Patents by Inventor Joel Bennett
Joel Bennett 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: 10046837Abstract: In one example, a watercraft includes a buoyant body in the form of a single piece structure sized and configured to support the weight of one or more users. The watercraft also includes a retractable fin connected to a pin that resides in a fixed location relative to the body, the pin including a side surface that is in contact with the body. The retractable fin is rotatable about the pin between an extended position and a retracted position, and the retractable fin includes an engagement portion that is engageable with a first portion of the body and with a second portion of the body. The retractable fin assumes the extended position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the first portion of the body, and the retractable fin assumes the retracted position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the second portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Danny Green, Edward G. Van Nimwegen, Tim Niemier, Joel Bennett, John Bennett, Robert Astle, Brent Steed, Eric Olsen, Mike Todd
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Publication number: 20170190395Abstract: In one example, a watercraft includes a buoyant body in the form of a single piece structure sized and configured to support the weight of one or more users. The watercraft also includes a retractable fin connected to a pin that resides in a fixed location relative to the body, the pin including a side surface that is in contact with the body. The retractable fin is rotatable about the pin between an extended position and a retracted position, and the retractable fin includes an engagement portion that is engageable with a first portion of the body and with a second portion of the body. The retractable fin assumes the extended position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the first portion of the body, and the retractable fin assumes the retracted position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the second portion of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Danny Green, Edward G. Van Nimwegen, Tim Niemier, Joel Bennett, John Bennett, Robert Astle, Brent Steed, Eric Olsen, Mike Todd
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Patent number: 9630689Abstract: In one example, a board includes a body having a single piece structure, the body including an upper surface that defines a deck, and a lower surface. The board also includes first and second retractable fins, where the first retractable fin is rotatably connected directly to the body at a first fixed location on the body such that the first retractable fin is rotatable about the first fixed location between an extended position and a retracted position, and the first retractable fin including an engagement portion that is engageable with a first portion of the body and with a second portion of the body. The first retractable fin assumes the extended position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the first portion of the body, and the first retractable fin assumes the retracted position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the second portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Danny Green, Edward G. Van Nimwegen, Tim Niemier, Joel Bennett, John Bennett, Robert Astle, Brent Steed, Eric Olsen, Mike Todd
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Patent number: 9351563Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Publication number: 20150327669Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Publication number: 20150246712Abstract: In one example, a board includes a body having a single piece structure, the body including an upper surface that defines a deck, and a lower surface. The board also includes first and second retractable fins, where the first retractable fin is rotatably connected directly to the body at a first fixed location on the body such that the first retractable fin is rotatable about the first fixed location between an extended position and a retracted position, and the first retractable fin including an engagement portion that is engageable with a first portion of the body and with a second portion of the body. The first retractable fin assumes the extended position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the first portion of the body, and the first retractable fin assumes the retracted position when the engagement portion is releasably retained by the second portion of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Danny Green, Edward G. Van Nimwegen, Tim Niemier, Joel Bennett, John Bennett, Robert Astle, Brent Steed, Eric Olsen, Mike Todd
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Patent number: 9101209Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Publication number: 20140345505Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Patent number: 8726817Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Patent number: 8573139Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent Ashby, Joel Bennett
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Publication number: 20130255545Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Joel Bennett, Kent Ashby
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Patent number: 8397653Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent Ashby, Joel Bennett
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Publication number: 20130009427Abstract: A table and chair set may include a table, a plurality of chairs and a storage case. The table may include a folding table top that has a footprint in the folded position. The chairs may be folding chairs that have a footprint generally equal to or slightly smaller than the footprint of the table in the folded position. The case may include an interior cavity that is sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the table and the chair in the folded positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter, Wendell Peery, Joel Bennett, Brandon Smith
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Publication number: 20120220397Abstract: In one example, a basketball system includes a base, a post connected at least indirectly to the base, a backboard, a backboard support structure connected at least indirectly to the backboard, a biasing mechanism connected at least indirectly to the backboard support structure, and an adjustment mechanism connected at least indirectly to the backboard support structure, the post, and the biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism is configured to bias the adjustment mechanism toward a fully extended state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Robert A. Astle, Joel Bennett
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Publication number: 20120175918Abstract: A table and chair set may include a table, a plurality of chairs and a storage case. The table may include a folding table top that has a footprint in the folded position. The chairs may be folding chairs that have a footprint generally equal to or slightly smaller than the footprint of the table in the folded position. The case may include an interior cavity that is sized and configured to receive at least a portion of the table and the chair in the folded positions, the cavity having a size generally equal to or slightly larger than the footprint of the folding table and the folding chair in the folded positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Scott Southwick, E. Vince Rhoton, Joel Bennett, Brandon Smith, Mitch Johnson, David C. Winter, Wendell Peery
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Patent number: D668483Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Joel Bennett
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Patent number: D688496Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Joel Bennett
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Patent number: D714412Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert A Astle, Danny Green, Joel Bennett, Eric Olsen
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Patent number: D715081Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventor: Joel Bennett
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Patent number: D723127Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Danny Green, Robert A. Astle, Joel Bennett, Eric Olsen