Patents by Inventor Byron J. Bocian

Byron J. Bocian 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).

  • Patent number: 6079770
    Abstract: A truck waste system includes a chemical toilet carried by a support which is slidable between first, second and third positions. In the first position, the toilet is stored within a cabinet in the interior of a truck. When in the second position, the support and thus the toilet coupled to the support is slid outwardly from the cabinet toward the interior of the cab for easy accessibilty and use. In the third or cleaning position, the support that carries the toilet is slid in an opposite direction through an exterior wall passageway of the truck to a location outside of the cab where the toilet may be readily accessed for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Freightliner Corporation
    Inventor: Byron J. Bocian
  • Patent number: 5984404
    Abstract: A vehicle such as a truck with a sleeping compartment includes a bed positioned within the sleeping compartment and most preferably at an upper berth position. A bed shifter is provided for shifting the bed between bed sleeping and bed storage positions. More specifically, the upper bed sleeping surface of the bed is raised toward the ceiling of the vehicle when the bed is shifted between the sleeping and storage positions, with the side portions of the bed similarly being raised as this shifting occurs. The bed shifter may be designed to tilt the bed as shifting occurs so that, when in the bed storage position, the upper bed surface more closely follows the contour of a vehicle with a downwardly sloped or otherwise configured ceiling. Bed shifting elements of variable length may be provided to shift the bed by varying the length of these elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Freightliner Corporation
    Inventors: Luis A. Novoa, Ferdinand F. Hellhake, Mark S. Hurayt, Byron J. Bocian, Charles Huffman Blakewood, Jr., Duncan Good