Patents by Inventor James Hofman
James Hofman 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).
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Patent number: 12092415Abstract: A bore guide comprised of a rear housing, an adjustable shaft having a proximal and a distal end, a tip on the distal end of the adjustable shaft, a spring housing connected to the proximal end of the adjustable shaft, a spring located inside the spring housing, and a lock insertable into a portion of a firearm to lock the spring in a compressed state. The rear housing may have a rear opening on a proximal end of the rear housing and a solvent port on a circumferential portion of the rear housing. Transition of the adjustable shaft toward the rear opening can cause compression of the spring. The lock can secure the bore guide in place and create a seal within the bore of the firearm.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: New Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: Mike Rhode, James Hofman, Daniel Zaleskas, Ryan Jacobson
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Publication number: 20240255249Abstract: A bore guide comprised of a rear housing, an adjustable shaft having a proximal and a distal end, a tip on the distal end of the adjustable shaft, a spring housing connected to the proximal end of the adjustable shaft, a spring located inside the spring housing, and a lock insertable into a portion of a firearm to lock the spring in a compressed state. The rear housing may have a rear opening on a proximal end of the rear housing and a solvent port on a circumferential portion of the rear housing. Transition of the adjustable shaft toward the rear opening can cause compression of the spring. The lock can secure the bore guide in place and create a seal within the bore of the firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: New Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: Mike Rhode, James Hofman, Daniel Zaleskas, Ryan Jacobson
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Patent number: 10612879Abstract: A firearm maintenance kit having a mat and a small-parts storage case, the mat and case being used during adjustment and maintenance of firearms. The mat may be permanently or removably attached to the small-parts storage case via a mat attachment component. The mat attachment component can clamp a first end of the mat between top and bottom faces to affix the mat to the small-parts storage case. The small-parts storage case may have a tray and a cover and can be used to contain small firearms parts and prevent them from being lost during firearm maintenance, building, and cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: Ryan Jacobson, Matt Morris, James Hofman
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Publication number: 20200003518Abstract: A firearm maintenance kit having a mat and a small-parts storage case, the mat and case being used during adjustment and maintenance of firearms. The mat may be permanently or removably attached to the small-parts storage case via a mat attachment component. The mat attachment component can clamp a first end of the mat between top and bottom faces to affix the mat to the small-parts storage case. The small-parts storage case may have a tray and a cover and can be used to contain small firearms parts and prevent them from being lost during firearm maintenance, building, and cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Ryan Jacobson, Matt Morris, James Hofman
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Patent number: 10429148Abstract: A firearm cleaning mat having an oil and/or solvent repellent surface and a small parts storage tray, the mat and tray being used during adjustment and maintenance of firearms. The oil and/or solvent repellent surface protects the firearm and the surface it is placed on from scratches and dents. The small parts storage tray is used to contain small parts and prevent them from being lost during firearm cleaning. A magnet is included in the small parts tray to retain small metal parts in the tray.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: Ryan Jacobson, James Hofman
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Patent number: 10337822Abstract: A gun scraper tool has elements that are adapted to maintain firearms. More specifically, a gun scraper tool can have several components and scraping surfaces that can be used to disassemble a firearm and/or to scrape carbon and residue off of the appropriate areas of the firearm by using scraping surfaces. The gun scraper tool can have a roughly triangular housing and a plurality of tool components and scraping surfaces that use the housing as the base. The tool components and scraping surfaces can include a spindle, an exterior scraping blade, a pivoting brush have a base and a set of bristles, a cotter pin puller, a bolt tail brush having bristles, and a bolt carrier scraper. The variety of tasks capable of being accomplished with the disclosed gun scraper tool can minimize the need for additional cleaners or tools.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: James Hofman, Ryan Jacobson
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Publication number: 20180058796Abstract: A gun scraper tool has elements that are adapted to maintain firearms. More specifically, a gun scraper tool can have several components and scraping surfaces that can be used to disassemble a firearm and/or to scrape carbon and residue off of the appropriate areas of the firearm by using scraping surfaces. The gun scraper tool can have a roughly triangular housing and a plurality of tool components and scraping surfaces that use the housing as the base. The tool components and scraping surfaces can include a spindle, an exterior scraping blade, a pivoting brush have a base and a set of bristles, a cotter pin puller, a bolt tail brush having bristles, and a bolt carrier scraper. The variety of tasks capable of being accomplished with the disclosed gun scraper tool can minimize the need for additional cleaners or tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: James Hofman, Ryan Jacobson
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Publication number: 20180010877Abstract: A firearm cleaning mat having an oil and/or solvent repellent surface and a small parts storage tray, the mat and tray being used during adjustment and maintenance of firearms. The oil and/or solvent repellent surface protects the firearm and the surface it is placed on from scratches and dents. The small parts storage tray is used to contain small parts and prevent them from being lost during firearm cleaning. A magnet is included in the small parts tray to retain small metal parts in the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Ryan Jacobson, James Hofman
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Patent number: 8459472Abstract: An aperture board assembly includes a panel having an array of apertures, a modular array of receivers attached to the panel, and hook assemblies for detachably engaging the receivers. The modular array is attached to the panel so that each receiver is substantially aligned with a corresponding aperture in the panel. Each hook assembly passes at least partially through an aperture in the panel and into a receiver aligned with the aperture. Each receiver in the modular array includes spring clips that are equally spaced apart around a perimeter of the receiver. Each spring clip includes a pair of opposing spring fingers disposed in a spring clip aperture. Each pair of opposing spring fingers detachably engage the hook assembly as the hook assembly is rotated with respect to the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Top-Wok Metals Co. Ltd.Inventor: James A. Hofman
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Publication number: 20120274680Abstract: A stylus includes an elongated body a portion of which is formed from carbon fiber and a tip conductively coupled to the elongated body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Silk Road Gifts, Inc.Inventor: JAMES A. HOFMAN
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Publication number: 20110155875Abstract: An aperture board assembly includes a panel having an array of apertures, a modular array of receivers attached to the panel, and hook assemblies for detachably engaging the receivers. The modular array is attached to the panel so that each receiver is substantially aligned with a corresponding aperture in the panel. Each hook assembly passes at least partially through an aperture in the panel and into a receiver aligned with the aperture. Each receiver in the modular array includes spring clips that are equally spaced apart around a perimeter of the receiver. Each spring clip includes a pair of opposing spring fingers disposed in a spring clip aperture. Each pair of opposing spring fingers detachably engage the hook assembly as the hook assembly is rotated with respect to the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: TOP-WOK METALS CO. LTD.Inventor: James A. Hofman
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Publication number: 20090078591Abstract: There is provided a travel shower case including a tray. The tray includes a lip on one side of the tray. A cover is pivotally coupled to the tray. A lock member is slidingly coupled to the cover. The lock member is movable from a first position to a second position. The lock member includes a catch portion configured to engage the lip of the tray when the lock member is in the first position. The lock member includes a hook portion operative when the lock member is in the second position, wherein the hook portion will support the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventor: James A. Hofman
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Patent number: 6651827Abstract: A display holder for displaying a stack of flexible material including a curved front wall extending from a base. A spring extends from a center portion of a rear wall to bias the stack of material toward the front wall and to impart a curvature in the stack of flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Berol CorporationInventors: Brian T. Eberwein, James A. Hofman
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Patent number: D481761Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Berol CorporationInventors: Monica L. Walsh, James A. Hofman
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Patent number: D491358Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Silk Road Gifts, Inc.Inventors: James A. Hofman, Karl Niemi
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Patent number: D604925Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Co. LtdInventors: James A. Hofman, Patrick W. Kessenich
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Patent number: D748957Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: James Hofman, Ryan Jacobson
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Patent number: D750949Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Revo Brand Group, LLCInventors: James Hofman, Howard R. Tripp
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Patent number: D858785Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Zippo Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Brian J. Barber, Justan D. Studley, James A. Hofman
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Patent number: D908989Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: ZIPPO MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Brian J. Barber, Shaun M. Panek, Howard Tripp, James A. Hofman