Patents Assigned to The Hinckley Company
  • Patent number: 11001343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: The Hinckley Company
    Inventors: Scott Bryant, Keith Attee, Tom Buerkle
  • Publication number: 20200247506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: The Hinckley Company
    Inventors: Scott Bryant, Keith Attee, Tom Buerkle
  • Patent number: 10647389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Hinckley Company
    Inventors: Scott Bryant, Keith Attee, Tom Buerkle