Patents by Inventor James Paul Detweiler

James Paul Detweiler 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).

  • Anchor on a load carrier for a bicycle through-axle
    Patent number: 9376065
    Abstract: An anchor for releasably securing a bicycle through-axle, that is installed in a wheelless front fork of a bicycle, to a load carrier. The anchor is made up of an anchor body having a through-axle receiving space for receiving a bicycle through-axle therein. The anchor additionally has a movable wedge located within the anchor body and transitionable between a receiving configuration in which an interior of the receiving space is expanded for insertably receiving a bicycle through-axle therein, and a secured configuration in which the movable wedge is in lateral abutting engagement with a bicycle through-axle received within the interior of the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: David Budd, James Paul Detweiler, Thomas J. Hanson, Ash Patel, Gregor G. Weaver
  • ANCHOR ON A LOAD CARRIER FOR A BICYCLE THROUGH-AXLE
    Publication number: 20150028076
    Abstract: An anchor for releasably securing a bicycle through-axle, that is installed in a wheelless front fork of a bicycle, to a load carrier. The anchor is made up of an anchor body having a through-axle receiving space for receiving a bicycle through-axle therein. The anchor additionally has a movable wedge located within the anchor body and transitionable between a receiving configuration in which an interior of the receiving space is expanded for insertably receiving a bicycle through-axle therein, and a secured configuration in which the movable wedge is in lateral abutting engagement with a bicycle through-axle received within the interior of the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: David Budd, James Paul Detweiler, Thomas J. Hanson, Ash Patel, Gregor G. Weaver
  • Hitch-mounted bicycle carrier
    Patent number: D687762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Gregor G. Weaver, James Paul Detweiler, John R. Laverack
  • Retractable rail
    Patent number: D718217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: James Paul Detweiler, Ash Patel