Patents by Inventor Michael S. Saperton
Michael S. Saperton 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: 11779118Abstract: A quick-release device is for securing a rod of any gas cylinder into the plate of any chair, item of furniture, or other device supported by a gas cylinder and activating the rod with a button thereon. This universal quick-release device includes a sleeve in in the seat plate, an adapter fit into the sleeve, the adapter including an upper portion and a lower portion with different inner and outer diameters. The sleeve is configured to receive the lower portion of the adapter in a press-fit engagement. The upper portion is configured to receive the rod of the gas cylinder in a removable engagement.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: B&Z Productions LLCInventor: Michael S. Saperton
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Publication number: 20230126607Abstract: A quick-release device is for securing a rod of any gas cylinder into the plate of any chair, item of furniture, or other device supported by a gas cylinder and activating the rod with a button thereon. This universal quick-release device includes a sleeve in in the seat plate, an adapter fit into the sleeve, the adapter including an upper portion and a lower portion with different inner and outer diameters. The sleeve is configured to receive the lower portion of the adapter in a press-fit engagement. The upper portion is configured to receive the rod of the gas cylinder in a removable engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: B&Z Productions LLCInventor: Michael S. Saperton
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Patent number: 11533999Abstract: A quick-release device for securing a gas cylinder in a seat plate includes a pedestal defining a socket for receiving the gas cylinder. The pedestal projects upwardly from an endwall to form a jaw against which the gas cylinder is received when applied to the socket. A clamp is pivoted to the jaw for movement between an open position and a closed position. A flange is formed in the pedestal and has a lower surface for confrontation with the seat plate. A latch is coupled to the pedestal. The latch moves between a first position enabling movement of the clamp between the open and closed positions, and a second position disabling movement of the clamp between the open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventor: Michael S. Saperton
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Publication number: 20220034346Abstract: A quick-release device for securing a gas cylinder in a seat plate includes a pedestal defining a socket for receiving the gas cylinder. The pedestal projects upwardly from an endwall to form a jaw against which the gas cylinder is received when applied to the socket. A clamp is pivoted to the jaw for movement between an open position and a closed position. A flange is formed in the pedestal and has a lower surface for confrontation with the seat plate. A latch is coupled to the pedestal. The latch moves between a first position enabling movement of the clamp between the open and closed positions, and a second position disabling movement of the clamp between the open and closed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: B&Z Productions, LLCInventor: Michael S. Saperton
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Patent number: 11045002Abstract: A footrest device for supporting feet apart from a cylinder includes a central hub, an outer ring spaced apart from the central hub, and spars, each extending radially from a proximal end, on the first jaw of the hub, to a distal end on the ring. The hub is a clamp with an open condition and a closed condition for clamping onto the cylinder, and it includes first and second jaws pivoted to each other to open and close the hub about a space configured to receive the cylinder. A latch assembly opens and closes the first and second jaws with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: B&Z Productions, LLCInventor: Michael S. Saperton
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Patent number: 10794529Abstract: A gas cylinder quick release device has an upper bearing plate, and a lower annular collar arranged below the upper bearing plate on an axis common to the upper bearing plate and the lower annular collar. A handle is mounted to move between a first position and a second position. Movement of the handle from the first position to the second position imparts axial displacement of the upper bearing plate and the lower annular collar away from each other along the axis. The lower annular collar moves downward along the axis when the lower annular collar is axially displaced away from the upper bearing plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: B&Z Productions, LLCInventors: Barbara J. James, Michael S. Saperton
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Publication number: 20190249819Abstract: A gas cylinder quick release device has an upper bearing plate, and a lower annular collar arranged below the upper bearing plate on an axis common to the upper bearing plate and the lower annular collar. A handle is mounted to move between a first position and a second position. Movement of the handle from the first position to the second position imparts axial displacement of the upper bearing plate and the lower annular collar away from each other along the axis. The lower annular collar moves downward along the axis when the lower annular collar is axially displaced away from the upper bearing plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: B&Z Productions, LLCInventors: Barbara J. James, Michael S. Saperton
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Patent number: 10260671Abstract: A gas cylinder quick release device has a cylindrical upper assembly, a cylindrical lower assembly arranged below the upper assembly on a common axis, and a handle which is mounted to move between a first position and a second position. Movement of the handle from the first position to the second position imparts axial displacement of the upper and lower assemblies away from each other along the axis, thereby breaking a press-fit engagement of a wheelbase otherwise secured on the gas cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: B&Z Productions, LLCInventors: Barbara J. James, Michael S. Saperton
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Publication number: 20170350552Abstract: A gas cylinder quick release device has a cylindrical upper assembly, a cylindrical lower assembly arranged below the upper assembly on a common axis, and a handle which is mounted to move between a first position and a second position. Movement of the handle from the first position to the second position imparts axial displacement of the upper and lower assemblies away from each other along the axis, thereby breaking a press-fit engagement of a wheelbase otherwise secured on the gas cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: B&Z Productions, LLCInventors: Barbara J. James, Michael S. Saperton