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Nite Ize, Inc.

Nite Ize, Inc. appears to be significantly shifting its patent strategy, moving away from its largest category, Fasteners, which saw a substantial -62.5% decline in 2024 and a -75.0% decline so far in 2026, despite still representing 18.2% of its portfolio. This shift is further evidenced by a dramatic -100.0% decline in Telephone Equipment patents in 2026, suggesting a broad de-emphasis on several core areas.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

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Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

88 US filings (since 2023) · 11 categories · 8 themes

Quick-Release & Detachable Mounting

Systems designed for rapid and secure attachment and detachment of devices or components to a main support structure, often employing snap-fit, clamping, or magnetic mechanisms for convenience and flexibility.

Fasteners
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14since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Mobile Device Accessories & Integration

Design and functionality of external components, peripherals, and mounting solutions that enhance, protect, or integrate with mobile electronic devices, such as modular cases, docking stations, and specialized mounts.

Telephone Equipment
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6since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Adaptive Lighting Control Systems

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting light output, distribution, color, or intensity based on environmental conditions, user presence, content, or specific application needs.

Electric Heating & Lighting ControlLighting Devices (Functional Features)Non-portable Lighting Devices
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4since 2023
0.0%YoY
Collapsible & Space-Saving Designs

Household articles engineered with mechanisms for folding, retracting, or collapsing to reduce their footprint, facilitate storage, or enable portability.

Household Articles
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4since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Flexible/Foldable Device Structures

Engineering solutions for creating electronic devices with bendable, foldable, or stretchable form factors, often involving hinges, flexible displays, and sliding mechanisms to enable dynamic physical configurations.

Telephone Equipment
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3since 2023
n/a
Wearable & Portable Lighting

Compact and lightweight lighting devices designed to be worn on the body or easily carried, often featuring ergonomic designs, integrated power sources, and adjustable illumination.

Lighting Devices (Functional Features)
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2since 2023
new
High-Barrier Packaging Films

Multi-layer polymer films engineered to provide superior barrier properties against gases (e.g., oxygen), moisture, or aromas, often incorporating heat-sealing or resealing mechanisms for food and product preservation.

Containers & Packaging
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1since 2023
n/a
Magnetic Actuation and Field Control Systems

Systems and devices that utilize controlled magnetic fields, often generated by electromagnets, to produce mechanical motion, precise positioning, or manipulate physical phenomena like plasma distribution.

Magnets & Inductors
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1since 2023
n/a

Patents

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US 12510112 B2GRANTED
F16B45/02

Small objects optimized carabiner

Filed:2024-02-13Pub:2025-12-30
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.

Embodiments are directed to a carabiner that includes a carabiner body forming an opening having a width, the carabiner body including a gate rest notch, a gate rest and a long side, with the opening opposite the long side. The carabiner further includes a pivotable gate coupled to the carabiner body at a pivotable point and adapted to contact the gate rest notch when in a closed position. The opening includes a first side and a second side, the first side including a first angle that is non-perpendicular to the long side of the carabiner body and the second side including a second angle that is non-perpendicular to the long side of the carabiner body.

US D1102682 S1APPLICATION

Retractable leash

Filed:2023-12-06Pub:2025-11-18
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US 12477055 B2GRANTED
H04M1/11

Systems and methods for an improved and compatible magnetic mount

Filed:2024-03-25Pub:2025-11-18
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.

A system for mounting an electronic device includes a socket and a stand, the stand having a ball portion. The socket and the ball portion include first magnetic material to hold the socket and the ball portion together in a position selected by a user, the socket further including a magnetic array, the magnetic array having magnetism to hold an electronic device to the socket. In one alternative, the first magnetic material is separate from the magnetic array.

US 12473943 B2GRANTED
F16B45/02

Systems and methods for a key optimized double gated carabiner

Filed:2023-04-04Pub:2025-11-18
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.

A carabiner includes a carabiner body having a first opening, a first gate coupled to the carabiner body, the first gate configured to open and close the first opening, and a second gate coupled to the carabiner body, the second gate, when closed, defining a first area and a second area and, when opened, providing a second opening to the second area. The first gate, when opened, provides a first opening to the first area. The first gate is configured to open via rotation in a first rotational direction and the second gate is configured to open via rotation in the first rotational direction.

US D1096137 S1APPLICATION

Backpack

Filed:2024-07-02Pub:2025-10-07
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US D1094074 S1APPLICATION

Angled gate carabiner with bottle opener

Filed:2023-05-25Pub:2025-09-23
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US D1086601 S1APPLICATION

Animal collar

Filed:2023-05-31Pub:2025-07-29
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US D1084822 S1APPLICATION

Key identifier

Filed:2023-05-31Pub:2025-07-22
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US D1083175 S1APPLICATION

Rechargeable clip light

Filed:2019-11-15Pub:2025-07-08
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.
US 20250207626 A1APPLICATION
F16B45/06

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DUAL HOOK FLAT STRAP ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND ACCESSORIES

Filed:2023-12-22Pub:2025-06-26
Applicant:Nite Ize, Inc.

A slide for securing a flat strap includes a body section, the body section sized to receive the flat strap. The slide further includes a ridge, the ridge on the body section. The slide further includes a first and second overhang on either side of the ridge and opposing the ridge such that the first and second overhang cooperate with the ridge to impart friction to the flat strap and prevent removal.

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