Patents by Inventor Eric Dean Broadaway

Eric Dean Broadaway 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).

  • Measuring tape with improved standout
    Patent number: 11480418
    Abstract: A blade for a measuring tape device may include a first end configured to extend from a housing of the measuring tape device through an aperture, a second end configured to be wound on a reel assembly within the housing, and a first cupped portion having a first amount of cupping over a selected portion of a longitudinal length of the blade. The first cupped portion may be defined by a curved portion extending from an apex of the curved portion toward lateral edges of the blade, and wings extending from each of the lateral edges toward the curved portion on each side of the apex. The curved portion includes a first radius proximate to the apex of the curved portion, and a second radius at a point spaced apart from the apex on both sides of the apex, the second radius being different than the first radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy T. McKenzie, Eric Dean Broadaway, Vlad Petru Patrangenaru
  • Measuring tape with end hook having a high friction surface treatment
    Patent number: 11313659
    Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an end hook disposed at the first end of the blade. The end hook may have a front face that faces away from the aperture and a rear face that faces toward the aperture. A high friction surface including grains may be disposed over at least a portion of a surface of the rear face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias McKay Bridges, Kay Randolph Ligon, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Eric Dean Broadaway, Tom Carson, Jonathan Seibert Beckwith, David Roberts, Jimmy Shangyao Wei, Vlad Petru Patrangenaru, Chad D. Humphrey, Brian Butler, Brendan Michael Walsh
  • Measuring Tape With Improved Standout
    Publication number: 20210207935
    Abstract: A blade for a measuring tape device may include a first end configured to extend from a housing of the measuring tape device through an aperture, a second end configured to be wound on a reel assembly within the housing, and a first cupped portion having a first amount of cupping over a selected portion of a longitudinal length of the blade. The first cupped portion may be defined by a curved portion extending from an apex of the curved portion toward lateral edges of the blade, and wings extending from each of the lateral edges toward the curved portion on each side of the apex. The curved portion includes a first radius proximate to the apex of the curved portion, and a second radius at a point spaced apart from the apex on both sides of the apex, the second radius being different than the first radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy T. McKenzie, Eric Dean Broadaway, Vlad Petru Patrangenaru
  • MEASURING TAPE WITH END HOOK HAVING A HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20200333123
    Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly, a blade having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an end hook disposed at the first end of the blade. The end hook may have a front face that faces away from the aperture and a rear face that faces toward the aperture. A high friction surface including grains may be disposed over at least a portion of a surface of the rear face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias McKay Bridges, Kay Randolph Ligon, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Eric Dean Broadaway, Tom Carson, Jonathan Seibert Beckwith, David Roberts, Jimmy Shangyao Wei, Vlad Petru Patrangenaru, Chad D. Humphrey, Brian Butler, Brendan Michael Walsh
  • Multiple purpose hand tool
    Patent number: 9242360
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a body with a first end and a second end, a striking portion disposed at the first end of the body, a hand grip disposed about a portion of the body, the hand grip defining a first elongated recess, and a cutting device removable received in the first elongated recess of the hand grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Lyle Gresham, Eric Dean Broadaway, Christopher Lance
  • MULTIPLE PURPOSE HAND TOOL
    Publication number: 20130276240
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a body with a first end and a second end, a striking portion disposed at the first end of the body, a hand grip disposed about a portion of the body, the hand grip defining a first elongated recess, and a cutting device removable received in the first elongated recess of the hand grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Ian Lyle Gresham, Eric Dean Broadaway, Christopher Lance