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Daniel G. Elles — 7 Patents

SASamsonite: 7 patents #17 of 132Top 15%
Kittredge, CO: #1 of 5 inventorsTop 20%
Colorado: #6,721 of 40,980 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Daniel G. Elles has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Samsonite. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in June 2008. Daniel G. Elles ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Daniel G. Elles in Kittredge, CO, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1999.peak 21981: 1 patents19811988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents19891998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents19992008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7380427 Combination lock with pass-key override Jonathan Chopper 2008-06-03
5943936 Wheeled luggage case with extendable handle Lawrence J. Deliman, David W. Fiddes, James S. Gregg, Rik Hillaert, William L. King +4 more 1999-08-31 $1,149,000
5921635 Wheel mounting system for molded luggage case Lawrence J. Deliman, James S. Gregg, William L. King, Roger Pedlar, Elliot Younessian 1999-07-13 $1,304,000
5762169 Retractable auxiliary luggage case attachment and security tether mechanism and method Lawrence J. Deliman, David W. Fiddes, James S. Gregg, Rik Hillaert, William L. King +4 more 1998-06-09 $6,420,000
4863018 Packing system for luggage case William L. King, David A. Koontz 1989-09-05
4759431 Travel bag with combination pull handle and auxiliary bag strap William L. King 1988-07-26
4280247 Luggage case handle assembly Don N. Burzen, David E. Workman, Robert L. Bromley, James E. Wilkuski 1981-07-28