Patents by Inventor Andrew Dvorak

Andrew Dvorak 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: 20200269893
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10647342
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10555855
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20180304912
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10106184
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20180193214
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10011291
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9994246
    Abstract: A cart transporting apparatus including a hitch assembly and a cart coupling assembly. The hitch assembly may include an elongated body, at least one catch member, and a hitch stop. The hitch stop may be, for example, a rotating hitch stop or a sliding hitch stop. The rotating hitch stop may include at least three flanges configured to abut a cart and may further include a detent mechanism. The cart coupling assembly may include at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be pivotally coupled to the second portion. The first portion may include first and second engagement members. The second portion may include third and fourth engagement members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Holtan, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9913772
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20180009459
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9775753
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9701329
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20170156960
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20170106890
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20160207554
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9393978
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting carts including a machine body, a steering control arranged on the body, a steering pedestal pivotally arranged with respect to the body, and a selection mechanism adapted to be selectively coupleable between the body and the steering pedestal providing for a caster mode and a steering mode respectively. A method of using a dual mode utility machine including depressing a first lever thereby engaging a pivoting selector into a steering pedestal engaging position and controlling the direction of the machine by rotatably manipulating a tiller, and depressing a second lever thereby disengaging the pivoting selector from a steering pedestal engaging position to a body engaging position and controlling the direction of the machine by pushing and/or pulling a machine from side to side via a fixed tiller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dane Technologies, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Holtan, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20150183449
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting carts including a machine body, a steering control arranged on the body, a steering pedestal pivotally arranged with respect to the body, and a selection mechanism adapted to be selectively coupleable between the body and the steering pedestal providing for a caster mode and a steering mode respectively. A method of using a dual mode utility machine including depressing a first lever thereby engaging a pivoting selector into a steering pedestal engaging position and controlling the direction of the machine by rotatably manipulating a tiller, and depressing a second lever thereby disengaging the pivoting selector from a steering pedestal engaging position to a body engaging position and controlling the direction of the machine by pushing and/or pulling a machine from side to side via a fixed tiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Holtan, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20140341687
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to wheelchair systems for transporting a mobility-challenged passenger onto an aircraft and transfer that passenger into an aircraft seat. The implementations include systems with lift systems, belt systems, and/or transfer ramps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Dane Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Johnson, Andrew Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20060103094
    Abstract: The present invention is a pallet cart adapted to transport a loaded pallet to a location within a facility and/or transport loose materials from said location. The pallet cart comprises a base frame, a plurality of castor wheels, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The base frame includes a front frame side, a rear frame side, a hitch, a hitch tongue pivotally extending from the base frame, and a means for coupling the pallet cart to a second pallet cart to form a single extended pallet cart for moving items having an extended length. Each castor wheel is coupled to the base frame and pivotal about an axis extending vertically downward from the base frame. A castor locking mechanism interacts with said means for coupling to prevent a castor wheel from pivoting about its axis when the pallet cart is coupled to a second pallet cart to form an extended pallet cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: James Wiff, Andrew Dvorak