Patents by Inventor Nathan Mellas
Nathan Mellas 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: 12269376Abstract: Various implementations include a seat riser system. The system includes a base and a seat. The base has a base center line, a first base end, a second base end spaced apart along the base center line, a first base side, and a second base side spaced apart from the first base side. The seat has a seat center line, a first seat end, a second seat end spaced apart along the seat center line, a first seat side, a second seat side spaced apart from the first seat side, and a bottom seat surface rotationally coupled to the base such that the seat is rotatable about a seat rotational axis. The seat rotational axis is spaced apart from the seat center line such that the seat rotational axis is closer to the first seat side than it is to the second seat side.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Protomet CorporationInventors: Nathan Mellas, Barrett Tillman, Stewart Boyd, William Matthew Reid
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Publication number: 20240306851Abstract: Example adjustable warming racks for cookboxes of grills are disclosed. An example warming rack is configured to be coupled to a cookbox of a grill. The example warming rack includes a first rack and a second rack. The first rack is couplable to the cookbox. The second rack is pivotally coupled to the first rack. The second rack is movable relative to the first rack to transition the warming rack between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, James Keclik, Michael A. Graef, Brian Mathews, Nathan Mellas, Nicholas M. Nanos, JR.
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Patent number: 12054226Abstract: Various implementations include a frame for supporting a bimini top. The frame includes base, forward, and aft assemblies. The forward assembly has a first portion and a second portion rotatably coupled to a forward portion of the base assembly. The aft assembly has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the aft assembly is slidably coupled to an aft portion of the base assembly. The forward and aft assemblies are movable between collapsed and extended positions. The forward or aft assembly is operatively coupled to a drive assembly such that rotation of a pulley of the drive assembly relative to the base assembly causes the forward or aft assembly to move between the collapsed and extended positions. Movement of the forward assembly from the collapsed position to the extended position causes the aft assembly to move from the collapsed position to the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2024Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Protomet CorporationInventors: Nathan Mellas, Stewart Boyd, William Reid, William Caden Webb, Aaron Pierce, Logan Atkins
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Patent number: 12029349Abstract: Example adjustable warming racks for cookboxes of grills are disclosed. An example warming rack is configured to be coupled to a cookbox of a grill. The example warming rack includes a first rack and a second rack. The first rack has a hook configured to couple the warming rack to the cookbox. The second rack is pivotally coupled to the first rack. The second rack is movable relative to the first rack to transition the warming rack between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, James Keclik, Michael A. Graef, Brian Mathews, Nathan Mellas, Nicholas M. Nanos, Jr.
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Patent number: 11873063Abstract: Various implementations include a sports board storage device. The device includes a housing, one or more linkages, a foot, and one or more linkage members. The housing has a first prong and a second prong. The one or more linkages are pivotably coupled to the first prong. The foot is pivotably coupled to the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are coupled to at least one of the one or more linkages. The one or more linkage members are movable relative to the housing to cause rotation of the one or more linkages and to cause the foot to move between a retracted position and an extended position. The foot is closer to the second prong in the extended position than it is in the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Protomet CorporationInventors: Stewart Boyd, Nathan Mellas, Brian Pitcher, Lynn Haynes, William Matthew Reid, Jeff Bohanan, Alec Stuckey
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Patent number: 11860518Abstract: Various implementations include a bimini mountable camera device. The device includes a camera and first and second shell portions. The first shell portion has a first end and a second end. The first end of the first shell portion defines a central opening extending along a central axis to the second end of the first shell portion. The second end of the first shell portion defines a first groove extending along a first groove axis that extends perpendicular to the central axis. The second shell portion has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second shell portion is couplable to the second end of the first shell portion. The first end of the second shell portion defines a second groove extending along a second groove axis that extends parallel to the first groove axis. The camera is at least partially disposed within the central opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Protomet CorporationInventors: Nathan Mellas, Matt Reid
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Publication number: 20220170624Abstract: Example handle-integrated lighting assemblies including one or more lighting module(s) located substantially within a handle of a lid of a grill are described. An example lighting assembly configured to be coupled to a lid of a grill includes a handle and a lighting module. The handle includes a crossbar and a stem coupled to and oriented at an angle relative to the crossbar. The lighting module includes a light source located within the handle. The light source is configured to project light through the stem in a direction away from the crossbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, Nicholas M. Nanos, JR., Chris Crowell, Mark D'Ambrosio, James Keclik, Thomas J. Schnell, JR., Kerry S. Berland, Michael A. Graef, Nathan Mellas
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Publication number: 20220167792Abstract: Slidable waste management systems for cookboxes of grills are disclosed. An example waste management system is configured to be coupled to a cookbox of a grill. The example waste management system includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail that are couplable to the cookbox, The example waste management system further includes a waste tray slidably coupled to the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The waste tray is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The waste tray has an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening is configured to receive waste from the cookbox when the waste tray is in the closed configuration. The example waste management system further includes a waste bin coupled to and located below the waste tray. The waste bin is configured to receive the waste from the waste tray via the lower opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, James Keclik, Michael A. Graef, Brian Mathews, Nathan Mellas, Nathan Ioriatti, Nicholas M. Nanos, JR.
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Publication number: 20220167791Abstract: Example adjustable warming racks for cookboxes of grills are disclosed. An example warming rack is configured to be coupled to a cookbox of a grill. The example warming rack includes a first rack and a second rack. The first rack has a hook configured to couple the warming rack to the cookbox. The second rack is pivotally coupled to the first rack. The second rack is movable relative to the first rack to transition the warming rack between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, James Keclik, Michael A. Graef, Brian Mathews, Nathan Mellas, Nicholas M. Nanos, JR.
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Patent number: 11333346Abstract: Example handle-integrated lighting assemblies including one or more lighting module(s) located substantially within a handle of a lid of a grill are described. An example lighting assembly configured to be coupled to a lid of a grill includes a handle and a lighting module. The handle includes a crossbar and a stem coupled to and oriented at an angle relative to the crossbar. The lighting module includes a light source located within the handle. The light source is configured to project light through the stem in a direction away from the crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Douglas W. Masek, Nicholas M. Nanos, Jr., Chris Crowell, Mark D'Ambrosio, James Keclik, Thomas J. Schnell, Jr., Kerry S. Berland, Michael A. Graef, Nathan Mellas