Patents by Inventor Lynn D. VanDyke

Lynn D. VanDyke 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: 20230309743
    Abstract: A cooking device may be a combination gas-powered grill and pellet-burning smoker. The combination gas-powered grill and pellet-burning smoker may include an enclosure and a plurality of components may be disposed in a plurality of levels within the enclosure. The plurality of components, when disposed in the plurality of levels, may be disposed in a vertically stacked configuration. The plurality of components may include a burn pot, a diffuser, a drip tray, one or more gutters, one or more gas-powered burners, one or more heat tents, and/or a grilling surface. One or more of these components may be disposed in a housing or a cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Lynn D. VanDyke, Donald Waite, Jeffery D. Hancock, Christopher N. Schenck
  • Publication number: 20230309748
    Abstract: A cooking device may include a cooking chamber. A first gas-powered heat source may include one or more burners disposed in the cooking chamber. A second solid fuel burning heat source may include a burn pot disposed in the cooking chamber, and the burn pot may be spaced below the burners of the first heat source in a vertically stacked configuration. A drawer may be movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the cooking chamber. The drawer may include a drip tray that is disposed between the burners of the first heat source and the burn pot of the second heat source when the drawer is in the closed position. The drawer may allow the drip tray to be at least partially removed from between the burners of the first heat source and the burn pot of the second heat source when the drawer is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Lynn D. VanDyke, Donald Waite, Jeffrey D. Hancock, Christopher N. Schenck
  • Publication number: 20190314696
    Abstract: One example of a basketball system includes a post, a backboard, a connecting structure that connects the backboard to the post, and a height adjustment mechanism operable to adjust a position of the backboard relative to a reference surface, and the height adjustment mechanism includes one or more arms connected to the connecting structure, an adjustment handle connected to the one or more arms and to the support structure, a gas shock including a locking pin and connected to the support structure, to the one or more arms, and to the adjustment handle, and an actuator arm connected to the adjustment handle and operable to change a disposition of the locking pin of the gas shock when the adjustment handle is operated so that the locking pin is moved between first and second dispositions which respectively correspond to a locked state and an unlocked state of the gas shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Lynn D VanDyke
  • Patent number: 10265630
    Abstract: In one example, a panel includes a series of hollow ribs arranged generally parallel to each other, and the hollow ribs define part of a first side of the panel. A flexible web is disposed between each two successive ribs of the plurality of ribs. The panel is made of plastic and is in the form of a unified single-piece structure in which the flexible webs are integral with the plurality of ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Lynn D. VanDyke, Jacob Kearl
  • Publication number: 20160346703
    Abstract: In one example, a panel includes a series of hollow ribs arranged generally parallel to each other, and the hollow ribs define part of a first side of the panel. A flexible web is disposed between each two successive ribs of the plurality of ribs. The panel is made of plastic and is in the form of a unified single-piece structure in which the flexible webs are integral with the plurality of ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Lynn D. VanDyke, Jacob Kearl
  • Patent number: 8590962
    Abstract: In one example, a trailer is provided that includes a bed frame, a first panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame, and a second panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame. At least one of the first panel and the second panel is configured to be releasably secured in two different positions so as to at least partially define first and second configurations of the trailer, the first configuration being different from the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Nye, Jacob Kearl, Lynn D. VanDyke, James Harvey Schaffner
  • Publication number: 20120193942
    Abstract: In one example, a trailer is provided that includes a bed frame, a first panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame, and a second panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame. At least one of the first panel and the second panel is configured to be releasably secured in two different positions so as to at least partially define first and second configurations of the trailer, the first configuration being different from the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Nye, Jacob Kearl, Lynn D. VanDyke, James Harvey Schaffner