Patents by Inventor Lynn Curtis Strong
Lynn Curtis Strong 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: 11491897Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Mark Gunter, Scott Alan Reed
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Patent number: 11427165Abstract: A portable inflation device having a pump, a control device, a user interface, and an inflation indicator. The pump includes an elongated hose with an inflation nozzle. The control device controls operation of the pump and is configured to sense a current pressure of an object, calculate the estimated remaining time to inflate the object to a target pressure, and display the remaining time using the inflation indicator. The user interface is configured to allow a user to enter the target pressure into the control device.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, James Randolph Kingsbury, Chris Auerbach, Patrick Lee Ohm, Stephen LeVeau, Michael Williams
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Publication number: 20220048413Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Mark Gunter, Scott Alan Reed
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Patent number: 11117498Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Mark Gunter, Scott Alan Reed
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Patent number: 11084517Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a tubular body portion and a pair of spaced-apart spines. The tubular body portion and spines together define an open-ended hollow channel that can be placed over a vehicle steering wheel via a gap between the spines. The inner core also has a plurality of crush ribs extending inwardly from an inner surface of the body portion. The crush ribs allow the inner core to be easily placed over multiple different sized steering wheels without slipping or otherwise moving on the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Patent number: 11059353Abstract: An air freshener includes a housing; scented beads contained within the housing; and a mounting clip for attaching the housing to a source of pressurized air. The housing has several air flow slots or openings and is rotatably coupled to the mounting clip so it can be rotated relative to the mounting clip and the air source to which it is attached to provide several “levels” of fragrance, including a “burst” of fragrance achieved by manually rotating the housing relative to the mounting clip to tumble and stir the scented beads in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Kyle M. Bennett, Yafah Johnson, Pieter Schouten, Lynn Curtis Strong
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Patent number: 11027707Abstract: A portable inflation device having a pump, a control device, a user interface, and an inflation indicator. The pump includes an elongated hose with an inflation nozzle. The control device controls operation of the pump and is configured to sense a current pressure of an object, calculate the estimated remaining time to inflate the object to a target pressure, and display the remaining time using the inflation indicator. The user interface is configured to allow a user to enter the target pressure into the control device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, James Kingsbury, Chris Auerbach, Patrick Lee Ohm, Stephen Leveau, Michael Williams
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Publication number: 20210129802Abstract: A portable inflation device having a pump, a control device, a user interface, and an inflation indicator. The pump includes an elongated hose with an inflation nozzle. The control device controls operation of the pump and is configured to sense a current pressure of an object, calculate the estimated remaining time to inflate the object to a target pressure, and display the remaining time using the inflation indicator. The user interface is configured to allow a user to enter the target pressure into the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, James Randolph Kingsbury, Chris Auerbach, Patrick Lee Ohm, Stephen LeVeau, Michael Williams
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Patent number: 10898040Abstract: An ice scraper comprising a handle and a scraper head connected to the handle. The scraper head includes a proximal end, a distal end having a scraping edge, a scraping side, a chipping side, and at least three chipping teeth for chipping ice, hard snow, or frost from a curved surface. The chipping teeth extend outwardly from the chipping side. Each chipping tooth has a contact edge. At least one of the contact edges is offset forward or rearward of contact edges of two of the other chipping teeth so that at least one point of each contact edge can simultaneously contact the curved surface regardless of the scraper's position relative to the curved surface and regardless of a direction of the scraper.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Patent number: 10775255Abstract: A pressure gauge broadly comprising a conduit, a pressure indicator, and a tip assembly. The tip assembly extends from the distal end of the conduit and includes an inner shaft, an annular seat, and an outer tip. The inner shaft engages a valve stem core of a valve. The annular seat cradles and provides support to the outer tip. The outer tip forms a seal against a valve stem tube of the valve and has an outer surface having a semi-spherical, dome, or frusto-conical shape for ensuring that the seal is formed regardless of the angle at which the tip engages the valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Lynn Curtis Strong
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Patent number: 10773620Abstract: A seat cover comprises a seat bottom overlay configured to cover a seat bottom of a seat; a seat back overlay configured to cover a seat back of the seat; and an anchor system the keeps the seat bottom and back overlays in position on the seat. The anchor system comprises a rigid anchor; a drawstring sleeve on the seat bottom overlay or the seat back overlay; and a drawstring connected to the anchor and passing through the drawstring sleeve. When tightened, the drawstring urges the anchor against a rear of the seat to help hold the seat bottom overlay and seat back overlay in place on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Vicki Sickler
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Patent number: 10710626Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Publication number: 20200062288Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Patent number: 10556613Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed. The inner core requires significantly less material than conventional steering wheel cover cores.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Patent number: 10537215Abstract: An ice scraper comprising a handle and a scraper head connected to the handle. The scraper head includes a proximal end, a distal end having a scraping edge, a scraping side, a chipping side, and at least three chipping teeth for chipping ice, hard snow, or frost from a curved surface. The chipping teeth extend outwardly from the chipping side. Each chipping tooth has a contact edge. At least one of the contact edges is offset forward or rearward of contact edges of two of the other chipping teeth so that at least one point of each contact edge can simultaneously contact the curved surface regardless of the scraper's position relative to the curved surface and regardless of a direction of the scraper.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Publication number: 20190283791Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
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Publication number: 20190283637Abstract: A seat cover comprises a seat bottom overlay configured to cover a seat bottom of a seat; a seat back overlay configured to cover a seat back of the seat; and an anchor system the keeps the seat bottom and back overlays in position on the seat. The anchor system comprises a rigid anchor; a drawstring sleeve on the seat bottom overlay or the seat back overlay; and a drawstring connected to the anchor and passing through the drawstring sleeve. When tightened, the drawstring urges the anchor against a rear of the seat to help hold the seat bottom overlay and seat back overlay in place on the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Vicki Sickler
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Patent number: 10286739Abstract: A pressure gauge broadly comprising a conduit, a pressure indicator, and a tip assembly. The tip assembly extends from the distal end of the conduit and includes an inner shaft, an annular seat, and an outer tip. The inner shaft engages a valve stem core of a valve. The annular seat cradles and provides support to the outer tip. The outer tip forms a seal against a valve stem tube of the valve and has an outer surface having a semi-spherical, dome, or frusto-conical shape for ensuring that the seal is formed regardless of the angle at which the tip engages the valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Lynn Curtis Strong
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Patent number: 9963051Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Mark Gunter, Scott Alan Reed
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Publication number: 20170217339Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Mark Gunter, Scott Alan Reed