Patents by Inventor Gerrit Hoogendoorn

Gerrit Hoogendoorn 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).

  • Canopy device
    Patent number: 7992581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a canopy device, in particular an umbrella or parasol, comprising: a rod; a canopy of flexible material connected to the rod close to an end thereof; operating means displaceable along the rod for closing or opening the canopy; and means for tensioning the canopy, which canopy tensioning means comprise a set of first tensioning members and a set of second tensioning members, wherein the first tensioning members are each pivotally connected with one first outer end to the rod and extend therefrom along the canopy to a position close to the periphery thereof, and wherein the second tensioning members are each pivotally connected with a first outer end to the operating means and are connected with a second outer end to a corresponding first tensioning member, wherein the connection between the first and second tensioning members is arranged closer to the periphery of the canopy than to the rod, and is preferably situated substantially close to the periphery of the canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Senz Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Gerrit Hoogendoorn
  • Canopy device
    Publication number: 20090126769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a canopy device, in particular an umbrella or parasol, comprising: a rod; a canopy of flexible material connected to the rod close to an end thereof; operating means displaceable along the rod for closing or opening the canopy; and means for tensioning the canopy, which canopy tensioning means comprise a set of first tensioning members and a set of second tensioning members, wherein the first tensioning members are each pivotally connected with one first outer end to the rod and extend therefrom along the canopy to a position close to the periphery thereof, and wherein the second tensioning members are each pivotally connected with a first outer end to the operating means and are connected with a second outer end to a corresponding first tensioning member, wherein the connection between the first and second tensioning members is arranged closer to the periphery of the canopy than to the rod, and is preferably situated substantially close to the periphery of the canopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Senz Technologies BV
    Inventor: Gerrit Hoogendoorn
  • Umbrella
    Patent number: D599103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Senz Technologies BV
    Inventors: Gerrit Hoogendoorn, Philip Jeroen Peter Hess, Gerardus Maria Kool
  • Umbrella
    Patent number: D618899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Senz Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Hoogendoorn, Philip Jeroen Peter Hess, Gerardus Maria Kool
  • Parasol
    Patent number: D677046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Senz Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Gerrit Hoogendoorn