Patents by Inventor Dustin Bullock

Dustin Bullock 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: 11180291
    Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pressure regulation device. In other examples, the latching devices further include an elastomeric latch upper and a semi-rigid latch lower configured to engage an insulating container keeper when the lid is in a closed and a secured position. In still other examples, the latch upper and the latch lower are configured in a recessed position, and flush with a front side of the insulating container lid and flush with a front side of a bottom portion of the insulating container when the latch device secures the lid in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Alex Baires, Erik Steven Larson, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Lance Harrison, Michael Christopher Cieszko
  • Patent number: 11172741
    Abstract: A tote bag including an outer shell defining a sidewall, wherein the outer shell also includes multiple shoulder straps, wherein the shoulder straps also include hand straps, and wherein the shoulder straps are configured to remain above a plane of the base of the bag when the tote bag is carried by the hand straps is disclosed. An inner bottom liner and the outer shell form a storage compartment with an opening configured to allow access to the storage compartment. Further, a semi-rigid base configured to keep the tote bag upright is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
  • Publication number: 20210345740
    Abstract: A bag including a shell defining a sidewall, an upper portion, a rim, an opening, a front, a back, and a lower portion, wherein the opening is configured to allow access to a storage compartment, a semi-rigid base defining a bottom of the bag, wherein the shell and the semi-rigid base form the storage compartment, and a first internal divider panel attached to the sidewall and configured to transition from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position is a stowed configuration and the second position is in an extended configuration, a second internal divider panel attached to the sidewall opposite the first internal divider panel and configured to transition from the first position to the second position, wherein the first internal divider panel and the second internal divider panel are flush with the sidewall in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock, John W. Dow
  • Publication number: 20210253331
    Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having a spout channel extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with a cap having a magnetic top surface, and the spout adapter may be further removably coupled to a lid that may be used as a cup into which a volume of the liquid can be poured. In addition, spout adapter assembly with an adapter that releasably attaches to the canister and a plug that is received within the adapter that moves to place the spout adapter assembly into an open and a closed orientation. The plug may have a means to provide tactile feedback to a user that the spout adapter assembly is in an optimal pouring condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, Steve Charles Nichols, Edward Abante, Evan Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20210219753
    Abstract: A bowl may be configured to include an outer body that has a u-shaped cross section, and the outer body may have a bottom configured to support the bowl on a surface, the bottom also including a circular groove around a circumference of the bottom and a bracket within the circular groove, wherein a foot is inserted within the groove, and wherein the foot is secured to the circular groove by the bracket. The bowl may include an inner body, wherein the inner body is concave and dome-shaped. The inner body may hold a liquid or solid, and the inner body is connected to an upper edge of the outer body. An internal cavity is formed by the outer body and inner body, and the internal cavity is insulative. The connection formed by the upper edge of the outer body and the inner body may be seamless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Ellison, Dustin Bullock, Colin Darling
  • Publication number: 20210219681
    Abstract: A tote bag including an outer shell defining a sidewall, wherein the outer shell also includes multiple shoulder straps, wherein the shoulder straps also include hand straps, and wherein the shoulder straps are configured to remain above a plane of the base of the bag when the tote bag is carried by the hand straps is disclosed. An inner bottom liner and the outer shell form a storage compartment with an opening configured to allow access to the storage compartment. Further, a semi-rigid base configured to keep the tote bag upright is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
  • Publication number: 20210204663
    Abstract: A suitcase having a base and a lid where the lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching assemblies is disclosed. The lid may comprise an upper shell, and the base may comprise a lower shell. The upper shell and the lower shell may be seamlessly formed to create a water resistant and/or waterproof suitcase. The suitcase may have an extendable trolley handle assembly that is externally attached to the base of the suitcase using a plurality of mounting clips. The trolley handle assembly may comprise a pair of extrusion assemblies that are connected to the base of the suitcase and connected to each other by a grip. The suitcase may also have a removably secured interior liner. The interior liner may include a plurality of grommets and a plurality of fastener portions to releasably attach to the suitcase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Steve Charles Nichols, Andy Bondhus, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Nicholas James Lombardi, Dustin Bullock, John Warren Dow
  • Patent number: 11034505
    Abstract: An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having a spout channel extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with a cap having a magnetic top surface, and the spout adapter may be further removably coupled to a lid that may be used as a cup into which a volume of the liquid can be poured. In addition, spout adapter assembly with an adapter that releasably attaches to the canister and a plug that is received within the adapter that moves to place the spout adapter assembly into an open and a closed orientation. The plug may have a means to provide tactile feedback to a user that the spout adapter assembly is in an optimal pouring condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, Steve Charles Nichols, Edward Abante, Evan Goldberg
  • Bag
    Patent number: D918570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
  • Patent number: D918658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, Colin Darling, Liza Morris, Mark Carlson Rane
  • Bag
    Patent number: D920678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
  • Patent number: D922176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
  • Bag
    Patent number: D923323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Dustin Bullock
  • Patent number: D925295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
  • Patent number: D925296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
  • Patent number: D925297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
  • Patent number: D925298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Michael Christopher Cieszko, Andrew J. Winterhalter
  • Patent number: D933427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Ellison, Dustin Bullock, Colin Darling
  • Patent number: D933428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Ellison, Dustin Bullock, Colin Darling
  • Lid
    Patent number: D935268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Bullock, Steve Charles Nichols, Edward Abante, Evan Goldberg