Patents by Inventor Howard Steve Ellenburg

Howard Steve Ellenburg 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: 9028112
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first and second housing; the first housing has an inner threading and a first protrusion. The lighting device includes a second housing having an outer threading and a second protrusion. A user advances one protrusion over the other in order to activate the lighting device. The lighting device also includes an arm that is part of the first housing and a post that is part of the second housing. The arm and post prevent the first housing from rotating to a point where the threading of the housings release. The arm may be flexed inwards to prevent allow for the release of the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Parker Stephen Ellenburg, Howard Steve Ellenburg, Barbara Kay Ellenburg
  • Patent number: 7695154
    Abstract: A customized light module comprising is provided according to one embodiment of this disclosure. The customized light module, according to this embodiment, includes a housing, a light source, a removable decorative cap and a battery. The housing includes a stem configured to secure the customized light module within an aperture of an article of footwear. The light source is coupled with the housing. The decorative cap may be removably coupled with the housing and may be configured to illuminate when the light source is illuminates. The battery may be accessibly secured within the housing with a two-stage mechanism. The two-stage mechanism, for example, may include a child lock. In some embodiments, the housing has at least two configurations: a first configuration and a second configuration. A circuit is created between the battery and the light source in the first configuration and closed in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: DPM Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Kay Ellenburg, Parker Stephen Ellenburg, Howard Steve Ellenburg
  • Publication number: 20080253108
    Abstract: A customized light module comprising is provided according to one embodiment of this disclosure. The customized light module, according to this embodiment, includes a housing, a light source, a removable decorative cap and a battery. The housing includes a stem configured to secure the customized light module within an aperture of an article of footwear. The light source is coupled with the housing. The decorative cap may be removably coupled with the housing and may be configured to illuminate when the light source is illuminates. The battery may be accessibly secured within the housing with a two-stage mechanism. The two-stage mechanism, for example, may include a child lock. In some embodiments, the housing has at least two configurations: a first configuration and a second configuration. A circuit is created between the battery and the light source in the first configuration and closed in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: DPM Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Kay Ellenburg, Parker Stephen Ellenburg, Howard Steve Ellenburg
  • Patent number: 7244070
    Abstract: A portable device for stabilizing an arm or hand of a person. The device includes a stabilizer shaft having a peripheral section and a mating section, a stabilizer coupled with the peripheral section of the stabilizer shaft and configured to engage the arm or hand of the person, a base shaft having a peripheral section and a mating section and in slidable arrangement with the stabilizer shaft, an attachment assembly in cooperative association with the mating section of the stabilizer shaft and the mating section of the base shaft, and a garment clip coupled with the peripheral section of the base shaft. Methods of using and constructing a portable device for stabilizing an arm or a hand of a person are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Xtend Products, LLC
    Inventors: Chad R. Burnett, Howard Steve Ellenburg, Kenneth D. Wandry
  • Patent number: 6206542
    Abstract: A flashlight support device having a hollow open body that has at least one open end and is designed to removably fit over the body of a flashlight. Attached in substantially diametric opposition adjacent to one open end is at least one pair of separate legs for rotation in the Y-axis. Each leg is comprised of a bendable material and is capable of being bent, without any additional mechanism, into substantially any position and configuration in the X and Z-axis. A rotation mechanism and the adjustable and bendable legs attached thereto allows each rotatable and bendable leg to be rotated into a number of incremental positions in the Y-axis over a range of a full 360°. In preferred embodiments, the flashlight support device has two opposed open ends, and there are at least two pairs of adjustable and bendable legs attached to the hollow body for rotation in the Y-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: RCP Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard N. Case, Howard Steve Ellenburg
  • Patent number: 5894672
    Abstract: An enhanced sight marker apparatus for slingshots, bows, and other projectile launching devices includes a support block with a trough for mounting and retaining an elongated, fluorescent optical fiber. The trough is deep enough to receive a substantial portion of the fluorescent optical fiber for support while leaving some portion of the peripheral surface of the optical fiber unshielded by the support block for exposure to ambient electromagnetic radiation, and the support block also leaves at least one end of the fluorescent optical fiber exposed and visible so that light transmitted in the core of the optical can be propagated from the exposed end to a user's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Trumark Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark Owen Ellenburg, Howard Steve Ellenburg
  • Patent number: 5803067
    Abstract: A sling shot includes a basic Y-shaped frame including a handle, two upstanding yoke branches, and two elastic sling straps extending between a respective yoke branch and a pouch for receiving a projectile to be propelled. The upper end of each yoke branch is provided with a connector member rotatably connected thereto, the rotation of each connector member preferably limited to about 180 degrees. Each connector member includes an elongated prong to receive an elastic strap. When the elastic straps are stretched rearward, the connector members will rotate so that the elongated prongs are in line with their respective elastic straps. When the elastic straps are released to propel a projectile, the forward movement will cause the connector members to pivot so that the elongated prongs will remain in line with the ends of their respective elastic straps, thus preventing the elastic straps from going into twists or kinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Trumark Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Steve Ellenburg, Mark Owen Ellenburg