Patents by Inventor Lee Kunken

Lee Kunken 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: 20230313825
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching together layers of a substrate. The fastener includes a slide body, a bolt, a conical spring, and a toggle having a pivot coupled with one end of the slide body. The conical spring is disposed over a shaft of the bolt and the shaft is engaged within the slide body. The slide body and toggle are inserted into an aperture through the layers of substrate in a first configuration until the conical spring contacts a front face of the layers of substrate. Compression of the conical spring against the front face advances the toggle a clearance length out of the aperture on a back face of the layers of a substrate such that the toggle can switch to a second configuration that prevents retraction through the aperture. Extension of the conical spring automatically engages the toggle with the back face of the substrate to prevent rotation of the slide body within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Publication number: 20230117128
    Abstract: Systems and related methods for delivering hot air to a respiratory tract of a user. The system includes a hot air source comprising a heater and a blower configured to produce a flow of hot air have a temperature of at least 150° F. The flow of hot air may have a relative humidity of less than 50-20%. The system also includes a user interface connected to the hot air source by a breathing tube. The user interface is configured to receive the flow of hot air from the hot air source and deliver the flow of hot air to the respiratory tract of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Patent number: 11629743
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching together layers of a substrate. The fastener includes a slide body, a bolt, a conical spring, and a toggle having a pivot coupled with one end of the slide body. The conical spring is disposed over a shaft of the bolt and the shaft is engaged within the slide body. The slide body and toggle are inserted into an aperture through the layers of substrate in a first configuration until the conical spring contacts a front face of the layers of substrate. Compression of the conical spring against the front face advances the toggle a clearance length out of the aperture on a back face of the layers of a substrate such that the toggle can switch to a second configuration that prevents retraction through the aperture. Extension of the conical spring automatically engages the toggle with the back face of the substrate to prevent rotation of the slide body within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Publication number: 20210140459
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching together layers of a substrate. The fastener includes a slide body, a bolt, a conical spring, and a toggle having a pivot coupled with one end of the slide body. The conical spring is disposed over a shaft of the bolt and the shaft is engaged within the slide body. The slide body and toggle are inserted into an aperture through the layers of substrate in a first configuration until the conical spring contacts a front face of the layers of substrate. Compression of the conical spring against the front face advances the toggle a clearance length out of the aperture on a back face of the layers of a substrate such that the toggle can switch to a second configuration that prevents retraction through the aperture. Extension of the conical spring automatically engages the toggle with the back face of the substrate to prevent rotation of the slide body within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Patent number: 10781844
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching together layers of a substrate. The fastener includes a slide body, a bolt, a conical spring, and a toggle having a pivot coupled with one end of the slide body. The conical spring is disposed over a shaft of the bolt and the shaft is engaged within the slide body. The slide body and toggle are inserted into an aperture through the layers of substrate in a first configuration until the conical spring contacts a front face of the layers of substrate. Compression of the conical spring against the front face advances the toggle a clearance length out of the aperture on a back face of the layers of a substrate such that the toggle can switch to a second configuration that prevents retraction through the aperture. Extension of the conical spring automatically engages the toggle with the back face of the substrate to prevent rotation of the slide body within the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Publication number: 20180283434
    Abstract: A fastener for attaching together layers of a substrate. The fastener includes a slide body, a bolt, a conical spring, and a toggle having a pivot coupled with one end of the slide body. The conical spring is disposed over a shaft of the bolt and the shaft is engaged within the slide body. The slide body and toggle are inserted into an aperture through the layers of substrate in a first configuration until the conical spring contacts a front face of the layers of substrate. Compression of the conical spring against the front face advances the toggle a clearance length out of the aperture on a back face of the layers of a substrate such that the toggle can switch to a second configuration that prevents retraction through the aperture. Extension of the conical spring automatically engages the toggle with the back face of the substrate to prevent rotation of the slide body within the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Lee Kunken
  • Patent number: 9989080
    Abstract: An anchoring device for a attaching a plurality of substrates when only one side of the substrates is accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Lee Kunken, Steve Donaldson