Patents by Inventor Kelvin McKay

Kelvin McKay 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).

  • Portable wildlife observation and hunting tower
    Patent number: 6688429
    Abstract: A portable tower apparatus, convertible between a lowered transport configuration and a raised observation configuration, useful for observing wildlife and hunting, comprising an elongate main member that functions as the main structural element of a trailer assembly when the apparatus in deployed in the lowered transport configuration, and the main structural element of a freestanding tower, when the apparatus is deployed in the raised observation configuration. The apparatus is deployed in the raised tower configuration by tipping the main member up, so that the base members, attached to one end thereof, rest on the ground, attaching the platform to the other end of the main member, and attaching the brace, which is also a ladder, to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Kelvin McKay
  • Portable wildlife observation and hunting tower
    Publication number: 20030111294
    Abstract: A portable tower apparatus, convertible between a lowered transport configuration and a raised observation configuration, useful for observing wildlife and hunting, comprising an elongate main member that functions as the main structural element of a trailer assembly when the apparatus in deployed in the lowered transport configuration, and the main structural element of a freestanding tower, when the apparatus is deployed in the raised observation configuration. The apparatus is deployed in the raised tower configuration by tipping the main member up, so that the base members, attached to one end thereof, rest on the ground, attaching the platform to the other end of the main member, and attaching the brace, which is also a ladder, to the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Kelvin McKay