Patents by Inventor Nicholas Bruce Mullaney

Nicholas Bruce Mullaney 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).

  • Publication number: 20150034634
    Abstract: A height adjustable shipping container usable as a building structure. The container having vertical corner columns and at least three side walls which may be transported at a reduced height as a shipping container and expanded at the receiving end. At least some of the vertical corner columns expand in length during expansion of the reduced height shipping container. The shipping container is able to transport therein structural components, such as wall, panel, roof and even fittings to build a building structure that is the equivalent in floor area to that of at least two shipping containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Nicholas Bruce Mullaney
  • Publication number: 20150028025
    Abstract: A height adjustable column for a shipping container building structure. The height adjustable column has an upper sleeve portion, a middle sleeve portion and a lower sleeve. When the column is in the non-extended position the middle sleeve portion is fully slid within the lower and upper sleeve portions and a substantive length of the upper sleeve portion is slid within the lower sleeve portion such that ISO apertures in the middle sleeves are aligned whereby the height of the column is at a reduced height compared to that that of a standard shipping container. When the column is in the extended position locking means on the middle sleeve portion engage and lock with the corresponding slotted apertures on the lower and upper sleeve portions as to support and retain the column at a height equal to or greater than the height of a standard shipping container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas Bruce Mullaney, James Richard Howell
  • Publication number: 20150014886
    Abstract: A preformed formwork for forming concrete floor slab for a height adjustable shipping container building structure having spaced apart frame side beams, spaced apart end beams and fork lifting supports. Reinforcing is situated within the internal area of the frame and attached to the side and end beams. A wall receiving feature on the external surface of the side and end beams accommodates attaching a portion of wall panel to the end and side beams. Columns are supported at the corners of the frame. The preformed formwork is dimensioned to equal the floor area of a shipping container so the preformed formwork is able to be easily transported within a height adjustable shipping container containing building components and able to be readily and easily erected and assembled as ether a ground floor or upper level floor of a building structure prior to been formed in to a concrete slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: LIFTING POINT PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Nicholas Bruce Mullaney