Patents by Inventor Ernest Chavana

Ernest Chavana 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).

  • Width-adjustable vehicle loading ramp
    Patent number: 6837669
    Abstract: A vehicle loading ramp (10) broadly comprises a first load-bearing platform (16), a second load-bearing platform (20) preferably substantially identical to the first platform (16), and a brace (20) that can be positioned between the platforms (16,18) in order to adjust and rigidly fix a distance between the platforms. In each of several embodiments, the brace (20) may be configured to adjust the distance between the platforms (16,18) in order to accommodate different offsets between wheels of different wheeled vehicles. The brace (20) can also fix the distance between the platforms (16,18), thereby providing rigidity and preventing the platforms (16,18) from moving with respect to one another, either laterally or longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Out O'Site, LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Reed, Ernest Chavana
  • Width-adjustable vehicle loading ramp
    Publication number: 20030072641
    Abstract: A vehicle loading ramp (10) broadly comprises a first load-bearing platform (16), a second load-bearing platform (20) preferably substantially identical to the first platform (16), and a brace (20) that can be positioned between the platforms (16,18) in order to adjust and rigidly fix a distance between the platforms. In each of several embodiments, the brace (20) may be configured to adjust the distance between the platforms (16,18) in order to accommodate different offsets between wheels of different wheeled vehicles. The brace (20) can also fix the distance between the platforms (16,18), thereby providing rigidity and preventing the platforms (16,18) from moving with respect to one another, either laterally or longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Gary L. Reed, Ernest Chavana
  • Grill
    Patent number: D450525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Giebel, Ernest Chavana, Augusto Picozza, Danene Jaffe, Mark Bates