Patents by Inventor Alain Trahan

Alain Trahan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240190303
    Abstract: Described herein is a safety seat for emergency vehicles including a structure including a generally L-shaped column defining a backrest structure and a seat structure; a transversal element provided at a junction of the backrest structure and the seat structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Gilbert Dubocquet, Hélène Trahan, Martin Laliberté, Alain-Olivier Boudreau, Pierre Rondeau
  • Patent number: 5005503
    Abstract: A textile machine having a multiplicity of yarn manipulating instrumentalities includes a yarn break detector. The specific machine disclosed is a tufting machine having a multiplicity of reciprocable needles threaded with respective yarns supplied from a source and the yarn break detector includes at least one metal washer carried by a respective yarn between the needles and the source. The washers are mounted above a trough having first and second spaced apart strips of electrical conducting members formed in a Vee configuration having a small gap between the plates at the lower apex of the Vee. The plates are connected in an electrical circuit which is maintained open by the gap until a yarn is broken and the washer carried thereon drops into the trough to short the plates together and close the circuit. The circuit includes a relay which energizes an indicator light and deenergizes the tufting machine motor when a yarn is broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Peerless Carpet Corporation
    Inventors: Alain Trahan, Paul-Andre Grondin, Luc Bilodeau