Patents by Inventor Rob Beland

Rob Beland 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: 11656061
    Abstract: A bomb disposal suit includes a jacket, trousers, and a back protector connected between the jacket and the trousers. The back protector includes a body of impact resistant material having a plenum with an intake opening to receive forced air and with outlet openings to direct forced air out of the plenum. A fan forces air into the intake opening. The back protector can transmit load vertically from the jacket to the trousers, for example, via a back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Med-Eng, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Levine, Clint Hedge, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Matthew Keown, Dan Reddin, Magda Slobozianu, Rob Beland, Soeren Nielsen, William Dicke, Matthew Watson
  • Publication number: 20200333112
    Abstract: A bomb disposal suit includes a jacket, trousers, and a back protector connected between the jacket and the trousers. The back protector includes a body of impact resistant material having a plenum with an intake opening to receive forced air and with outlet openings to direct forced air out of the plenum. A fan forces air into the intake opening. The back protector can transmit load vertically from the jacket to the trousers, for example, via a back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Levine, Clint Hedge, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Matthew Keown, Dan Reddin, Magda Slobozianu, Rob Beland, Soeren Nielsen, William Dicke, Matthew Watson
  • Patent number: 10690450
    Abstract: A bomb disposal suit includes a jacket, trousers, and a back protector connected between the jacket and the trousers. The back protector includes a body of impact resistant material having a plenum with an intake opening to receive forced air and with outlet openings to direct forced air out of the plenum. A fan forces air into the intake opening. The back protector can transmit load vertically from the jacket to the trousers, for example, via a back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Med-Eng, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Levine, Clint Hedge, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Matthew Keown, Dan Reddin, Magda Slobozianu, Rob Beland, Soeren Nielsen, William Dicke, Matthew Watson
  • Publication number: 20170089669
    Abstract: A bomb disposal suit includes a jacket, trousers, and a back protector connected between the jacket and the trousers. The back protector includes a body of impact resistant material having a plenum with an intake opening to receive forced air and with outlet openings to direct forced air out of the plenum. A fan forces air into the intake opening. The back protector can transmit load vertically from the jacket to the trousers, for example, via a back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jeff Levine, Clint Hedge, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Matthew Keown, Dan Reddin, Magda Slobozianu, Rob Beland, Soeren Nielsen, William Dicke, Matthew Watson
  • Publication number: 20130232652
    Abstract: Protective over garment shorts including at least one pocket sized and otherwise dimensioned to removeably receive a ballistic protection panel therein and at least one ballistic protection panel configured to fit within each of the at least one pockets. The shorts are configured to be worn over existing pants and extend from a position covering the pelvic region of a wearer to a position proximate the knee region of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaik Kalaam, Chris Faust, Magda Slobozianu, Clint Hedge, Aris Makris, Rob Beland, Rob Reynolds, David Morton
  • Patent number: 8516620
    Abstract: Protective over garment shorts including at least one pocket sized and otherwise dimensioned to removeably receive a ballistic protection panel therein and at least one ballistic protection panel configured to fit within each of the at least one pockets. The shorts are configured to be worn over existing pants and extend from a position covering the pelvic region of a wearer to a position proximate the knee region of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Allen-Vanguard Corporation
    Inventors: Shaik Kalaam, Chris Faust, Magda Slobozianu, Clint Hedge, Aris Makris, Rob Beland, Rob Reynolds, David Morton
  • Publication number: 20130036537
    Abstract: A protective garment system for a user including a cummerbund having a shoulder harness connected to a wraparound waist portion, and at least one connector device operatively attached to the cummerbund. The protective garment further includes one or more upper body modular protective elements and one or more lower body modular protective elements, with at least one of the lower body modular protective elements to the cummerbund by the connector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rob Reynolds, Rob Beland, Magda Slobozianu
  • Patent number: D629568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Reynolds, Rob Beland, Magda Slobozianu
  • Patent number: D635304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Allen-Vanguard Corporation
    Inventors: Rob Reynolds, Rob Beland, Magda Slobozianu
  • Patent number: D787131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Med-Eng, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Beland, Magda Slobozianu, Luciana Scafita, Aris Makris, Norma Hammond, Troy Sauve, Michael Ma
  • Patent number: D790772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Med-Eng, LLC
    Inventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Clint Alexander Hedge, Jeffrey Levine, Rob Beland, Aristidis Makris, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Soeren Buchholtz Nielsen, William Charles Dicke
  • Patent number: D828630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Med-Eng, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Beland, Magda Slobozianu, Luciana Scafita, Aris Makris, Norma Hammond, Troy Sauve, Michael Ma