Patents by Inventor Vern Thomas Hammett, JR.

Vern Thomas Hammett, JR. 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: 11992105
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for a modular luggage frame are disclosed and described. An example luggage includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes: a first side including a first rib and a second rib; and a second side including a third rib and a fourth rib, the first rib and the third rib forming a first pair of ribs and the second rib and the fourth rib forming a second pair of ribs. The second portion includes: a third side including a fifth rib; a fourth side including a sixth rib, the fifth rib and the sixth rib forming a third pair of ribs. The third pair of ribs aligns with a selected one of the first pair of ribs or the second pair of ribs to removably affix the first portion to the second portion to form the modular luggage frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: JJEM, LLC—IP
    Inventors: Ethan Fisher, Patrick Harris, Vern Thomas Hammett, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210227945
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for an articulated luggage handle are disclosed and described. An example articulated luggage handle apparatus includes a handle; a shaft attached to the handle, the handle movable with respect to the shaft without affecting a position of the shaft; and an attachment mechanism to attach the shaft to luggage. Another example articulated luggage handle apparatus includes a handle; and a shaft in articulated connection to the handle, the handle movable via the articulated connection in a plurality of directions with respect to the shaft without affecting a position of the shaft and attached luggage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ethan Fisher, Patrick Harris, Vern Thomas Hammett, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210219682
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for a luggage wheel assembly are disclosed and described. An example luggage wheel assembly includes: a first portion formed to affix to luggage; a cylindrical member to movably position a wheel with respect to the first portion; and a second portion formed to secure the wheel with respect to the first portion, the second portion attached to the first portion by the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ethan Fisher, Patrick Harris, Vern Thomas Hammett, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210219683
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for a modular luggage frame are disclosed and described. An example luggage includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes: a first side including a first rib and a second rib; and a second side including a third rib and a fourth rib, the first rib and the third rib forming a first pair of ribs and the second rib and the fourth rib forming a second pair of ribs. The second portion includes: a third side including a fifth rib; a fourth side including a sixth rib, the fifth rib and the sixth rib forming a third pair of ribs. The third pair of ribs aligns with a selected one of the first pair of ribs or the second pair of ribs to removably affix the first portion to the second portion to form the modular luggage frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ethan Fisher, Patrick Harris, Vern Thomas Hammett, JR.