Patents by Inventor Nicholas John Poker

Nicholas John Poker 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: 20240148556
    Abstract: A stack of eye shields includes a plurality of eye shields each having a frame with receivers located along the frame and latches located to engage the receivers, and spaced apart elevated support surfaces along and rising above an upper portion of the frame; and a lens installed on the frame and having lens apertures extending through the lens and aligned with the receivers of the frame, with the latches engaged with the receivers securing the lens to the frame. The eye shields are stacked one on top of another with each of the eye shields oriented substantially parallel to one another with each of the elevated surfaces of an overlying one of the frames of the stack being slightly forward of a corresponding one of the elevated surfaces of the underlying frame of the stack, with each frame of each eye shield of the stack having a gap therebetween except at contact surfaces where the elevated support surfaces contact an adjacent lower surface of an overlying eye shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery
  • Patent number: 11911317
    Abstract: A stack of eye shields includes a plurality of eye shields each having a frame with receivers located along the frame and latches located to engage the receivers, and spaced apart elevated support surfaces along and rising above an upper portion of the frame; and a lens installed on the frame and having lens apertures extending through the lens and aligned with the receivers of the frame, with the latches engaged with the receivers securing the lens to the frame. The eye shields are stacked one on top of another with each of the eye shields oriented substantially parallel to one another with each of the elevated surfaces of an overlying one of the frames of the stack being slightly forward of a corresponding one of the elevated surfaces of the underlying frame of the stack, with each frame of each eye shield of the stack having a gap therebetween except at contact surfaces where the elevated support surfaces contact an adjacent lower surface of an overlying eye shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery
  • Publication number: 20230398013
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a brace for supporting a spine of a patient. The brace includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, lateral panels bridging between the anterior panel and the posterior panel, and an adjustable belt tightenable around the anterior panel, the brace selectively configurable to include either lateral panels attachable to the posterior, a posterior thoracic extension attachable to the posterior panel or a dorsal lumbar extension attachable to the posterior panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas John Poker, Lily Dawn Goins, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, John Connor Brown, Charles Joseph French, III, Karen M. Clements, Nicholas Joseph Marquette, Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu
  • Patent number: 11752025
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a brace for supporting a spine of a patient. The brace includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, lateral panels bridging between the anterior panel and the posterior panel, and an adjustable belt tightenable around the anterior panel, the brace selectively configurable to include either lateral panels attachable to the posterior, a posterior thoracic extension attachable to the posterior panel or a dorsal lumbar extension attachable to the posterior panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas John Poker, Lily Dawn Goins, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, John Connor Brown, Charles Joseph French, III, Karen M. Clements, Nicholas Joseph Marquette, Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu
  • Publication number: 20230091444
    Abstract: A container having a stack of eye shields, includes a stack of eye shields having a plurality of eye shields stacked one on top of another. The stack of eye shields is in a sloped configuration in which ear pieces of frames of the eye shields are generally aligned with one another and disposed at an angle relative to horizontal of from about 10 to about 35 degrees. A container is provided having a horizontal bottom onto which the stack of eye shields is supported, the container having a top opposite the bottom, the top being sloped to be substantially parallel to the ear pieces of the eye shields of the stack of eye shields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery
  • Publication number: 20230000658
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a brace having a brace panel; a pad having an adjustment post with adjustment apertures; and an adjustable mount integrated with the panel for adjustably mounting the pad onto the panel, the adjustable mount including wedged levers operatively associated with a retaining arm having pins and located within a channel configured to receive the adjustment post of the sternal pad and the adjustment apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas John Poker, Lily Dawn Goins, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, John Connor Brown, Charles Joseph French, III, Karen M. Clements, Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu
  • Publication number: 20220304841
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a brace for supporting a spine of a patient. The brace includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, lateral panels bridging between the anterior panel and the posterior panel, and an adjustable belt tightenable around the anterior panel, the brace selectively configurable to include either lateral panels attachable to the posterior, a posterior thoracic extension attachable to the posterior panel or a dorsal lumbar extension attachable to the posterior panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas John Poker, Lily Dawn Goins, Dhanvin Sunil Desai, John Connor Brown, Charles Joseph French, III, Karen M. Clements, Nicholas Joseph Marquette, Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu
  • Publication number: 20220133541
    Abstract: A stack of eye shields includes a plurality of eye shields each having a frame with receivers located along the frame and latches located to engage the receivers, and spaced apart elevated support surfaces along and rising above an upper portion of the frame; and a lens installed on the frame and having lens apertures extending through the lens and aligned with the receivers of the frame, with the latches engaged with the receivers securing the lens to the frame. The eye shields are stacked one on top of another with each of the eye shields oriented substantially parallel to one another with each of the elevated surfaces of an overlying one of the frames of the stack being slightly forward of a corresponding one of the elevated surfaces of the underlying frame of the stack, with each frame of each eye shield of the stack having a gap therebetween except at contact surfaces where the elevated support surfaces contact an adjacent lower surface of an overlying eye shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery
  • Patent number: D983867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery
  • Patent number: D989852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Cowart, Ethan Edward Valentine, Nicholas John Poker, Phillip David Peery