ROBERT KAINDL PATENTS

The following patents represent a selection of innovations developed by Robert Kaindl, each conceived and executed by Robert as the sole inventor, with granted protections spanning 38 countries worldwide and additional applications in progress. These technologies reflect a unique blend of imagination, engineering, and purpose, designed to solve real problems, enhance safety, and advance human capability across multiple industries.

Robert’s creative drive does not stop at invention. He is also an internationally sought-after art glass artist, known for his extraordinary, large-scale installations and highly complex hand-blown glass chandeliers. His art is recognized for its bold form, technical precision, and signature sculptural presence. works are collected and commissioned by art collectors from around the world.

Together, these accomplishments reflect Robert’s unwavering passion for innovation and expression. His patents and artwork share the same foundation: a dedication to imagination, craftsmanship, and bringing new ideas to life with beauty, function, and intention.

BEYOND ART…

Patent Number: US 12447887

TailGateTEC™

HARDWARE: Improvements for Trucks and SUVs

Patent US-12,447,887 introduces a first-in-class hardware architecture designed to unlock the true next evolution of Truck and SUV utility. This system delivers long-overdue mechanical system innovations, advanced structural solutions, and integrated hardware advancements that dramatically expand real-world capability, safety, and versatility for modern vehicles.

At its core, the platform centers around an advanced multifunctional tailgate system that fully articulates along controlled axes beyond the limitations of traditional tailgates. This architecture allows the tailgate to operate as a secure clamping surface, adjustable load support plane, and precision cargo positioning platform, enabling confident transport of motorcycles, ATVs, equipment, and oversized payloads that would otherwise require external ramps, straps, or risky manual loading processes. It brings seamless cargo loading, load-locking stability, and enhanced bed-utilization geometry to truck owners across every use case, recreational, commercial, fleet, agricultural, and emergency response.

Complementing the tailgate is a multidirectional bumper system and adaptable tow-hitch receiver, engineered to support variable load conditions and optimize trailer aerodynamic alignment. This adaptive towing system promotes smoother trailer behavior, enhanced braking and steering control, tighter vehicle load symmetry, and improved aerodynamic efficiency when trailering. By reshaping airflow and reducing drag during tow operations, the system also contributes to extended fuel economy and EV driving range, a critical advancement as electric trucks and SUVs scale.

Together, these integrated innovations merge innovation, performance, and practicality into a unified mobility solution that directly addresses longstanding market gaps. They elevate truck capability by improving user safety, load handling precision, towing confidence, aerodynamic efficiency, and structural resilience, while expanding functional versatility far beyond the current industry standard. This hardware platform provides OEMs and aftermarket integrators a turnkey pathway to deliver the next era of vehicle capability.

The result is a breakthrough tailgate, bumper, and tow-architecture ecosystem that transforms how Trucks and SUVs operate, replacing decades-old static hardware with adaptive, user-centric, mechanically intelligent utility systems. It positions the industry for a future where every vehicle benefits from smarter loading, secure cargo retention, optimized towing, extended vehicle economy, and a dramatically broader functional range.

Patent US-12,447,887 establishes a new baseline for tailgate and bumper design, aligning directly with OEM priorities for safety, utility, EV range efficiency, human-centered usability, and next-generation mobility integration. This is the platform that brings trucks and SUVs into the future by delivering meaningful solutions that drivers can feel and manufacturers can capitalize on for long-term competitive leadership.

PATENT CONTINUATIONS: (Ensuring Comprehensive Inclusion)

Patent Number: US 19/310,028 – “MULTIFUNCTIONAL TAILGATE DOOR”

Patent Number: US 19/332,793 – “CARGO LOAD SYSTEM”

Patent Number: US 19/332,812 – “MULTIDIRECTIONAL BUMPER APPARATUS”

Patent Number: US 19/332,812 – “ADAPTABLE TOW HITCH RECEIVER”

Patent Number: US  19/260,413

VISOVOX™

TECHNOLOGY: Vehicle to Everything Communication ( V2P, V2V, V2X )

This patented platform introduces real-time intelligent situational communication and safety awareness between vehicles and humans, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) environments. It establishes a unified communication ecosystem that dynamically connects ground-based and airborne systems, enabling intelligent interaction across electric, conventional, autonomous, and manually operated vehicles. By creating an adaptive language of visual, audible, and haptic signals that varies based on distance, motion, direction, intent, and context, this system delivers a transformational leap in vehicle-to-environment comprehension and response.

At its core, the system supports real-time, bidirectional proximity-based communication between vehicles, pedestrians, wearable users, infrastructure, and emergency systems. This allows vehicles and operators to sense, interpret, and intelligently broadcast intent, significantly improving public safety while enhancing autonomous decision-making and human situational awareness. The platform is purpose-built to expand and strengthen modern V2X capabilities, aligning precisely with the operational vision of global automakers, smart-city planners, and public-safety agencies. It accomplishes this through integrated perception, proximity-logic intelligence, and dynamic, targeted output channels that adapt to evolving environments in milliseconds.

The system enables both automated and discreet occupant-controlled external communication, providing users the ability to deliver internal-to-external notifications, such as hazard warnings, directional instructions, emergency alerts, or identity confirmation, through real-time, pre-programmed, or event-triggered broadcast patterns. These can include directional lighting sequences, augmented-ground projections, status icons, external speakers, wearable guidance pulses, and synchronized infrastructure signaling. Collectively, these capabilities create a predictable, universal method of communicating vehicle intent and environmental conditions, reducing collisions, improving cooperative mobility, and making pedestrian, cyclist, and passenger interactions safer and more intuitive.

By bridging human-to-machine and machine-to-environment interaction, this system redefines public safety, extends vehicle functionality, and positions next-generation vehicles at the forefront of intelligent transportation. It transforms conventional vehicles into cognitive, responsive platforms capable of broadcasting awareness and intent; it gives autonomous systems a clear and understandable interface to the humans around them; and it arms cities, fleets, and emergency responders with a coordinated, proactive safety architecture that adjusts dynamically to evolving real-world conditions. This invention marks a foundational advancement in mobility, communication, and safety, establishing a new intelligent interface between the moving world and the people who live in it.

Patent Number: US 11315396

VISARMA™

ACTION TO REACTION: Personal Safety and Anti-Terror Platform

This patented platform introduces a comprehensive real-time threat-detection and response system engineered to identify, locate, and actively counter hostile events to reduce loss of life in modern high-risk environments. Designed for environments where crowds gather, such as stadiums, transit hubs, event venues, public spaces, military installations, and critical infrastructure, this technology bridges the critical gap between awareness, direction, and immediate protective action.

Unlike conventional alert systems that merely sound alarms or send notifications, this invention detects threats, determines their location and directional bearing, and initiates protective and escape-guidance measures in real time. The system employs an array of outward-facing sensor tubes housed in a protective architecture. These sensors continuously monitor external conditions, such as ballistic activity, motion signatures, biological/chemical releases, or other hostile indicators, and transmit the data to a central controller. Upon recognizing a threat, the controller instantly activates layered defensive responses aligned with the type and direction of danger.

Key response features include rotating high-intensity strobe lights and precision optic lasers that point toward the detected threat, visually identifying its origin while simultaneously illuminating safe escape pathways away from danger. In addition, deployable protective shield curtains can be triggered, providing barrier protection between victims and threats, whether ballistic, biological, chemical, or airborne. The system can further activate distributed lighting, alarms, directional signage, or broadcast messages across speakers, screens, and connected personal devices, offering structured evacuation cues rather than panic-inducing general warnings.

The invention also supports networked multi-unit coordination, enabling multiple systems to share threat data across a facility, communicate with emergency personnel, and synchronize defensive actions. This coordinated ecosystem transforms reactive emergency response into a proactive defense architecture capable of containing threat isolation, guided civilian movement, and situational control until first responders arrive.

Where current systems fail to indicate threat location or recommended movement, this technology identifies the threat, marks its direction, directs civilians to safety, and deploys countermeasures, all autonomously and within seconds. It enables rapid situational clarity during active shooter events, terror attacks, airborne toxin releases, and other mass casualty threats, dramatically increasing survival outcomes and reducing chaos.

In summary, Patent US 11,315,396 establishes a new class of defensive safety technology: a modular, intelligent, and deployable threat-identification and active-countermeasure system that turns passive alarm environments into proactive life-protection networks. It is engineered to save lives by providing immediate threat localization, guidance, shielding, and information dissemination, fundamentally redefining preparedness and response in public safety, defense, and high-value infrastructure environments.

Patent Numbers US 10453322

VISARMA™

REACTIVE: Personal Safety Platform

These patents introduce a breakthrough evolution in personal protection technology by transforming apparel into intelligent, active safety systems. Instead of relying solely on passive visibility or human-to-human signaling, this invention integrates real-time sensing, condition-awareness, and broadcast communication capabilities directly into clothing and personal wearables. The result is apparel that does not merely cover the body, it actively protects it and communicates on its behalf.

At the core of the platform is user-protection circuitry integrated seamlessly into the garment. This circuitry includes environmental condition-detection sensors that monitor surroundings and generate one or more data signals related to external conditions. These signals are processed by integrated control electronics, which in turn activate broadcast circuitry featuring at least one pulsing device, such as LEDs, visual indicators, haptics, or acoustic cues, to immediately communicate the wearer’s presence, motion intent, hazard status, or environmental alerts. In operation, the garment actively senses situational conditions and responds by delivering dynamic, meaningful, user-directed or autonomous signaling to those nearby.

This invention responds to a clear and growing need. Today, bicyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, emergency responders, and law-enforcement officers have limited, often outdated means of signaling their presence and intentions to others. Hand gestures, fixed turn signals, reflectors, or passive visual markings fail to address real-time safety demands, especially in low-light environments, high-traffic zones, and rapidly changing scenarios. Likewise, these individuals have limited ability to detect and interpret the intent and proximity of surrounding road users and pedestrians. These patents solve this two-sided communication gap by enabling wearables that perceive the environment and broadcast adaptive, attention-directing safety signals in response.

These patented wearable systems fundamentally rethink personal safety by providing a modular, self-contained, and intelligent platform that elevates human visibility, signaling clarity, and situational confidence. Whether worn by cyclists navigating traffic, officers directing scenes at night, workers in hazardous job sites, or pedestrians crossing busy intersections, this technology enhances human-machine and human-human communication at the street level and in field environments where milliseconds and visibility matter.

In effect, these inventions transform everyday apparel into a proactive safety network node, one capable of sensing, interpreting, alerting, guiding, and protecting. They offer the foundation for next-generation smart clothing and wearable safety systems across public, professional, and commercial applications. By placing situational awareness and responsive signaling directly on the individual, these patents establish a new standard in modern personal protection, visibility, and communication infrastructure.

Patent Number: US 20250241418

STOW SHIELD™

Inflatable Golf and Travel Bag Shield

Patent US 12,280,302 introduces a next-generation portable protective system that redefines how individuals safeguard themselves and their equipment in outdoor environments. This invention advances the traditional concept of umbrellas and protective covers by delivering a modular, inflatable defensive shield system engineered for real-world versatility, portability, and adaptive protection across sporting, travel, and outdoor activities.

At its core, this patent covers a multifunctional inflatable shield featuring independently adjustable air chambers, allowing users to tailor inflation levels and structural characteristics based on conditions, environment, and desired coverage. Unlike conventional single-form inflatables, this design supports targeted inflation, zoned rigidity, and adaptive shaping, enabling robust impact absorption, gear protection, and weather shielding. The system further incorporates inflatable radial extensions to expand coverage dynamically, providing customizable protection zones for equipment such as golf clubs, sporting gear, and outdoor valuables, or offering personal shelter during adverse weather.

A key structural component is the rotational locking cap, which enables secure anchoring and 360-degree rotational articulation, providing stability and orientation control even in unpredictable wind or confined storage environments. Concealed internal storage compartments, accessory hooks, and mounting features allow the system to serve as both a protective barrier and a compact equipment-management solution. Additionally, the system can incorporate rainwater collection capability, enhancing its utility in remote or extended-outdoor use scenarios.

Constructed using durable, puncture-resistant, high-strength materials, the invention withstands repeated use, harsh weather, and external pressures while remaining lightweight and easy to transport. Its compact form factor when deflated and its highly configurable shielding profile when deployed ensure the system remains both portable and performance-driven, a dramatic improvement over traditional rigid gear shields and umbrellas.

This technology addresses a growing market demand for versatile, reliable, and adaptive outdoor protection. Traditional umbrellas, hard covers, and equipment guards provide limited coverage, fixed geometry, and little to no impact absorption or modular adaptability. In contrast, this patented system delivers true multifunction protection, safeguarding both users and valuable sporting or travel equipment while offering rapid deployment, flexible configuration, environmental resilience, and integrated convenience features.

From golf courses and athletic environments to travel, camping, and recreational use, this inflatable protective platform serves as a portable, intelligent shield system that merges safety, convenience, and durability. By combining structural adaptability, modular shielding, rotatable anchoring, integrated storage, and environmental utility, this invention establishes a new standard in outdoor protective equipment, elevating safety, versatility, and user experience in a single compact solution.

Patent Number: US 12280302

STOW STICK™

The True Multifunctional Golf Better Platform

This patented golf accessory platform introduces a multifunctional system engineered to solve long-standing challenges faced by golfers both on and off the course. Designed as an integrated performance, protection, and organization solution, this innovation consolidates multiple essential golf functions into a single, portable, structural platform that enhances player convenience, protects equipment, enables training, and supports superior gameplay performance.

At its core, the platform functions as a secure storage and support system for golf accessories, allowing players to conveniently hold, store, and access gloves, hats, headcovers, alignment rods, and training sticks during a round or practice session. Golfers traditionally lack a dedicated way to manage these items, leading to misplaced accessories, damaged equipment, and unnecessary distractions. This platform eliminates these issues by providing a stable, elevated apparatus designed to rise above golf clubs within the bag, ensuring visibility, convenience, and immediate access to frequently used gear.

Beyond organization, the invention serves as a protective system for golf equipment, particularly during travel, shipping, and high-impact transport environments such as commercial flights. The structural core, combined with optional modular protective attachments, shields golf clubs from compression, impact, twisting forces, and environmental exposure such as rain, moisture, and wind. This allows golfers to secure their investment and reduce risk of damage during transit or competitive play conditions.

Equally important, the platform operates as a multifunction golf training device. With a shaft-shaped handle comparable to a standard golf club, the platform fits naturally into a golf bag and doubles as an alignment rod, swing-path training guide, and speed-wing resistance trainer. Golfers can rehearse swing mechanics, alignment, tempo, and acceleration during practice sessions and carry those improvements confidently onto the course. The elongated structure and detachable accessory modules support speed-training exercises and precision setup work, creating on-demand coaching utility without additional equipment clutter.

The system further supports advertising, branding, and personalization, offering a visible display space above the golf club set when positioned in the bag. Brands, teams, tournaments, or facilities may use this prominent real estate to present logos, identifiers, or sponsored messaging, merging equipment functionality with commercial opportunity.

In summary, this patented golf accessory platform introduces a new category of universal golf utility equipment, merging storage, training, protection, and branding into one cohesive product. It elevates the golfer’s experience by improving organization, reducing lost accessories, protecting valuable clubs, enhancing practice efficiency, and increasing confidence and performance on the course. The result is a transformative golf innovation that brings professional-grade function and modern convenience to every player, from recreational users to elite competitors.

Design Patent Number: US D994814

STOW STICK™

Multifunctional Golf Device that Increases Golfing Skill

Design Patent D994,814 protects the distinctive, proprietary form and aesthetic structure of the STOW STICK™ golf accessory, the foundational product in a multifunctional equipment-management and performance-enhancement platform for golfers. This patented design establishes the iconic visual profile, geometry, and integrated configuration that make the STOW STICK™ both instantly recognizable and uniquely functional within the golf industry.

The STOW STICK™ design introduces a streamlined, elongated vertical structure engineered for integration within a golf bag, providing golfers with a compact yet high-utility tool that organizes, protects, and enhances the use and transport of golf equipment. Its patented form enables secure club alignment and spacing, prevents clubhead collisions and bag tangle, supports cover and accessory organization, and provides a structural anchor for innovative platform accessories, including the STOW SHIELD™ inflatable umbrella-shield system and other modular components.

In addition to equipment protection and organization, the STOW STICK™ design supports swing-assistance and alignment functionality, giving golfers a visual and physical reference tool for practice sessions, range work, and on-course setup. This design serves not only as the core structural device that elevates the convenience and protection of golf bags, but as a dual-purpose performance tool designed to promote consistent practice habits, form verification, and improved confidence at address.

Unlike conventional bag rods, alignment sticks, or single-purpose golf accessories, the STOW STICK™ design embodies a multi-capability vertical platform geometry, purposefully crafted to fit, function, and integrate within modern golf equipment while enabling a suite of future accessory expansions. This includes weather-protection systems, training attachments, storage modules, and equipment-travel protection, creating a patented hardware foundation for a complete family of golf innovations.

With golf participation, travel, and gear investment at all-time highs, the STOW STICK™ design defines a new category of intelligent golf-bag equipment: a structured, protective, modular, and multifunctional hardware anchor that modernizes how golfers protect their clubs, prepare their swings, and move through the game.

This patent secures the original form and visual identity of the STOW STICK™ system, establishing exclusive design rights and solidifying its position as the signature product and recognizable core architecture of a growing, integrated golf-accessory technology platform.

Patent Numbers US 11049380

VISARMA™ #2

ACTION to REACTIVE: Personal Safety Platform

This patent US 11049380 is a Continuation, Granted Patent from US 10453322 (above).

These patents further represent a breakthrough in personal protection technology, transforming conventional apparel into intelligent, active safety systems. Rather than depending solely on passive visibility or manual human signaling, this invention integrates real-time sensing, environmental awareness, and adaptive broadcast communication directly into garments and personal wearables. The result is apparel that not only covers and comforts the body, but actively protects it and communicates on its behalf.

At the core of this system is an integrated user-protection circuit seamlessly embedded within the garment. This circuitry incorporates environmental condition sensors that continuously monitor the wearer’s surroundings and generate data signals corresponding to external factors such as light, motion, or proximity. These inputs are processed by onboard control electronics, which activate broadcast modules containing one or more pulsing devices, LEDs, visual indicators, haptic actuators, or acoustic elements, to instantly communicate the wearer’s motion intent, hazard state, or environmental alerts. In use, the system autonomously interprets real-time conditions and delivers dynamic, meaningful, and context-aware signaling to those nearby.

This invention directly addresses a persistent and growing need for enhanced personal safety and visibility. Today, bicyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, first responders, and law enforcement officers still rely on limited, outdated, or passive signaling methods, reflectors, hand gestures, or fixed indicators, that fail to meet modern safety demands, particularly in low-light or high-risk environments. These limitations create a critical communication gap: individuals struggle to both convey their intentions and understand those of surrounding drivers or pedestrians. These patents bridge that gap by introducing intelligent wearables capable of perceiving, interpreting, and broadcasting adaptive visual and sensory signals in real time.

The patented wearable systems redefine personal safety as an intelligent, modular, and self-contained platform that enhances human visibility, signaling clarity, and situational confidence. Whether used by cyclists in traffic, emergency responders in chaotic scenes, construction workers on active job sites, or pedestrians navigating urban intersections, the system strengthens communication between humans and machines at ground level, where awareness and reaction time are vital.

Ultimately, these inventions elevate everyday apparel into a proactive safety node within a connected environment, capable of sensing, interpreting, alerting, guiding, and protecting. They form the technological foundation for next-generation smart clothing and personal safety networks across civilian, commercial, and professional domains. By embedding situational awareness and intelligent signaling directly onto the wearer, these patents establish a new benchmark for personal protection, visibility, and communication in the modern world.