Patents by Inventor Michael R. Nelson

Michael R. Nelson 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).

  • Patent number: 9713407
    Abstract: A toilet set can be removably attached to a toilet fixture using a system having an attachment body and a post with laterally mateable portions. The post has a rod portion extendable through a mounting hole of the toilet fixture and a post engagement portion. The attachment body has a pivot portion, a movable closure, and a receiving opening. The post engagement portion is defined by radially oriented features, such as disc or ring-shaped portions of different diameters. A portion of the periphery of the receiving opening has features with contours inversely shaped with respect to the features of the post engagement portion so that the attachment body engagement portion is laterally mateable with the post engagement portion. The closure is movable between a closed position preventing disengagement of the attachment body and the post and an open position enabling disengagement of the attachment body from the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Nelson, Edward Scott Seccuro, Andrew L. Solinski
  • Patent number: 9577352
    Abstract: Electrical connectors including a cable clamp (e.g., having a first clamp portion, a second clamp portion, and a hinge coupled to the first and second clamp portions such that the first and second clamp portions are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position in which the first and second clamp portions define a cable passageway), and a piercing conductor configured to place a fixture wire into electrical communication with an electrical cable disposed within the cable passageway. In at least some of these electrical connectors, a longitudinal axis of the cable passageway is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cable clamp when the first and second clamp portions are in the closed position. In at least some of these electrical connectors, at least one of the clamp portions comprises a flexible sidewall that at least partially defines the cable passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLP
    Inventors: Michael R. Nelson, Brian VanHiel, Kirk Charles, Adam Ambrecht
  • Publication number: 20160226157
    Abstract: Electrical connectors including a cable clamp (e.g., having a first clamp portion, a second clamp portion, and a hinge coupled to the first and second clamp portions such that the first and second clamp portions are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position in which the first and second clamp portions define a cable passageway), and a piercing conductor configured to place a fixture wire into electrical communication with an electrical cable disposed within the cable passageway. In at least some of these electrical connectors, a longitudinal axis of the cable passageway is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cable clamp when the first and second clamp portions are in the closed position. In at least some of these electrical connectors, at least one of the clamp portions comprises a flexible sidewall that at least partially defines the cable passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Michael R. Nelson, Brian VanHiel, Kirk Charles, Adam Ambrecht
  • Patent number: 9225078
    Abstract: Electrical connectors including a cable clamp (e.g., having a first clamp portion, a second clamp portion, and a hinge coupled to the first and second clamp portions such that the first and second clamp portions are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position in which the first and second clamp portions define a cable passageway), and a piercing conductor configured to place a fixture wire into electrical communication with an electrical cable disposed within the cable passageway. In at least some of these electrical connectors, a longitudinal axis of the cable passageway is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cable clamp when the first and second clamp portions are in the closed position. In at least some of these electrical connectors, at least one of the clamp portions comprises a flexible sidewall that at least partially defines the cable passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Homer TLC, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Nelson, Brian VanHiel, Kirk Charles, Adam Ambrecht
  • Patent number: D808758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D808759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D808760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D808761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D808762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D808763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D809364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D810537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D812445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Axe
    Patent number: D818337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D820659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D854389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D854390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D854391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Axe
    Patent number: D854903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson
  • Patent number: D854904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventor: Michael R. Nelson