Patents by Inventor John R. Marusiak
John R. Marusiak 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: 11944895Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Patent number: 11766596Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a detachable pull strap with a plurality of leg portions that connect to the headcover body and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel K. Lee
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Publication number: 20210387077Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Patent number: 11130046Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Publication number: 20200147476Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Patent number: 10561927Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Publication number: 20200038728Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a detachable pull strap with a plurality of leg portions that connect to the headcover body and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel K. Lee
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Patent number: 10478693Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a detachable pull strap with a plurality of leg portions that connect to the headcover body and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel K. Lee
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Publication number: 20180154244Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Publication number: 20180104557Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a detachable pull strap with a plurality of leg portions that connect to the headcover body and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel K. Lee
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Patent number: 9925452Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric. V. Cole
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Patent number: 9868040Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a plurality of collapsible portions that allow the headcover body to be configured between a collapsed configuration and a non-collapsed configuration and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel Lee
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Publication number: 20170095714Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a plurality of collapsible portions that allow the headcover body to be configured between a collapsed configuration and a non-collapsed configuration and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiaojian Chen, Daniel Lee
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Publication number: 20170072291Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Patent number: 9561414Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a plurality of collapsible portions that allow the headcover body to be configured between a collapsed configuration and a non-collapsed configuration and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiojian Chen, Daniel Lee
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Patent number: 9492731Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Publication number: 20160074743Abstract: Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Patent number: 9138633Abstract: Improved trucks for skateboards, skateboards having improved trucks, and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the primary wheels are located outboard of the secondary wheels, are wider, or both. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John R. Marusiak, John A. Solheim, Eric V. Cole
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Publication number: 20150083291Abstract: Embodiments of headcovers having a headcover body that includes a plurality of collapsible portions that allow the headcover body to be configured between a collapsed configuration and a non-collapsed configuration and methods to manufacture such headcovers are generally described herein. Other embodiments of the headcovers may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: John A. Solheim, John R. Marusiak, Xiojian Chen, Daniel Lee