Patents by Inventor Lawson Charles Hawkins

Lawson Charles Hawkins 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).

  • Mounting systems suitable for mounting vision systems
    Patent number: 12253665
    Abstract: Mounting systems configured to mount vision systems such as goggles to target devices such as helmets include a gantry and carriage assembly having a hinge assembly with a pill and a tilt adjustment assembly that cooperates with the pill to move the carriage between various tilt positions and between a deploy and a stow position that is agnostic of deployed tilt setting. The tilt adjustment assembly includes a tilt member that moves in a front to back direction. The gantry and carriage assembly also includes a bore in an upper portion of the carriage and a stow insert that also cooperates with the pill to lock the pill into a stow detent and secure the gantry and carriage assembly in the stow position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Swift Universal Optical Systems LLC
    Inventors: Keaton Swift Friedman, Lawson Charles Hawkins, Luke Austin Moore, Andrew Mark Wermel
  • MOUNTING SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR MOUNTING VISION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240402480
    Abstract: Mounting systems configured to mount vision systems such as goggles to target devices such as helmets include a gantry and carriage assembly having a hinge assembly with a pill and a tilt adjustment assembly that cooperates with the pill to move the carriage between various tilt positions and between a deploy and a stow position that is agnostic of deployed tilt setting. The tilt adjustment assembly includes a tilt member that moves in a front to back direction. The gantry and carriage assembly also includes a bore in an upper portion of the carriage and a stow insert that also cooperates with the pill to lock the pill into a stow detent and secure the gantry and carriage assembly in the stow position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Keaton Swift Friedman, Lawson Charles Hawkins, Luke Austin Moore, Andrew Mark Wermel