Patents by Inventor Edwin J. Steury

Edwin J. Steury 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).

  • Drive assembly for a retractable top of a mobile housing
    Patent number: 6981729
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a lifting the top of a mobile housing includes a first and second pairs of push-pull springs. The springs are connected to an drive assembly and to the top. The drive assembly includes a threaded shaft having a threaded block which travels thereon and a cable associated therewith. When the threaded shaft is rotated, the push-pull springs move. A pulley structure is provided for allowing adjustment of the position of the first pair of springs relative to the second pair of springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Steury Brothers LLC
    Inventor: Edwin J. Steury
  • Camping trailer lift
    Patent number: 6206456
    Abstract: A lift for a travel trailer top is disclosed which includes novel corner posts or jacks each of which comprises a plurality of telescoping channel members for strength and rigidity and formed with integral marginal portions for receiving actuator push-pull elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventors: Virgil H. Steury, Edwin J. Steury
  • Trailer top lift
    Patent number: 5951096
    Abstract: A lift for a top of a travel trailer includes flexible push-pull elements extending from a centrally mounted actuator unit thorough flexible and bendable guide conduits to outer end fittings adjacent corner jacks for raising and lowering the top. The guide conduits are connected to L-shaped guide members of outer end fittings disposed in alignment with the jacks. The L-shaped members are mounted for swivelling movement around vertical legs thereof to facilitate alignment with the flexible guide conduits and assembly of the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventors: Virgil H. Steury, Edwin J. Steury
  • Drive assembly for retractable top of a mobile housing
    Patent number: 5704677
    Abstract: A mobile housing is provided with a plurality of telescopic standards mounted on a base for movably supporting the top of the mobile housing between a lowered position and a raised position relative to the base. A first pair and a second pair of slidable pistons are mounted in the base for simultaneous movement between a first position and a second position, the movement of each of the pair of pistons being substantially parallel and in opposite directions to one another. A first pair and a second pair of tubes, are provided with longitudinally extending slots and a flexible conduit extends from each of the tubes to one of the standards. Each of the tubes of the first pair and each of the tubes of the second pair are disposed in spaced parallel relationship to each other between the first and the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventors: Virgil H. Steury, Edwin J. Steury