Patents by Inventor Jeff Bohanan

Jeff Bohanan 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: 11873063
    Abstract: Various implementations include a sports board storage device. The device includes a housing, one or more linkages, a foot, and one or more linkage members. The housing has a first prong and a second prong. The one or more linkages are pivotably coupled to the first prong. The foot is pivotably coupled to the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are coupled to at least one of the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are movable relative to the housing to cause rotation of the one or more linkages and to cause the foot to move between a retracted position and an extended position. The foot is closer to the second prong in the extended position than it is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Stewart Boyd, Nathan Mellas, Brian Pitcher, Lynn Haynes, William Matthew Reid, Jeff Bohanan, Alec Stuckey
  • Patent number: 11821576
    Abstract: A mirror bracket assembly is providing for movably supporting a mirror on a surface. The mirror bracket assembly includes: a mirror mounted on a mirror base, a mounting disc arranged perpendicular to a width of the mirror, a first elongate aperture through the mounting disc, and a bore located through a center of the mounting disc; a mounting base including a projection, the mounting base including a first aperture at least partially aligned with the first elongate aperture of the mounting disc and a central aperture located through the mounting base and at least partially aligned with the bore located through the center of the mounting disc; a first fastener extending through the first aperture of the mounting base and the first elongate aperture of the mounting disc; and a central fastener extending through the central aperture of the mounting base and the bore located through the mounting disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventor: Jeff Bohanan
  • Patent number: 10674842
    Abstract: A mirror bracket is provided for supporting a mirror in deployed and stowed positions. The mirror bracket includes: a base; a mirror arm pivotally mounted on the base and movable between a deployed position and a stowed position; a first sloped surface of the mirror arm corresponding to the deployed position; a second sloped surface of the mirror arm corresponding to the stowed position; a pin movably mounted on the base and having a tapered end formed thereon, the pin located proximate to the mirror arm such that the pin contacts the first sloped surface when the mirror arm is in the deployed position and such that the pin contacts the second sloped surface when the mirror arm is in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Logan Atkins, Mark Idles, William Matthew Reid, Jeff Bohanan
  • Patent number: 10532798
    Abstract: A wake tower assembly for use with a watercraft, including an arch portion extending across a width of the watercraft, first and second pivoting structures coupled to first and second ends of the arch portion, the first and second pivoting structures configured to attach to port and starboard portions of the watercraft to facilitate rotational movement of the arch portion between a lowered position and an upright position, and a first locking mechanism provided to the first pivoting structure including a biased pin member configured to engage an opening of the first end such that when the arch portion is rotated from the lowered position to the upright position, a biasing force of the biased pin member causes the biased pin member to engage the opening to mechanically lock the arch portion in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, William N. Reid, Michael Shane Garner, Dale Lee Lambert
  • Patent number: 10207778
    Abstract: A wake tower assembly for use with a watercraft, including an arch portion extending across a width of the watercraft, first and second pivoting structures coupled to first and second ends of the arch portion, the first and second pivoting structures configured to attach to port and starboard portions of the watercraft to facilitate rotational movement of the arch portion between a lowered position and an upright position, and a first locking mechanism provided to the first pivoting structure including a biased pin member configured to engage an opening of the first end such that when the arch portion is rotated from the lowered position to the upright position, a biasing force of the biased pin member causes the biased pin member to engage the opening to mechanically lock the arch portion in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, William M. Reid, Michael Shane Garner, Dale Lee Lambert
  • Patent number: 9849946
    Abstract: A wake tower assembly for use with a watercraft, including an arch portion extending across a width of the watercraft, first and second pivoting structures coupled to first and second ends of the arch portion, the first and second pivoting structures configured to attach to port and starboard portions of the watercraft to facilitate rotational movement of the arch portion between a lowered position and an upright position, and a first locking mechanism provided to the first pivoting structure including a biased pin member configured to engage an opening of the first end such that when the arch portion is rotated from the lowered position to the upright position, a biasing force of the biased pin member causes the biased pin member to engage the opening to mechanically lock the arch portion in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, William M. Reid, Michael Shane Garner, Dale Lee Lambert
  • Patent number: 8770530
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept provides an adjustable accessory bracket assembly having an adjustment mechanism to adjust one or more axes of rotation of a bracket assembly in order to adjustably position accessory devices, such as a bracket for a mirror or other accessory device. The adjustable accessory bracket assembly can include a handle member, a push rod assembly, and a mounting member such that the handle member pivots with respect to the mounting member. In some embodiments, adjustment of a single rotation axis is provided; other embodiments may be configured to simultaneously adjust multiple axes of freedom for multi-position bracket assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Publication number: 20140085739
    Abstract: A pontoon boat mirror bracket assembly comprising at least one mirror and one mount that attaches to a pontoon boat side rail and positions the mirror for rearward viewing. The mirror bracket may position the mirror in a first position to reflect a rearward view to the boat driver while piloting the boat and a second position for stowing such that a boat cover may be installed onto the boat without removing the mirror bracket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Publication number: 20120032047
    Abstract: The present general inventive concept provides an adjustable accessory bracket assembly having an adjustment mechanism to adjust one or more axes of rotation of a bracket assembly in order to adjustably position accessory devices, such as a bracket for a mirror or other accessory device. The adjustable accessory bracket assembly can include a handle member, a push rod assembly, and a mounting member such that the handle member pivots with respect to the mounting member. In some embodiments, adjustment of a single rotation axis is provided; other embodiments may be configured to simultaneously adjust multiple axes of freedom for multi-position bracket assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Protomet
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D712325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D724508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves
  • Patent number: D724509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Protomet Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Bohanan, Charles Reeves