Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Matthews

Kevin L. Matthews 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: 20190357608
    Abstract: A garment assembly comprises a garment, a seat, and at least one elastic member extending between the seat and the garment. When the seat is in a stowed position, a) a bottom surface of the seat is constructed and arranged to be alongside and face an outer surface of the garment and b) a top surface of the seat is constructed and arranged to face away from the outer surface of the garment. The at least one elastic member is configured to stretch to accommodate movement of the seat from the stowed position to a deployed position adjacent to a butt of the user. The at least one elastic member, in one configuration, retains the seat in the stowed position and, in another configuration, biases the top surface of the seat against the butt of the user when the seat is in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Cabela's LLC
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews
  • Patent number: 10463093
    Abstract: A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: CABELA'S LLC
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews
  • Patent number: 10376002
    Abstract: A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CABELA'S LLC
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20140373249
    Abstract: A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20120000003
    Abstract: A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CABELA'S INC.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews
  • Patent number: 8032949
    Abstract: A garment (14) with an associated seat (22) is disclosed. The seat (22) is interconnected with the garment (14) using at least one elastic strap or strap section (56). This allows the seat (22) to be moved from a stowed position to a deployed position by stretching at least one strap section (56). Moreover, the manner in which the strap sections (56) are integrated alleviates the need to disconnect the seat (22) from the garment (14) in any manner when moving the seat (22) from its stowed position to a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Cabela's Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin L. Matthews