Patents
US 12270529 B2: Marine lantern with continuous loop suspension
- Granted
- 2025-04-08
- Filed
- 2023-11-14 application 18508734
- Type
- Utility · 13 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A lantern that can be suspended under high tension includes a housing with a central longitudinal channel passing through the entire length of the lantern, and a continuous loop cable passing through the central channel with top and bottom portions of the loop positioned outside the channel. The lantern also includes a plurality of LED lights, an electric battery, an electronic controller circuit, and a button allowing a user to change lighting modes of the lantern.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250408.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oregon 77 patents | US company or organization | Eugene, OR | University of Oregon College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trygve A. Faste | Eugene, OR | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F21V | Functional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for | F21V17/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| D07B | Ropes or cables in general | D07B1/025 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21L | Lighting devices or systems thereof, being portable or specially adapted for transportation | F21L4/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21W | Indexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to uses or applications of lighting devices or systems | F21W2107/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F21Y | Indexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to the form or the kind of the light sources or of the colour of the light emitted | F21Y2107/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FASTE, TRYGVE A. signed 2023-11-14 | UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE, OR | 65562/984 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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