Patents by Inventor Theodore Anthony Monica

Theodore Anthony Monica 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: 20240100409
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 11850500
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: XTECH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20230180860
    Abstract: A pad for protective equipment is provided, the pad includes a foam layer having a generally cantilever shape with an inner face and an outer face opposite the inner side, a top and a bottom opposite the top, and a medial end and a lateral end opposite the medial end, wherein at least one of the inner face and the outer face includes at least one vertical depression extending between at least a portion of the top bottom and the bottom of the foam layer, and extending through to the bottom of the foam layer, the foam layer further having at least one a slotted aperture therein extending through the inner face and the outer face, the at least one depression interesting with the at least one slotted aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: XTECH Protective Equipment, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20220296984
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 11383149
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: XTech Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 11192018
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: XTECH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20210197064
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20200155918
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a foam padding system. The foam padding system comprising an adjustable channel that accommodates a shape of a shoulder, the foam padding system including a shoulder pad removably attached to an upper end of at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of adjustable body pads removably attached to beneath the shoulder pad in a variable configuration that creates the adjustable channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 10517336
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a padding system that provides a channel that accommodates the user's shoulder. The foam padding system includes a shoulder pad removably attached to at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of body pads removably attached at their top ends to the shoulder pad and at a bottom to respective bottom ends of the generally arched shape portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: XTECH Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20170360124
    Abstract: The present application provides a protective apparatus that includes a left and a right generally arched shaped portion with a padding system that provides a channel that accommodates the user's shoulder. The foam padding system includes a shoulder pad removably attached to at least one of the generally arched shaped portions, and a pair of body pads removably attached at their top ends to the shoulder pad and at a bottom to respective bottom ends of the generally arched shape portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 9802103
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: XTECH Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20170232328
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 9635890
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20160135519
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Patent number: 9238167
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica
  • Publication number: 20150074883
    Abstract: A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore Anthony Monica, Peter Andrew Coluccini
  • Patent number: D912908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: XTECH Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica, Jr.
  • Patent number: D914992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: XTECH Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica, Jr.
  • Patent number: D928417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: XTECH Protective Equipment LLC
    Inventor: Theodore Anthony Monica, Jr.