Patents by Inventor Ken Benson

Ken Benson 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: 9345301
    Abstract: A supported composite tool pack according to aspects of the disclosure includes a concave plastic base coupled to a durable fabric body. A substantially rigid support panel divides the interior of the pack and supports the fabric body and contents of the pack with respect to the base. The pack includes a pair of backpack straps permitting the pack to be worn on the back of a user, while keeping both hands free for opening doors, hatches or scaling ladders. The fabric body defines a plurality of organizational structures inside the pack, including but not limited to closed and open pockets, rings and clips for the placement of tools, spare parts and other equipment. The base and support panel maintain the pack and its contents in an upright and accessible position when open or closed, giving the user a stable, protected work platform no matter the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Veto Pro Pac, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Brouard, Lee Griswold, Rui Henriques, Ken Benson
  • Publication number: 20140239024
    Abstract: A supported composite tool pack according to aspects of the disclosure includes a concave plastic base coupled to a durable fabric body. A substantially rigid support panel divides the interior of the pack and supports the fabric body and contents of the pack with respect to the base. The pack includes a pair of backpack straps permitting the pack to be worn on the back of a user, while keeping both hands free for opening doors, hatches or scaling ladders. The fabric body defines a plurality of organizational structures inside the pack, including but not limited to closed and open pockets, rings and clips for the placement of tools, spare parts and other equipment. The base and support panel maintain the pack and its contents in an upright and accessible position when open or closed, giving the user a stable, protected work platform no matter the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Veto Pro Pac, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Brouard, Lee Griswold, Rui Henriques, Ken Benson
  • Patent number: 8757048
    Abstract: A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Dillon Burroughs, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest
  • Publication number: 20120167775
    Abstract: A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Chevalier Collection Ltd.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Dillon Burroughs, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest
  • Patent number: 8101222
    Abstract: A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chevalier Collection, Ltd.
    Inventors: James R Burroughs, Dillon Burroughs, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest
  • Publication number: 20110190098
    Abstract: An exercise device, including a telescoping door-frame-mountable exercise bar having a first and second end, each end having an end-cap, each of said end-caps having an outward facing frictional surface, and at least one of said end-caps containing an interior cam mechanism. Said cam mechanism including a cam wedge with a pivot end and a curved end, wherein said pivot end is pivotably secured to one end of the bar at a pivot point, and said curved end is directed outwards from said pivot point towards the interior side of the flat frictional surface of the end-cap. Said cam wedge having a radial length measured by the distance between the cam wedge's pivot point and its curved end, wherein said radial length is shortest along the central horizontal axis of the cam wedge and increases in length as the radial axis is angled upwards or downwards along the curved end on the cam wedge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Lee Griswold, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest, Daniel Kinsbourne
  • Publication number: 20100124594
    Abstract: A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: CHEVALIER COLLECTION, LTD.
    Inventors: James R. Burroughs, Dillon Burroughs, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest
  • Patent number: D627185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Chevalier Collection Ltd.
    Inventors: Dillon Burroughs, Ed Gilchrest, Ken Benson
  • Patent number: D634581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Frontiersman, LLC
    Inventors: Dillon Burroughs, Ed Gilchrest, Ken Benson
  • Patent number: D683586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventors: James R Burroughs, Dillon Burroughs, Ken Benson, Ed Gilchrest