Patents by Inventor James H. Melvin

James H. Melvin 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).

  • Patent number: 5630371
    Abstract: A catamaran having two spaced apart elongated hulls joined by front and rear cross members holding the hulls in alignment, and having a trampoline extending between the cross members. Cables or wires are carried within enclosures forming side loops in the trampoline and running from the front to the rear of the trampoline between cross members. A plurality of restraining hooks are affixed to the sides of each of the hulls. The cables are detachably held by the hooks to maintain lateral tension in the trampoline.A rudder blade assembly at the rear end of each hull includes a tiller arm connected at its upper end to a tiller crossbar, the connection between the upper ends of the tillers and the ends of the crossbar being live flexible rubber elbows with a snap connect and disconnect between tiller crossbar and the upper ends of the tillers.Pre-formed cylinders are laterally molded into the sides of each of the hulls and positioned to snugly receive the front and rear cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: R.R. Sail
    Inventors: Gino J. Morrelli, James H. Melvin, John A. Wake, Kevin M. Thompson, Matt S. Miller
  • Patent number: D588518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: New Yankee Marine Services, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Berman, James H. Melvin, Warren George Muir