Patents by Inventor Allan Wayne Getliff

Allan Wayne Getliff 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).

  • Collapsible storage bin for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10710509
    Abstract: A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Yanfeng US Automotive Interior Systems I LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Rowland, Douglas Robert Thompson, Allan Wayne Getliff, Chris James Harmelink, Kenneth John Hulst, Tyler James Newkirk, Randy William Nurenberg, Rick Alan Anderson
  • COLLAPSIBLE STORAGE BIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170072863
    Abstract: A collapsible storage bin is provided for a motor vehicle. The collapsible storage bin includes a first sidewall that is displaceable between a collapsed position and an erected position. First and second self-erecting end walls are connected to the first sidewall. Further, an end wall locking handle is provided. That end wall locking handle is displaceable between a stowed position and an end wall locking position that functions to secure the storage bin in the erected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Rowland, Douglas Robert Thompson, Allan Wayne Getliff, Chris James Harmelink, Kenneth John Hulst, Tyler James Newkirk, Randy William Nurenberg, Rick Alan Anderson
  • Storage compartment and latch arrangement thereof
    Patent number: 6929295
    Abstract: A latch device for a cover member includes a box body having at least of a pair of walls and an upside opening, a cover member that is mounted on the box body to enable the upside opening to be opened and closed, a handle member mounted on the cover member such that the handle member may rotate. The handle member includes a pair of claws formed at both ends of the cover member; and latch holes formed in the walls of the box body such that the pair of claws are engaged with the latch holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignees: Johnson Controls, Inc., Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Randy William Nurenberg, Joel Evan Vanden Heuvel, Allan Wayne Getliff, Kathleen Margaret Lathrop
  • Latch device for cover member
    Publication number: 20040130165
    Abstract: A latch device for a cover member includes a box body having at least of a pair of walls and an upside opening, a cover member that is mounted on the box body to enable the upside opening to be opened and closed, a handle member mounted on the cover member such that the handle member may rotate. The handle member includes a pair of claws formed at both ends of the cover member; and latch holes formed in the walls of the box body such that the pair of claws are engaged with the latch holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Randy William Nurenberg, Joel Evan Vanden Heuvel, Allan Wayne Getliff, Kathleen Margaret Lathrop