Patents by Inventor Gregory Keith Heimbuck

Gregory Keith Heimbuck 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: 11821212
    Abstract: An awning assembly and method of construction comprising a roll bar extending laterally between first and second arms. The roll bar comprising a removable and replaceable roller tube portion defining a wide opening within the roll bar and an inner roller mechanism housed within the wide opening. The inner roller mechanism comprising a drop end bracket rotatably and slidably coupling a second roll bar to the roll bar, the second roll bar extending laterally within the roll bar, a screen supported by the second roll bar, wherein the screen is extendable or retractable responsive to rotation of the second roll bar, and a tray supporting the second roll bar during extension and retraction of the screen, the tray supported by the removable and replaceable roller tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Gregory Keith Heimbuck, David Thomas McMillan, Vincent J. Frerich
  • Publication number: 20210404187
    Abstract: An awning assembly and method of construction is disclosed herein. The awning assembly comprising a first main arm for coupling to a dwelling, a second main arm rotatably coupled to the first main arm at a first end and supportingly coupled to a roll bar at a second end, the roll bar coupled to a canopy, and a hard wire connection housed within the first main arm for coupling to a power source. The awning assembly further comprising a detachable attachment module coupled to the first end of the second main arm and functionally coupled to the hard wire connection, the detachable attachment module comprising a plurality of electrical components, the plurality of electrical components comprising at least one of a microphone, a heating element, an input/output port, an image capture device, a speaker, an illumination source, and a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: SCOTT THOMPSON, Gregory Keith Heimbuck, David Thomas McMillan
  • Patent number: 11124970
    Abstract: An awning assembly and method of construction is disclosed herein. The awning assembly comprising a first main arm for coupling to a dwelling, a second main arm rotatably coupled to the first main arm at a first end and supportingly coupled to a roll bar at a second end, the roll bar coupled to a canopy, and a hard wire connection housed within the first main arm for coupling to a power source. The awning assembly further comprising a detachable attachment module coupled to the first end of the second main arm and functionally coupled to the hard wire connection, the detachable attachment module comprising a plurality of electrical components, the plurality of electrical components comprising at least one of a microphone, a heating element, an input/output port, an image capture device, a speaker, an illumination source, and a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Scott Thompson, Gregory Keith Heimbuck, David Thomas McMillan
  • Publication number: 20210079659
    Abstract: An awning assembly and method of construction comprising a roll bar extending laterally between first and second arms. The roll bar comprising a removable and replaceable roller tube portion defining a wide opening within the roll bar and an inner roller mechanism housed within the wide opening. The inner roller mechanism comprising a drop end bracket rotatably and slidably coupling a second roll bar to the roll bar, the second roll bar extending laterally within the roll bar, a screen supported by the second roll bar, wherein the screen is extendable or retractable responsive to rotation of the second roll bar, and a tray supporting the second roll bar during extension and retraction of the screen, the tray supported by the removable and replaceable roller tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Keith Heimbuck, David Thomas McMillan, Vincent J. Frerich
  • Publication number: 20210062515
    Abstract: A lateral arm assembly and method of operation includes a lateral arm awning assembly comprising a box cassette supporting a roll bar, A first end cap having a first end cap portion and a second end cap portion, the first end cap portion coupled to a first box end of the box cassette and the second end cap portion coupled to a first bar end of the roll bar, the second end cap portion removably couplable to the first end cap portion, and a second end cap coupled to a second box end of the box cassette, the first box end opposite the second box end, the second end cap spaced from the first end cap by the box cassette, the second end cap having a third end cap portion and a fourth end cap portion, the third end cap portion coupled to the second box end and the fourth end cap portion coupled to a second bar end of the roll bar, the first bar end opposite the second bar end, the fourth end cap portion removably couplable to the third end cap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Thomas McMillan, Travis Styron Titus, Peter Adamkovics, Gregory Keith Heimbuck
  • Publication number: 20180291633
    Abstract: An awning assembly and method of construction is disclosed herein. The awning assembly comprising a first main arm for coupling to a dwelling, a second main arm rotatably coupled to the first main arm at a first end and supportingly coupled to a roll bar at a second end, the roll bar coupled to a canopy, and a hard wire connection housed within the first main arm for coupling to a power source. The awning assembly further comprising a detachable attachment module coupled to the first end of the second main arm and functionally coupled to the hard wire connection, the detachable attachment module comprising a plurality of electrical components, the plurality of electrical components comprising at least one of a microphone, a heating element, an input/output port, an image capture device, a speaker, an illumination source, and a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: SCOTT THOMPSON, Gregory Keith Heimbuck, David Thomas McMillan
  • Publication number: 20180119426
    Abstract: A canopy assembly and method of assembly are disclosed herein. The canopy assembly comprises a canopy, a roll tube, and a flexible polyrod. The canopy fixedly encircles first and second polyrods at first location spaced between a distal end and a proximal end of the canopy and at a second location at the distal end of the canopy. The roll tube comprises first and second channels extending longitudinally across the roll tube. The first polyrod is housed within the first channel to maintain a position of the canopy section relative to the roll tube. The second polyrod is housed within a canopy rail to attach the canopy to a support structure. A flexible polyrod, non-fixedly and at least partially encircled by the canopy is housed within the second channel to maintain a position of a valance section of the canopy relative to the roll tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Thompson, David Thomas McMillan, Gregory Keith Heimbuck