Patents by Inventor Henrik KAX

Henrik KAX 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: 10021955
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shoulder strap of a backpack is disclosed which has guiding means, retaining means, and engaging means, where the engaging means is rotatable about an axis and slidably guided along the guiding means, where in a first rotational position the engaging means engages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is restricted, and where in a second rotational position the engaging means disengages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventor: Henrik Kax
  • Patent number: 9820554
    Abstract: A lid of a backpack is disclosed having a compartment in which a standalone daysack having a shoulder strap is arranged. The compartment is transformable from a first state in which the lid is mountable to a backpack to a second state in which the standalone daysack is usable independently from the backpack. In the first state, the standalone daysack and its shoulder strap are stored within the compartment. In the second state, the compartment is inverted by turning the inside out so that the shoulder strap is usable for carrying the standalone daysack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventors: Trevor Hunt, Damien Kelly, Henrik Kax
  • Patent number: 9661937
    Abstract: A carrier frame for a child carrier is disclosed. The carrier frame includes a first frame element and a second frame element hingedly coupled to the first frame element about a hinge axis. The first frame element includes a main frame and an adjustable support. The adjustable support extends in a first direction substantially parallel to the hinge axis and is movable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis. The second frame element comprises a transition portion and a backrest portion. An angle is formed between the backrest portion and the transition portion. The transition portion has a width in the first direction smaller than a maximum width of the carrier frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventors: Anders Lundgren, Henrik Kax
  • Patent number: 9591910
    Abstract: A backpack with a torso length adjustment mechanism is provided. The backpack includes a holder fixedly connected to a bag, a mesh back support having a back mesh contactable to the back of the user and a supporting element for spacedly supporting the back mesh on the holder. The backpack includes a shoulder strap length adjusting mechanism having a force transmitting element for transmitting a force from the holder to the shoulder straps of the backpack. The force transmitting element is lockably movable on the holder between a first position in which a size of the shoulder straps is the largest and a second position in which the size of the shoulder straps is the smallest. The shoulder strap length adjusting mechanism includes a locking mechanism at the holder for releasably locking a movement of the force transmitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: THULE IP AB
    Inventors: Matthew Kemp, Tim Fish, Henrik Kax
  • Publication number: 20160213127
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shoulder strap of a backpack is disclosed which has guiding means, retaining means, and engaging means, where the engaging means is rotatable about an axis and slidably guided along the guiding means, where in a first rotational position the engaging means engages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is restricted, and where in a second rotational position the engaging means disengages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Henrik KAX
  • Patent number: 9326586
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shoulder strap of a backpack is disclosed which has guiding means, retaining means, and engaging means, where the engaging means is rotatable about an axis and slidably guided along the guiding means, where in a first rotational position the engaging means engages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is restricted, and where in a second rotational position the engaging means disengages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: THULE IP AB
    Inventor: Henrik Kax
  • Publication number: 20160007720
    Abstract: A backpack with a torso length adjustment mechanism is provided. The backpack includes a holder fixedly connected to a bag, a mesh back support having a back mesh contactable to the back of the user and a supporting element for spacedly supporting the back mesh on the holder. The backpack includes a shoulder strap length adjusting mechanism having a force transmitting element for transmitting a force from the holder to the shoulder straps of the backpack. The force transmitting element is lockably movable on the holder between a first position in which a size of the shoulder straps is the largest and a second position in which the size of the shoulder straps is the smallest. The shoulder strap length adjusting mechanism includes a locking mechanism at the holder for releasably locking a movement of the force transmitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew KEMP, Tim Fish, Henrik Kax
  • Publication number: 20150296961
    Abstract: A lid of a backpack is disclosed having a compartment in which a standalone daysack having a shoulder strap is arranged. The compartment is transformable from a first state in which the lid is mountable to a backpack to a second state in which the standalone daysack is usable independently from the backpack. In the first state, the standalone daysack and its shoulder strap are stored within the compartment. In the second state, the compartment is inverted by turning the inside out so that the shoulder strap is usable for carrying the standalone daysack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Trevor HUNT, Damien KELLY, Henrik KAX
  • Publication number: 20150245718
    Abstract: A carrier frame for a child carrier is disclosed. The carrier frame includes a first frame element and a second frame element hingedly coupled to the first frame element about a hinge axis. The first frame element includes a main frame and an adjustable support. The adjustable support extends in a first direction substantially parallel to the hinge axis and is movable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis. The second frame element comprises a transition portion and a backrest portion. An angle is formed between the backrest portion and the transition portion. The transition portion has a width in the first direction smaller than a maximum width of the carrier frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Anders LUNDGREN, Henrik Kax
  • Publication number: 20150173493
    Abstract: A hip wing of a hip belt for a backpack is disclosed having a size adjusting part and a reinforcing part adjustable to each other, where the reinforcing part has at least one contact means, the size adjusting part has at least one receiving means, and the at least one contact means is arranged for modifiably adjusting the position of the reinforcing part in relation to the size adjusting part by engaging the at least one contact means with the at least one receiving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Henrik KAX
  • Publication number: 20150173494
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shoulder strap of a backpack is disclosed which has guiding means, retaining means, and engaging means, where the engaging means is rotatable about an axis and slidably guided along the guiding means, where in a first rotational position the engaging means engages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is restricted, and where in a second rotational position the engaging means disengages the retaining means so that a sliding movement of the engaging means along the guiding means is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Henrik KAX
  • Patent number: D772560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventors: Matthew Kemp, Henrik Kax, Tim Fish
  • Patent number: D781049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Thule IP AB
    Inventors: Matthew Kemp, Henrik Kax, Tim Fish
  • Patent number: D990875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Truls Kristian Brataas, Henrik Kax