Patents by Inventor Joshua M. Keeler

Joshua M. Keeler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240227895
    Abstract: A system is disclosed including a transporter, having a top load bearing surface or bed, and four wheeled articulating legs, that may be operated by a single user/operator, and can be lowered or raised by changing the lengths or angles of its legs while maintaining the transporter bed level. The legs that may be folded up to be loaded onto or unloaded from a truck bed, or a stationary platform, by a single operator while carrying heavy load. The loading and unloading process is assisted by various safety brakes that prevent accidental slippage of the transporter off the truck bed. The legs' angles are changed using a dual-threaded lead screw. The transporter further includes two edge detectors on the front-end and the rear-end to detect the edge of the truck bed automatically, and prepare the folding of the transporter legs for loading onto the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240227892
    Abstract: A system is disclosed including a transporter, having a top load bearing surface or bed, and four wheeled articulating legs, that may be operated by a single user/operator, and can be lowered or raised by changing the lengths or angles of its legs while maintaining the transporter bed level. The legs that may be folded up to be loaded onto or unloaded from a truck bed, or a stationary platform, by a single operator while carrying heavy load. The loading and unloading process is assisted by various safety brakes that prevent accidental slippage of the transporter off the truck bed. The legs' angles are changed using a dual-threaded lead screw. The transporter further includes two edge detectors on the front-end and the rear-end to detect the edge of the truck bed automatically, and prepare the folding of the transporter legs for loading onto the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240227896
    Abstract: A system is disclosed including a transporter, having a top load bearing surface or bed, and four wheeled articulating legs, that may be operated by a single user/operator, and can be lowered or raised by changing the lengths or angles of its legs while maintaining the transporter bed level. The legs that may be folded up to be loaded onto or unloaded from a truck bed, or a stationary platform, by a single operator while carrying heavy load. The loading and unloading process is assisted by various safety brakes that prevent accidental slippage of the transporter off the truck bed. The legs' angles are changed using a dual-threaded lead screw. The transporter further includes two edge detectors on the front-end and the rear-end to detect the edge of the truck bed automatically, and prepare the folding of the transporter legs for loading onto the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240234907
    Abstract: Devices and mechanisms are disclosed for a simple ejection of the battery-pack from a power-tool with one hand only. The disclosed lock and release mechanisms primarily use one finger while the same hand of the user holds the power-tool. The claimed devices and mechanisms accept and eject two categories of batteries that either slideably attach to the bottom of the power-tool or are inserted into the handle of the power-tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240234911
    Abstract: Devices and mechanisms are disclosed for a simple ejection of the battery-pack from a power-tool with one hand only. The disclosed lock and release mechanisms primarily use one finger while the same hand of the user holds the power-tool. The claimed devices and mechanisms accept and eject two categories of batteries that either slideably attach to the bottom of the power-tool or are inserted into the handle of the power-tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240227156
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed including a hang bar, usable with a support surface such as a sidewall of a toolbox, the hang bar having one or more hang clips with an aperture that closely matches the shape and size of the cross section of the hang bar, configured to nestably mount the hang clips over the hang bar, providing a clip hook protruding from the hang clip to allow mounting an item on the clip hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240227894
    Abstract: A system is disclosed including a transporter, having a top load bearing surface or bed, and four wheeled articulating legs, that may be operated by a single user/operator, and can be lowered or raised by changing the lengths or angles of its legs while maintaining the transporter bed level. The legs that may be folded up to be loaded onto or unloaded from a truck bed, or a stationary platform, by a single operator while carrying heavy load. The loading and unloading process is assisted by various safety brakes that prevent accidental slippage of the transporter off the truck bed. The legs' angles are changed using a dual-threaded lead screw. The transporter further includes two edge detectors on the front-end and the rear-end to detect the edge of the truck bed automatically, and prepare the folding of the transporter legs for loading onto the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240234910
    Abstract: Devices and mechanisms are disclosed for a simple ejection of the battery-pack from a power-tool with one hand only. The disclosed lock and release mechanisms primarily use one finger while the same hand of the user holds the power-tool. The claimed devices and mechanisms accept and eject two categories of batteries that either slideably attach to the bottom of the power-tool or are inserted into the handle of the power-tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240150094
    Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed including a stackable storage container. In various embodiments, the stackable storage container includes stacking locks that may be deployed automatically to lock the stackable storage containers together when a first storage container is placed upon the top of a second storage container. A tri-state locking system is used to lock the containers in a stack configuration. Deep chamfers at bottom surfaces and top lids of storage containers allow automatic alignment of the containers. When storage containers are stacked and aligned, a lock status indicator is activated to indicate the state of the stacking locks. The lock status indicator may also have an added function to allow a user to unlock the stacked storage containers to detach and remove them from the stack. The user may not manually lock the storage containers but the user may unlock them manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240150079
    Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed including a stackable storage container. In various embodiments, the stackable storage container includes stacking locks that may be deployed automatically to lock the stackable storage containers together when a first storage container is placed upon the top of a second storage container. A tri-state locking system is used to lock the containers in a stack configuration. Deep chamfers at bottom surfaces and top lids of storage containers allow automatic alignment of the containers. When storage containers are stacked and aligned, a lock status indicator is activated to indicate the state of the stacking locks. The lock status indicator may also have an added function to allow a user to unlock the stacked storage containers to detach and remove them from the stack. The user may not manually lock the storage containers but the user may unlock them manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240150071
    Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed including a stackable storage container. In various embodiments, the stackable storage container includes stacking locks that may be deployed automatically to lock the stackable storage containers together when a first storage container is placed upon the top of a second storage container. A tri-state locking system is used to lock the containers in a stack configuration. Deep chamfers at bottom surfaces and top lids of storage containers allow automatic alignment of the containers. When storage containers are stacked and aligned, a lock status indicator is activated to indicate the state of the stacking locks. The lock status indicator may also have an added function to allow a user to unlock the stacked storage containers to detach and remove them from the stack. The user may not manually lock the storage containers but the user may unlock them manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240149934
    Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed including a stackable storage container. In various embodiments, the stackable storage container includes stacking locks that may be deployed automatically to lock the stackable storage containers together when a first storage container is placed upon the top of a second storage container. A tri-state locking system is used to lock the containers in a stack configuration. Deep chamfers at bottom surfaces and top lids of storage containers allow automatic alignment of the containers. When storage containers are stacked and aligned, a lock status indicator is activated to indicate the state of the stacking locks. The lock status indicator may also have an added function to allow a user to unlock the stacked storage containers to detach and remove them from the stack. The user may not manually lock the storage containers but the user may unlock them manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240108127
    Abstract: A device is disclosed including a foldable storage cabinet having panels and doors that are connected with hinges to facilitate folding and unfolding for ease of packaging, transportation and deployment. One or more shelves are coupled to the inside of a U-shaped back-panel with hinges to allow folding the shelves into the inside of the back-panel. Two side-panels connected to the back-panel can be folded into the inside of the back-panel. The doors can be folded into the back-panel together and in line with their respective side-panels. Doors can also be folded into their respective side-panels before folding the door/side-panel assembly into the back-panel. Top panel is detached from the rest of the cabinet and can be snapped into place at the end of the unfolding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20240099405
    Abstract: A device is disclosed including a foldout pocket with an integrated platform assembly on a clothing article, such as a jacket or a shirt that can support a mobile device when folded out during active use to free user's hands. A flap may be opened to release the front of the foldout pocket and allow it to fold out to a prescribed angle held in place by side supports connected to back of the foldout pocket. The platform assembly is detachably or permanently integrated with the folded-out pocket, on which mobile devices of various thickness can be supported and secured with clamps built into the rigid platform. Clamps of various sizes are used on a slider with discrete and fine position adjustments relative to the fixed platform supporting the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Patent number: 11920952
    Abstract: A removeable level endcap is disclosed where the endcap safeguards the end of the level apparatus against drops and impacts. The endcap assembly includes a sliding C-clamp slidably housed inside a locking hook structure. Both locking and locking hook structures are “C” shaped with two end portions coupled to a middle portion. With the sliding C-clamp in a fully pushed backward position within the locking hook housing structure, a single linear forward push of the sliding C-clamp couples the locking hook structure end portions with the level end and locks the endcap onto the level end using locking tabs on locking hook structure end portions with the sliding C-clamp in a pushed fully forward position within the locking hook structure. Unlocking, detaching, and removing the endcap from the level apparatus is accomplished with a single linear backward pull of the sliding C-clamp within the locking hook structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Patent number: 11883945
    Abstract: A transportable workbench is disclosed the legs of which are easily manipulated and are folded under its top part. With the same ease the legs may be unfolded and erected to create a work-table for working in construction sites and in temporary work places. Each workbench has a telescopic moveable handle and corresponding mechanisms that translate the movements of the handle into movements of the workbench legs. Each workbench also has two push-buttons or actuators which help locking the moveable members of the workbench in various desired positions. Additionally, the tops of the workbenches have different slots and holes for attaching different power and traditional tools to the workbenches and are marked for various measurements and/or calculations which eliminates the need to use some basic tools while working on top of the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20230373077
    Abstract: A transportable workbench is disclosed the legs of which are easily manipulated and are folded under its top part. With the same ease the legs may be unfolded and erected to create a work-table for working in construction sites and in temporary work places. Each workbench has a telescopic moveable handle and corresponding mechanisms that translate the movements of the handle into movements of the workbench legs. Each workbench also has two push-buttons or actuators which help locking the moveable members of the workbench in various desired positions. Additionally, the tops of the workbenches have different slots and holes for attaching different power and traditional tools to the workbenches and are marked for various measurements and/or calculations which eliminates the need to use some basic tools while working on top of the workbench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Patent number: 11751673
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed including a tool clip having a receptacle, and a matching receptacle sleeve to attach to an elongated hand tool, such as a screwdriver. In various embodiments, the receptacle has springs to lock and retain the sleeve and hand tool in the tool clip. In a locked state, the screwdriver is restricted from axial and radial movements. In some embodiments, the sleeve has notches or cavities to receive a spring tip or tooth for locking the tool. The springs may be of different types, made of plastic or metal, and may be a single piece or multiple pieces. The tool clip may further include belt clips, loops, or hangers of various sorts to attach the tool clip to a toolbelt worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Publication number: 20230256631
    Abstract: A shears upper finger grip has a lower substantially flat operating surface arranged in a transverse plane substantially normal to a cutting plane and dimensioned and configured to enable substantially full insertion of a thumb metacarpal bone from a right lateral side and for receiving the ball of the thumb to enable the thumb to be moved to a position on a left lateral side to an orientation substantially parallel to the cutting plane and to position the hand’s thenar eminence into abutment against the flat operating surface while positioning at least exterior right lateral portions of the upper finger grip in abutment against the palm beyond the hand’s thenar crease and into the region of at least one of the hand’s palmar creases to enable the thenar eminence and palm of the hand to oppose the forces applied by the fingers acting on the lower finger grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H. Panosian, Joshua M. Keeler
  • Publication number: 20230256630
    Abstract: A shears upper finger grip has a lower substantially flat inner surface arranged in a transverse plane substantially normal to a cutting plane and dimensioned and configured to enable substantially full insertion of a thumb metacarpal bone from a right lateral side and for receiving the ball of the thumb to enable the thumb to be moved to a position on a left lateral side to an orientation substantially parallel to the cutting plane and to position the hand's thenar eminence into abutment against the flat inner surface while positioning at least exterior right lateral portions of the upper finger grip in abutment against the palm beyond the hand's thenar crease and into the region of at least one of the hand's palmar creases to enable the thenar eminence and palm of the hand to oppose the forces applied by the fingers acting on the lower finger grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler