Patents by Inventor Mark Flannery

Mark Flannery 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).

  • Quickly slideable and incrementally adjustable barrier
    Patent number: 10570660
    Abstract: A barrier for the inside of a home. The barrier includes two partitions that slide relative to each other to increase and decrease a distance between ends of the barrier. The partitions slide into and out of confronting relationships with each other. The partitions engage each other at upper and lower locations and further at a medial location where an elongate member of one partition is received in a tube engaged to the other partition. A threaded piece upon being turned brings pressure to bear upon an end of the tube such that the partitions can be incrementally expanded apart and thereby pressurized between two locations within the home so as to block off one portion of the home. The threaded piece is slideable along the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Lyle H. Rogalla
  • Stickless exteriorly operated umbrella canopy
    Patent number: 10557282
    Abstract: An umbrella canopy that opens and closes not from a stick from within the interior of the umbrella canopy but from the exterior crown where a line is pulled to open the umbrella canopy and where a button is pushed to close the umbrella canopy. The interior of the umbrella canopy includes no stick to hold up the umbrella canopy. Taut edges of the umbrella canopy hold up the umbrella canopy, for instance, on the top edges of a playyard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon
  • Bed rail that tucks under mattress
    Patent number: 10548408
    Abstract: A bed rail for engagement between a mattress and a box spring and having a base support and a guard frame, with guard frame having a pivot that pivots and slides in the base support. The base support includes a first seat that seats the pivot and a second seat that seats a biased piece sliding axially on a first support member of the guard frame. The first support member extends from a plastic piece that forms a junction from which a second support member and the pivot extend and that nestles up to the second seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Apparatus having frame separate from gate
    Patent number: 10533370
    Abstract: A two unit barrier or three unit barrier. The two unit barrier includes a first end frame portion and a second end frame portion as a first unit and a gate as a second unit. The three unit barrier includes a first end frame as a first unit, a second end frame as a second unit, and a gate as a third unit. In each of the barriers, the gate is swingably engaged and swingable over a lower connection arrangement. The lower connection arrangement may include one or more of a mortise and tenon connection, clamp connection, swinging connection, flush and hidden connection, and telescoping connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Double Door Gate Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190360268
    Abstract: A double door gate apparatus having a frame, a main gate and a secondary gate, where the apparatus includes the unique features of a) a latch apparatus between uppermost framework members of the main gate and secondary gate, b) the latch apparatus being weighted to return to a normally closed position, c) each of the main gate and secondary gates having an inverted U-shaped piece engaging the bottommost horizontal member such that each of the main and secondary gates need to be lifted prior to being opened and prior to being closed, and d) a pair of hand wheels on a common shaft that work together to space the double door gate apparatus a desired distance from a vertical surface such as a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Elizabeth R. Volk, Brian G. Linehan
  • Playyard
    Patent number: 10448752
    Abstract: The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Gate apparatus with springless automatic return gate
    Patent number: 10415290
    Abstract: A gate apparatus having an automatically returning gate, an upper latch operated by an upper button, and a lower latch operated by an upper finger handle. Each of the latches must be opened to open the gate. The gate returns without the aid of a spring to a position close to the closed position or to the closed position by the structure of a pivot or hinge connection between the gate and the frame of the gate. Gate tubes are rectangular in section for their entire length. Wood panels are included in the gate and excluded from other portions of the gate apparatus to make the gate stand out to the user seeking to open the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Latch apparatus
    Patent number: 10415279
    Abstract: A wire crate latch apparatus having, in a first embodiment, a pivoting member that is continually drawn to a closed position by gravity and that is deflected into a catch when the door having the pivoting member is swung closed. The latch apparatus further includes upper and lower stops to contain a distal end of the pivoting member and to hold the distal end in the position to hit an oblique portion of the catch when the door is closed. In a second embodiment, a sliding latch apparatus is deflected by a catch and is relatively inaccessible from inside of the wire crate by back plates on the latch and catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian G. Linehan
  • Free standing sliding panel footed barrier
    Patent number: 10407979
    Abstract: A free standing barrier includes two panels that slide parallel to each other. Each of the panels includes a lower outer corner portion on which is mounted a foot. The feet, in combination with each other, hold the barrier upright and make the barrier free standing. One foot engages one sliding panel and the other foot engages the other sliding panel. Each of the feet includes an outward extension that works as a stop against, for example, a doorjamb, to prevent the barrier from being pushed, such as by a dog, through the opening that the barrier is intended to close off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Squeeze and slide to open gate latch
    Patent number: 10400487
    Abstract: A gate latch apparatus is disclosed for a residential safety gate. The gate latch apparatus includes a housing having opposable buttons. The buttons are squeezed to unlock opposing slides. The slides are slid to in turn slide a latch out of a latch receiver to permit the residential safety gate to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian G. Linehan
  • Double door gate apparatus
    Patent number: 10378277
    Abstract: A double door gate apparatus having a frame, a main gate and a secondary gate, where the apparatus includes the unique features of a) a latch apparatus between uppermost framework members of the main gate and secondary gate, b) the latch apparatus being weighted to return to a normally closed position, c) each of the main gate and secondary gates having an inverted U-shaped piece engaging the bottommost horizontal member such that each of the main and secondary gates need to be lifted prior to being opened and prior to being closed, and d) a pair of hand wheels on a common shaft that work together to space the double door gate apparatus a desired distance from a vertical surface such as a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian G. Linehan, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Gated Barrier With Visual Indicator
    Publication number: 20190234139
    Abstract: The present gated barrier includes a visual indicator to show the end user one or more features of the gate barrier such as how to set up the gated barrier, whether the frame of the barrier is true and square, or whether the barrier frame has been set up with sufficient pressure between, for example, two door jambs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Gary T. Schultze, Luke J. Duininck, Kyle J. Willette, Matthew A. Willms, Timothy C. Daggy, Kasey L. Pipo, William D. Butterfield, Michael P. Lane
  • Breakable down folding pet crate
    Publication number: 20190166793
    Abstract: A pet crate having a top, a bottom, and a cage between the top and bottom. The cage can be engaged to and disengaged from each of the top and bottom. When engaged to the top and bottom, or when disengaged from either one or both of the top and bottom, the cage is endless and can safely hold a pet therein. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable into a closed, endless and flat configuration such that the cage can be stored between the top and bottom such that the crate as a whole in such stored configuration is generally flat. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable out into a fence configuration by disconnecting two ends of the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Lyle H. Rogalla, Danial E. Julian
  • Push and Slide Gate Handle
    Publication number: 20190145127
    Abstract: The present gate handle includes a push button that is pushed before the gate handle is slid from a closed position to an open position on top of a support member. The support member includes a resilient button that extends into the gate handle and is pushable out of the gate handle by the push button. The support member further includes side slots that are engaged by side slides extending from the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Gary T. Schultze, Nicholas E. Beattie, Timothy C. Daggy
  • Small gate within big gate within barrier
    Patent number: 10287819
    Abstract: A gate within a gate within a barrier. A first, relatively small gate is engaged within a second, relatively large gate, which is engaged in the barrier for extending across a passageway of a residence. The relatively large gate can be closed to, for example, minimize access of toddlers to the passageway, while the relatively small gate can be opened to, for example, maximize access of small dogs to the passageway. One example of a passageway is the head or bottom of a stairway. The relatively large gate, when closed, minimizes toddlers from falling down or climbing up stairs. The relatively small gate, when open, permits small dogs to walk down or climb up the stairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Barrier With Structurally Different Corner Gate Connections
    Publication number: 20190136619
    Abstract: A barrier that includes four structurally different corner connections for fixing a gate frame of the barrier to and between opposing vertical surfaces. A first connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a pivot hook and socket, a second connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a socket, a third connection includes headless bent pin engaging a socket and a limiter, and a fourth connection includes a headless bent pin engaging a socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Gary T. Schultze, Matthew A. Willms
  • Bath safety rail
    Patent number: 10251517
    Abstract: A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface. The bath safety rail includes a base, a handle on the base, first and second suction cups opposing the handle, cam followers on the suction cups that extend into the base, and cams in the base to engage and draw up the cam followers and suction cups to thereby create suction. The handle is two-piece where the pieces are separated by a handle plane, where each axis of each suction cup is in the handle plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian G. Linehan
  • Breakable down folding pet crate
    Patent number: 10194636
    Abstract: A pet crate having a top, a bottom, and a cage between the top and bottom. The cage can be engaged to and disengaged from each of the top and bottom. When engaged to the top and bottom, or when disengaged from either one or both of the top and bottom, the cage is endless and can safely hold a pet therein. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable into a closed, endless and flat configuration such that the cage can be stored between the top and bottom such that the crate as a whole in such stored configuration is generally flat. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable out into a fence configuration by disconnecting two ends of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Lyle H. Rogalla, Danial E. Julian
  • Playyard
    Patent number: 10194755
    Abstract: The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers, Brian G. Linehan
  • Minimized Gate
    Publication number: 20190003250
    Abstract: A barrier having a gate and a frame where each of the frame and gate is reduced in at least one of a height and length dimension so as to be shipped and stored in a box of minimal size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Gary T. Schultze, Timothy C. Daggy, Nicholas E. Beattie, Matthew A. Willms, Michael P. Lane