Patents by Inventor Keith Kristiansen
Keith Kristiansen 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: 6554243Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top and bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lowered position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts the support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6485269Abstract: A detachable air compressor system includes a detachable air compressor unit and a second storage tank. The detachable air compressor unit is portable and includes an air pump powered by a motor and connected to a first storage tank, where the pump, motor, and first storage tank are all connected to a first base. The first storage tank is also attached to a regulator in order to release the compressed air stored inside and to a first coupler to permit the transport of compressed air between the first storage tank and the second storage tank. The detachable air compressor unit can be attached to a second storage tank of a larger size than the first storage tank. The second storage tank includes a second coupler adapted for receiving the first coupler from the first base as well as a second base adapted for coupling with the first base to removably secure the detachable air compressor unit to the second storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C Vandyk, Kurt Beckman
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Patent number: 6427963Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6412747Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top and bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lowered position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts the support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6412746Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lower position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts the support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6405989Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top and bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lowered position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts the support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6405990Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member having a top and bottom surface. The bottom surface contacts a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly, retractable from a lowered position to a raised position. The wheel assembly includes a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector. The wheel bracket includes an axle, at least one wheel, and a handle extending outwardly from the wheel bracket. The handle is used to pivotally rotate the wheel assembly about a transverse axis. When the handle is rotated away from the base member, the wheel assembly is placed in a lowered position whereby the wheel contacts support surface thus separating the bottom surface of the base member from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Huffy CorporationInventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: 6352183Abstract: An undersink water delivery system that includes a housing for holding a container of water and a pump for delivering water to an air gap type faucet. The housing includes a pivotally mounted access door that assists a user in loading a container of water. The access door includes a water delivery coupling that is connected to the pump to deliver water from the container to the faucet. To load a container of water the access door is pivoted to the open position and a container of water is slid into a cradle formed in the access door until the neck of the bottle engages the water delivery coupling. The access door is pivoted upwardly (including the container of water) into the closed position. The access door thereby functions as a lever assisting a user in loading a container of water into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Great Spring Waters of America, Inc.Inventors: Keith Kristiansen, Edward H. Meisner
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Publication number: 20010045501Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Publication number: 20010045498Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: November 29, 2001Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Publication number: 20010035485Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Publication number: 20010035480Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Publication number: 20010035481Abstract: A rollable sports ballast base for supporting a sports apparatus support member comprising a base member which has a first edge and a second edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is adapted to contact a support surface such as a driveway or other playing surface. There is at least one wheel assembly for contacting the support surface. One of the wheel assemblies is retractable from a lowered position to a raised position such that when in the raised position, the bottom surface of the base member substantially contacts the support surface. In the lowered position, both wheel assemblies contact the support surface thereby separating or elevating the base member from the support surface. In another embodiment, the invention consists of a similar rollable sports base for supporting a sports apparatus support member wherein one wheel assembly is retractable and comprises a pivoting connector coupled to the base member and a wheel bracket coupled to the pivoting connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Mark E. Davis, Ronald A. White, Craig Saunders, Rene Polin, Keith Kristiansen, Michael Ballone, Gary Grossman
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Patent number: D444279Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Ian Haldimann
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Patent number: D446792Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk
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Patent number: D446793Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk
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Patent number: D447151Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk
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Patent number: D447490Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk
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Patent number: D447752Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk
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Patent number: D452253Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Matthew, David McCoy, Tom Graber, Richard Hawkes, Keith Kristiansen, John Kiely, Gary Grossman, Thomas C. Vandyk