Patents by Inventor Robert A. Arens

Robert A. Arens 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: 11173772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tarpaulin structure for an understructure, such as a truck, trailer, semi-trailer, railway car, dump truck or container, comprising a folding-top frame (16) and a tarpaulin (12) made of weather-resistant material, the folding-top frame (16) includes a plurality of struts (34); at the end, each of the struts has a carriage (32) that is movable along a guide (20), at least one bracket (36) is selectively pivotally connected to a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) of the strut or to the strut (34); said bracket (36) forming a tarpaulin folding aid along with a bracket (26; 36) of an adjacent strut (34), of a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) or of a stationary part (24) of the folding-top frame (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: EUROPEAN TRAILER SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Arens, Volker Biesenbruck, Roger Remmel
  • Publication number: 20200353802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tarpaulin structure for an understructure, such as a truck, trailer, semi-trailer, railway car, dump truck or container, comprising a folding-top frame (16) and a tarpaulin (12) made of weather-resistant material, the folding-top frame (16) includes a plurality of struts (34); at the end, each of the struts has a carriage (32) that is movable along a guide (20), at least one bracket (36) is selectively pivotally connected to a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) of the strut or to the strut (34); said bracket (36) forming a tarpaulin folding aid along with a bracket (26; 36) of an adjacent strut (34), of a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) or of a stationary part (24) of the folding-top frame (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Robert ARENS, Volker BIESENBRUCK, Roger REMMEL
  • Patent number: 10752099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tarpaulin structure for an understructure, such as a truck, trailer, semi-trailer, railway car, dump truck or container, comprising a folding-top frame (16) and a tarpaulin (12) made of weather-resistant material, the folding-top frame (16) includes a plurality of struts (34); at the end, each of the struts has a carriage (32) that is movable along a guide (20), at least one bracket (36) is selectively pivotally connected to a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) of the strut or to the strut (34); said bracket (36) forming a tarpaulin folding aid along with a bracket (26; 36) of an adjacent strut (34), of a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) or of a stationary part (24) of the folding-top frame (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: EUROPEAN TRAILER SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Arens, Volker Biesenbruck, Roger Remmel, Markus Leukers
  • Publication number: 20190118627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tarpaulin structure for an understructure, such as a truck, trailer, semi-trailer, railway car, dump truck or container, comprising a folding-top frame (16) and a tarpaulin (12) made of weather-resistant material, the folding-top frame (16) includes a plurality of struts (34); at the end, each of the struts has a carriage (32) that is movable along a guide (20), at least one bracket (36) is selectively pivotally connected to a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) of the strut or to the strut (34); said bracket (36) forming a tarpaulin folding aid along with a bracket (26; 36) of an adjacent strut (34), of a pair of opposite carriages (32; 32?) or of a stationary part (24) of the folding-top frame (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Robert ARENS, Volker BIESENBRUCK, Roger REMMEL, Markus LEUKERS
  • Patent number: 4493174
    Abstract: A knock-down room divider construction comprises a series of separate posts and panels which are mutually releasably engageable. Each post comprises a rigid core member covered on its outer surface with a fastening fabric which is complementary to a second fastening fabric on the vertical edge of a panel section. By having the panels and supporting posts as separate units, a lighter construction is possible and there is a greater flexibility in geometry and arrangement of the room partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: Artafax Systems Limited, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Arens
  • Patent number: D839949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Tressa Christie Scott, Matthew Donald Wilson, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Juston Payne, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Kenneth Sweet, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Natalie Naruns, Dong Rim Lee
  • Patent number: D857077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Peter Michael Cazalet, Joshua Randall Clyne, Kai S. Yick, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Jade Daniel Moreau, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin, Jonathan Yoshida Rowell, Kenneth Sweet, Jason Stanley Pi, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Juston Payne, Maj Isabelle Olsson
  • Patent number: D871481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Peter Michael Cazalet, Joshua Randall Clyne, Kai S. Yick, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Jade Daniel Moreau, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin, Jonathan Yoshida Rowell, Kenneth Sweet, Jason Pi, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Juston Payne, Maj Isabelle Olsson
  • Patent number: D871491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Tressa Christie Scott, Matthew Donald Wilson, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Juston Payne, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Kenneth Sweet, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Natalie Naruns, Dong Rim Lee
  • Patent number: D884061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Michael Robert Arens, John Lapetina, Tressa Christie Scott, Matthew Donald Wilson, Eva Ariella Siobhan Snee, Juston Payne, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Kenneth Sweet, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Natalie Naruns, Dong Rim Lee