Patents by Inventor Duane L. Yoder

Duane L. Yoder 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).

  • Threshold lighting system
    Patent number: 8029174
    Abstract: A threshold lighting system for recreation vehicles and the like. The system includes a threshold with a first light cavity extending along one side of the threshold for emitting light inwardly into a recreational vehicle in a first direction generally parallel to the vehicle floor, and a second light cavity on the opposite side of the threshold for emitting light in a second direction down the stairs leading to the threshold. The light cavities are preferably part of an extrusion forming the threshold, and the threshold is typically part of a door frame assembly provided as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Lippert Components Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Murray, Duane L. Yoder
  • Threshold Lighting System
    Publication number: 20100277898
    Abstract: A threshold lighting system for recreation vehicles and the like. The system includes a threshold with a first light cavity extending along one side of the threshold for emitting light inwardly into a recreational vehicle in a first direction generally parallel to the vehicle floor, and a second light cavity on the opposite side of the threshold for emitting light in a second direction down the stairs leading to the threshold. The light cavities are preferably part of an extrusion forming the threshold, and the threshold is typically part of a door frame assembly provided as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Lippert Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Murray, Duane L. Yoder