Patents by Inventor Dale Forrest TROCKEL

Dale Forrest TROCKEL 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).

  • Water sports boards having pressurizable / inflatable baffle chamber structures therein, which are manufacturable by way of 3D printing
    Patent number: 9694540
    Abstract: A water sports board includes a top deck forming portions of an outer surface of the water sports board; an underside forming portions of the outer surface; a set of internal baffle chamber structures disposed between the top deck and the underside, each baffle chamber structure fluidically isolated from another baffle chamber structure and including a plurality of pressurizable/inflatable baffle elements therein having hollow elongate internal passages that are fluidically coupled to one another; and a set of inflation/deflation valves fluidically coupled to the set of baffle chamber structures, wherein each inflation/deflation valve is accessible from the outer surface of the water sports board. The water sports board can also include a concavity adjustment mechanism by which concavity of the underside of the water sports board is adjustable. Essentially the entire water sports board is manufacturable by way of 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Dale Forrest Trockel
  • Water Sports Boards Having Pressurizable / Inflatable Baffle Chamber Structures Therein, which are Manufacturable by way of 3D Printing
    Publication number: 20150147926
    Abstract: A water sports board includes a top deck forming portions of an outer surface of the water sports board; an underside forming portions of the outer surface; a set of internal baffle chamber structures disposed between the top deck and the underside, each baffle chamber structure fluidically isolated from another baffle chamber structure and including a plurality of pressurizable/inflatable baffle elements therein having hollow elongate internal passages that are fluidically coupled to one another; and a set of inflation/deflation valves fluidically coupled to the set of baffle chamber structures, wherein each inflation/deflation valve is accessible from the outer surface of the water sports board. The water sports board can also include a concavity adjustment mechanism by which concavity of the underside of the water sports board is adjustable. Essentially the entire water sports board is manufacturable by way of 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Dale Forrest TROCKEL