: top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, having a tray-and-bed-locking clamp, multi-pet crate divider and urine-waste-water-storing tray inserted inside the panels to create multiple pet-containing compartments, first and second multi-pet doors hinged to the pet crate, interchangeable side frame supports and end frame supports, an interchangeable bed attached to the side and end frame supports, waterproof toilets sewn to the bed, and interchangeable T-shaped straight frame connectors, T-shaped corner frame connectors, adjustable leg supports and an adjustable center-brace leg support attached to the bed to configure the bed into twelve different devices to function as a canopy, a patio, a balcony, a windscreen, a chair, an awning, a perch, a pet tent, a sled, a stand, a basket, a pet hammock, a multi-position pet bed, a grooming platform, a drying platform, and a privacy screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10757911
    Abstract: A twenty-four-different-configuration pet kennel comprises seven first six-function panels, four second six-function panels, a door panel, a door, J-shaped clamps and W-shaped clamps (for angledly and parallelly clamping seven first six-function panels and four second six-function panels together), panel-tube legs (for plugging the bottom ends of seven first six-function panels and four second six-function panels to absorb shocks and vibrations), tick-blocking teeth (molded inside the panel-tube legs to prevent ticks from entering and hiding inside seven first six-function panels and four second six-function panels), and first and second wind-circulating sails (attached to seven first six-function panels and four second six-function panels to redirect and circulate wind and rain water in multiple different directions and multiple opposite directions into and out of the twenty-four-different-configuration pet kennel, to block the sun, and also to function as a rain water gutter and gutter spout).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10667490
    Abstract: A big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door pet crate comprises top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, multi-function slanted urine-storing bed-roof-terrace having built-in gutters and ridges disposed on the bottom panel, a grooming platform, multi-function shock-absorbing gussets covering all the corners of the panels to lock the grooming platform and to absorb shocks and vibrations, a big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door having triple hinges thereon to allow it to close after a big dog enters the pet crate and to allow it to also function as a shelf or a trunk or a platform, triple locking rods to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door to the front panel, a palm knob with palm recesses and palm hills for an arthritic to use without the need for folding his or her fingers, a spring-loaded palm knob to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10660303
    Abstract: A multi-pet locking-head-and-locking-tail-push-rod pet crate comprises: a handle bridge, a handle channel molded inside the handle bridge for containing grooming tools, handle clasps respectively molded in the handle bridge for fastening poop bags thereto, a top panel, a bottom panel, a left panel, a right panel, a front panel, a rear panel, at least one divider, panel-locking hooks and clamps for hooking and clamping the panels together, a slanted tray for draining urine, urine-storing gutters and ridges molded around the tray for supporting pet paws and for keeping pets away from urine, top and bottom low-friction rails welded to the front panel, multi-position door-glider-locking recesses formed in the bottom low-friction rail for locking the auto-indexing multi-position door gliders and for adjusting horizontal or slanted and stationary or moving positions of the auto-indexing multi-position doors, first and second auto-indexing multi-position doors inserted between the top and bottom low-friction rails,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10653218
    Abstract: An illumination providing umbrella with two water sealing cable pulleys and an LED projector. The umbrella having a canopy, upper and lower ribs, foldable rib joints respectively attached to the upper ribs, an umbrella pole, and a cable pulley with a counter wright. An upper hub attached to the top of the umbrella pole for housing the two rotatable pulleys and for preventing rainwater from entering the umbrella pole. The LED projector having an interchangeable image which can be magnified on a surface below and being attached to the umbrella pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Publication number: 20200060224
    Abstract: A crumplable rollable collapsible drying-grooming-platform-patio-crumple-zone-ramp-and-door pet crate, comprises: a top handle-attaching foldable panel, a bottom handle-attaching panel, a left handle-attaching foldable panel pivotably attached to the bottom handle-attaching panel, a right handle-attaching foldable panel pivotably attached to the bottom handle-attaching panel, a rear handle-attaching foldable panel pivotably attached to the top handle-attaching foldable panel and the bottom handle-attaching panel, a front handle-attaching foldable panel pivotably attached to the bottom handle-attaching panel, four top corner connectors respectively attached to the top handle-attaching foldable panel, the left handle-attaching foldable panel, the right handle-attaching foldable panel, the rear handle-attaching foldable panel, and the front handle-attaching foldable panel, four bottom corner connectors respectively attached to the bottom handle-attaching panel, the left handle-attaching foldable panel, the right
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: DEE VOLIN
  • Patent number: 10537161
    Abstract: A wind-lift-eliminating self-adjusting self-stabilizing arthritic-aiding umbrella comprises: a flow-directing chapeau attached to a chapeau crown, an upper cone rotatably attached to a cable conduit for preventing the umbrella from radially twisting clockwise and counterclockwise out of shape, a lower tube for centering the upper cone, a stanchion, an intersector bolted to the stanchion, a supporting-arm intersector, a top-hub, a canopy-height-and-tilt-adjusting arthritic-hand-aiding handle slidably connected to the stanchion, a height-adjusting arthritic-hand-aiding trigger springably and pivotably attached to the handle for providing aid to arthritic hands to operate the handle without discomfort and for providing means to slidably lower and raise the handle to adjust the umbrella, a supporting arm pivotably attached to the lifting-arm intersector and the supporting-arm intersector, a lifting arm pivotably attached to the handle and the top-hub intersector, the supporting-arm intersector pivotably attached
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Publication number: 20200015449
    Abstract: A big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door pet crate comprises top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, multi-function slanted urine-storing bed-roof-terrace having built-in gutters and ridges disposed on the bottom panel, a grooming platform, multi-function shock-absorbing gussets covering all the corners of the panels to lock the grooming platform and to absorb shocks and vibrations, a big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door having triple hinges thereon to allow it to close after a big dog enters the pet crate and to allow it to also function as a shelf or a trunk or a platform, triple locking rods to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door to the front panel, a palm knob with palm recesses and palm hills for an arthritic to use without the need for folding his or her fingers, a spring-loaded palm knob to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hin
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: DEE VOLIN
  • Patent number: 10492377
    Abstract: A rollable five-device-in-one flower container and umbrella stand comprises: a container having multiple walls and a bottom, water-regulating channels formed in the bottom, two wheel wells formed in the bottom, anti-rolling claws formed in the bottom for digging into the ground on a slope to prevent the five-device-in-one flower container and umbrella stand from sliding down the slope, an umbrella-pole receiver screwed on the bottom, U-shaped and J-shaped spring clamps hooked on the umbrella-pole receiver for creating a clamping force therebetween, two wheels partially hidden in the two wheel wells, a tubular double-wall water reservoir having spiral water-distributing tubes and spiral water-regulating foams for spirally and timely discharging the water, and spiral water-circulating slides spirally welded or molded to the walls for spirally creating multiple spiral tractions, multiple spiral layers, multiple spiral travel distances for soil and water to create multiple spiral root growths and multiple spiral
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10492579
    Abstract: An arthritic-aiding triple-sail wind-rotating wind-aligning auditory-pin-snap-locking-and-centering umbrella comprising: first and second and third arthritic-aiding canopy-rotating-and-aligning sails, a canopy attached to the first and second and third arthritic-aiding sails and having tension-adjusting oval openings, a pole having a fixed hub and a movable hub and at least one pin opening, an adjustable hub-rotation-preventing slot formed in the pole, an adjustable hub-rotation-preventing peg attached to the fixed hub and inserted into the adjustable hub-rotation-preventing slot, an arthritic-aiding ring elevator attached to the movable hub, tension-adjusting rods, rod-locking screws respectively screwed through the tension-adjusting oval openings and into the tension-adjusting rod, three pulleys respectively screwed to the fixed and movable hubs, a pulley cord threaded on the three pulleys and attached to the movable hub, two oval cord-locking gear cams attached to the movable hub, at least one pin opening
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10487531
    Abstract: An adjustable-canopy adjustable-awning central-lock popup comprises: an adjustable ring canopy, an adjustable central canopy, an adjustable surrounding awning, a central intersector, foldable top trusses bolted to the central intersector, corner and side trusses, four upper posts, four upper corner intersectors bolted to the corner and side trusses, four lower corner intersectors slid on the four upper posts and bolted to the corner trusses, post-centering clamps and tick-preventing teeth and water-discharging grooves molded to the four sleeves, four lower posts inserted inside the four upper posts, a central square post attached to the central intersector, central-locking double nipples attached to the central square post, a central-locking adjustable ring adjustably and slidably locked by the central-locking double nipples on the central square post at multiple different positions for locking the adjustable ring canopy and the adjustable central canopy and the adjustable awning at multiple different positio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Publication number: 20190335875
    Abstract: An symmetric-multi-function-concave-operating-edge symmetric-multi-function-operating-tip artificial nail, for being glued to a nail of a finger or a toe, comprising: a base, at least two base edges molded to the base partially along the base perimeter, an extension molded to the base partially along the base perimeter and the extension perimeter, at least two concave operating edges molded to the extension partially along the extension perimeter, and at least two digital-and-mini-icon-and-keyboard-operating tips molded to the ends of the at least two concave operating edges respectively. The at least two concave operating edges are for efficiently being narrow and flexible to provide efficient grips on objects, to absorb vibrations to protect the nerve system of a finger or a toe, and to efficiently apply, spread, and shape lipstick and lip gloss on lips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: DEE VOLIN
  • Patent number: 10426234
    Abstract: A multi-angle multi-function umbrella comprises: a first foot, a second foot, a mounting plate bolted to the first and second feet, a lower post attached to the mounting plate, an upper post, a middle post, a first inner core inserted into the lower and middle posts, a second inner core inserted into the middle and upper posts, a central tube, a spool, a crank rotatably attached to the spool, a rope threaded through the central tube, central ribs, central arms pivotably attached to the central ribs, an adjustable central canopy attached to the central ribs to adjust to different heights, an intersector slidably attached to the central tube, first ribs pivotably connected to the intersector and central arms, second ribs, third ribs, first coil caps pivotably connected to the first and second ribs, second coil caps pivotably connected to the second and third ribs, raising arms foldably attached to the intersector, an adjustable ring canopy attached to the first and second ribs, and adjusting flaps sewn to the a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Publication number: 20190284831
    Abstract: A multiple-adjustable-canopy-and-awning single-lock popup comprises: an adjustable ring canopy and an adjustable central canopy and an adjustable surrounding awning each being able to be adjusted up and down, a central intersector, foldable top and corner and side trusses each bolted to the central intersector, four upper posts, four upper corner intersectors each bolted to the top and side trusses, four lower corner intersectors and four sleeves each slid on the four upper posts, post-centering clamps and tick-preventing downward teeth and water-discharging grooves each respectively molded to the four sleeves, four lower posts inserted inside the four upper posts, a central square post attached to the central intersector, central-innersurface-locking double nipples attached to the central square post, a central-innersurface-locking adjustable ring adjustably and slidably locked on and unlocked from the central square post for locking and unlocking the central square post and the central-innersurface-locking
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: DEE VOLIN
  • Patent number: 10392821
    Abstract: A four-device-in-one splash-and-drip-eliminating gazebo comprising: a top roof, top-roof columns, top-roof mosquito-mesh panels respectively screwed to the top-roof columns, a bottom roof, respectively screwed to the top-roof columns, rain-water gutters molded to the rain-water gutters as one unit for functioning as gutters and top rails at the same time for collecting rain water to be used for irrigation, splash-drip-eliminating eaves respectively formed at the bottom-roof end of the bottom roof for extending downward into the gutter inside to direct water downward into the gutter inside to eliminate water splash and water drip and for collecting rain water to be used for irrigation, top rails molded to the rain-water gutters as one unit for functioning as gutters and top rails at the same time, the bottom roof screwed to the rain-water gutters and the top rails, corner posts, respectively attached to the rain-water gutters and the top rails, double-U-shaped-end covers respectively slidably coupled with the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Publication number: 20190254261
    Abstract: A draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, comprising: a first and a second and a third and a fourth roosting walls attached to one another, a roosting roof attached to the first and the second and the third and the fourth roosting wall, a passage opening formed in the fourth roosting wall, a first nesting wall attached to the third roosting wall along the opposite passage-opening edges, a second nesting wall attached to the first nesting wall, a third nesting wall attached to the second nesting wall, a slanted nesting floor attached to the first nesting wall and the third nesting wall, a teeter-totter axle attached to the slanted nesting floor, an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to the teeter-totter axle, an automatic egg-laying indicator attached to one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a teeter-totter-angle-adjusting screw threadedly attached to another one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a draw-ramp opening formed in the first roosting wall, tw
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: DEE VOLIN
  • Patent number: 10378232
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally-adjustable spike for securing a post comprises: two C-shaped walls, two wrench-accessible openings formed in the two C-shaped walls, a base molded to the two C-shaped walls, two post-elevating struts welded to the base, post-clamping screws screwed into the two C-shaped walls and the post, convex bolts each having a convex bolt bottom, concave upper washers each having an upper concave surface engaging with the convex bolt bottom, concave lower washers each having a lower concave surface, convex locking nuts each having a convex nut top engaging with the lower concave surface for three-dimensionally adjusting and securing the stanchion base and the post perpendicularly to the ground, a hammer plate, plate nuts welded to the hammer plate for stationarily securing the convex locking bolts to the hammer plate, spiral blades, offset spiral shovels, and a spike welded to the spiral blades, the offset spiral shovels, and the hammer plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 10378235
    Abstract: An arthritic-assisting one-person-deploying canopy includes: an adjustable ring canopy, a central intersector, foldable top trusses attached to the central intersect and the adjustable ring canopy, top-truss connectors bolted to the foldable top trusses, foldable corner trusses bolted to the foldable top trusses, foldable side trusses, four upper corner intersectors bolted to the foldable top trusses and the foldable side trusses, four upper posts attached to the four upper corner intersectors, four lower corner intersectors slid on the four upper posts and bolted to the foldable corner trusses and the foldable side trusses, four arthritic-a hooks, four lower posts inserted inside the four upper posts, post-height-adjusting holes drilled in the four upper posts and the four lower posts, an adjustable central canopy, a central post attached to the central intersector, a central-post hole formed in the central post, a central-innersurface-locking spring inserted inside the central post, an arthritic-assisting s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Dee Volin