Patents by Inventor Roger Minkow

Roger Minkow 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: 20200179154
    Abstract: A head support includes a chin member, a chest member, a multi-position connection, and a strap. The chin member includes a chin engagement surface. The chest member includes a chest engagement surface. The multi-position connection is located between the chest member and the chin member, and is adapted to maintain an angle between the chest member and the chin member in a collapsed angle of a collapsed configuration and in a plurality of expanded angles greater than the collapsed angle. The multi-position connection includes an angle adjustment actuator adapted to permit the angle between the chest member and the chin member to be changed or maintained. The strap is configured to extend from first and second sides of the chest support and around the user's neck or head when the chest member is engaged with the user's chest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: James Stafford, Roger Minkow, Robert Egger, Piet Van Der Velde
  • Publication number: 20050039565
    Abstract: An ergonomic handgrip with medical benefits for improving the design of handgrips such that they reduce fatigue and offer other features that are of real medical benefit to the user. Our invention reduces this to practice with an ergonomic handgrip that offers motorcycle riders improved control over the steering/throttle mechanism, and that mitigates ulnar neuropathy, including related numbness. In addition, it allows the rider additional hand leverage on the throttle, thereby reducing the pressure required to operate it. This invention can be applied to a broad range of products, improving handgrips in fields such as recreation, machine operation and, as in the motorcycle handgrip, transportation. The inventive device includes novel features that are not found in the prior art. The first component is an outward protrusion of the rear portion of the grip, that is positioned towards the portion of the palm that lies under the fourth and fifth (ring and pinkie) fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Andrew Farquharson, Robert Egger
  • Publication number: 20020003364
    Abstract: A bicycle seat with a base having a front which broadens towards a rear that has a notched groove. A connector is attached to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, Robert F. Egger
  • Patent number: 6289517
    Abstract: A padded glove providing improved protection and positioning of the hand of a wearer by anatomically cushioning the pathways of the Ulnar and Median nerves, providing increased thickness of padding in the cushion positioned over the Ulnar and Median nerves, changing the hand position while bicycle riding to decrease the stretch on the nerves, and cushioning the medial aspect on the hand for road-type handlebars is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Eric B. Edgecumbe, Eric L. Horton
  • Patent number: 6244655
    Abstract: A bicycle seat with a base having a front which broadens towards a rear that has a notched groove. A connector is attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, Robert F. Egger
  • Patent number: 6106059
    Abstract: A bicycle seat with a base having a front which broadens towards a rear that has a notched groove. A connector is attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, Robert F. Egger
  • Patent number: 6098200
    Abstract: A padded glove providing improved protection and positioning of the hand of a wearer by anatomically cushioning the pathways of the Ulnar and Median nerves, providing increased thickness of padding in the cushion positioned over the Ulnar and Median nerves, changing the hand position while bicycle riding to decrease the stretch on the nerves, and cushioning the medial aspect on the hand for road-type handlebars is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Eric B. Edgecumbe, Eric L. Horton
  • Patent number: D442745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Eric B. Edgecumbe, Eric L. Horton
  • Patent number: D446031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D463676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Specialized Bycicle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D618534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Stephen Kelly, Barley Forsman
  • Patent number: D416394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D416695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D429907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D430413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D430744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger
  • Patent number: D430745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Minkow, Lance J. Bohlen, F. Robert Egger