Patents by Inventor Jack Renforth

Jack Renforth 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: 11678642
    Abstract: A carrier for an animal includes a plurality of panels, a wire frame, a clip and an iso clip. The plurality of panels are configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal. The wire frame supports at least one of the panels so as to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The clip is on a front surface of the carrier, and configured to receive a belt portion of a seat belt of a vehicle. The iso clip is on at least one of a rear surface and a bottom surface of the carrier, and configured to couple to an iso anchor of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Lin, Jack Renforth
  • Publication number: 20210259199
    Abstract: A carrier for an animal includes a plurality of panels, a wire frame, a clip and an iso clip. The plurality of panels are configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal. The wire frame supports at least one of the panels so as to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The clip is on a front surface of the carrier, and configured to receive a belt portion of a seat belt of a vehicle. The iso clip is on at least one of a rear surface and a bottom surface of the carrier, and configured to couple to an iso anchor of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Charles LIN, Jack RENFORTH
  • Patent number: 10919185
    Abstract: A molded a product includes a body including a hollow interior region and a plurality of openings in communication between an interior region and an exterior of the body. The body is formed from a resilient material that enables the product to stretch and retract to an original shape without tearing or breaking when removing a first part of a core of a mold from a first portion of the interior region through a first opening of the plurality of openings and a second part of the core of the mold from a second portion of the interior region through at least one of the first opening and a second opening of the plurality of openings, the first and second parts of the core of the mold being larger than each of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC
    Inventor: Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: 10856530
    Abstract: A leash includes a housing, a spool assembly, a trigger, and a switch. At least a portion of the housing includes a photoluminescent material. The spool assembly is rotatably mounted inside of the housing and is configured to selectively wind a leash. The trigger is movably mounted on an inner section of the grip portion, the trigger being configured to inhibit rotation of the spool assembly in response to actuation of the trigger, and configured to rotate the spool assembly in response to release of the trigger. The switch is mounted on the housing, the switch being configured to move between a locked position in which the trigger is locked in an actuated position, and an unlocked position in which the trigger is free to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: 10433522
    Abstract: A pet carrier includes a bottom panel having a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges, a pair of side panels connected to the side edges of the bottom panel, a pair of end panels connected to the end edges of the bottom panel, and a top panel connected to the pair of side panels and the pair of end panels. The bottom panel, the pair of side panels, the pair of end panels, and the top panel enclose a first interior area when the pet carrier is in a compact configuration. The top panel includes an expandable portion configured to be raised above the pair of side panels and the pair of end panels to form a second interior area greater than the first interior area when the pet carrier is in an expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Jack Renforth
  • Publication number: 20190289823
    Abstract: A pet toy is basically provided with a retractable portion and a connector. The retractable portion has a housing and a cord connected to the housing. The connector has a cord attachment part and a toy attachment part. The cord attachment part is configured to be connected to an end of the cord. The toy attachment part has a hinge that pivots about a hinge axis to open and close the toy attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jack RENFORTH, Nicholas BAKER
  • Publication number: 20180263214
    Abstract: A pet training device includes a hollow tubular body and a plurality of rigid or semi rigid elements. The hollow tubular body has a first end portion, a second end portion and central portion. The central portion has a diameter that is less than a diameter of both the first and second end portions. At least the first end portion is made from a first material, and at least the second end portion is made from a second material, the first and second materials being different from each other. The plurality of rigid or semi rigid elements are disposed within the hollow tubular body and are capable of being moved to into the first end portion to strike the first material and cause a first sound and moved into the second end portion to strike the second material and cause a second sound different from the first sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Parrish MCMILLAN, Jack RENFORTH, Nicholas BAKER
  • Publication number: 20180263215
    Abstract: A pet training device includes a telescoping shaft and a clip portion. The clip portion generally has a first member and a second member pivotally connected to the first member such that an object can be held therebetween in an interior area. The second member includes a reservoir portion on an external surface that enables food to be disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Parrish MCMILLAN, Jack RENFORTH, Nicholas BAKER
  • Publication number: 20180263218
    Abstract: An animal harness includes a vest portion and a buckling member. The vest portion includes a first strap and a second strap. The bucking member includes a first bucking portion slidably attached to the first strap and a second bucking portion slidably attached to the second strap. The first bucking portion configured to detachably couple to the second bucking portion, and the first and second bucking portions being configured to slide along the first and second strap when coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Jack RENFORTH
  • Publication number: 20180215080
    Abstract: A molded a product includes a body including a hollow interior region and a plurality of openings in communication between an interior region and an exterior of the body. The body is formed from a resilient material that enables the product to stretch and retract to an original shape without tearing or breaking when removing a first part of a core of a mold from a first portion of the interior region through a first opening of the plurality of openings and a second part of the core of the mold from a second portion of the interior region through at least one of the first opening and a second opening of the plurality of openings, the first and second parts of the core of the mold being larger than each of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Jack RENFORTH
  • Patent number: 9962864
    Abstract: A method of molding a product includes receiving into a cavity of a mold a core having a plurality of parts that are unconnected and that together form the core, situating a first part of a plurality of parts adjacent a second part of the plurality parts, receiving a material in an uncured state into a space between the mold and the core, forming with the first part a first portion of the interior region, forming with the second part a second portion of the interior region that is contiguous the first portion, removing the first part from within the first portion of the interior region, through a hole, and subsequent to the removing of the first part, removing the second part from within the second portion of the interior region, through a hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: D818204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: D840612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ANIMAL EXPERT, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Parrish McMillan, Jack Renforth, Nicholas Baker
  • Patent number: D841901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC
    Inventors: Jack Renforth, Josiah Wilhelm
  • Patent number: D848683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Sunil Pinto, Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: D848684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Renforth, Sunil Pinto
  • Patent number: D864496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Baker, Jack Renforth
  • Patent number: D871685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ANIMAL EXPERT, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Parrish McMillan, Jack Renforth, Nicholas Baker
  • Patent number: D909690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Renforth, Nicholas Baker
  • Patent number: D954356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Lin, Jack Renforth