Patents by Inventor Eugene Bowerman

Eugene Bowerman 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).

  • Removable in-floor storage device
    Patent number: 8231164
    Abstract: A removable in-floor storage device for a vehicle floorpan well, including a lid assembly have a frame mounted on a floorpan surface about the periphery of the floorpan well so as to define a frame opening, and a lid pivotally mounted on the frame to move from a closed position to an open position allowing access to the frame opening. The storage device further includes a removable storage bin adapted to be received within the frame opening and supported within the frame opening by the frame, to thereby define a storage chamber within the vehicle generally beneath the floorpan surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: James D. Schubring, Werner H. Schneider, Eugene Bowerman
  • REMOVABLE IN-FLOOR STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100127032
    Abstract: A removable in-floor storage device for a vehicle floorpan well, including a lid assembly have a frame mounted on a floorpan surface about the periphery of the floorpan well so as to define a frame opening, and a lid pivotally mounted on the frame to move from a closed position to an open position allowing access to the frame opening. The storage device further includes a removable storage bin adapted to be received within the frame opening and supported within the frame opening by the frame, to thereby define a storage chamber within the vehicle generally beneath the floorpan surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: JAMES D. SCHUBRING, Werner H. Schneider, Eugene Bowerman