Patents by Inventor Ronald W. Marsh

Ronald W. Marsh 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: 4068601
    Abstract: A wall mounted folding table movable from a collapsed and recessed position includes a folding bracket arrangement having first and second arms pivotally interconnected and pivotally connected to the table top and to the wall structure. The foldable bracket includes a reciprocating latch which releasably connects the folding bracket members in a linear support position and also maintains the folding leg in a collapsed and recessed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald W. Marsh, Grant M. Newbury
  • Patent number: 4047488
    Abstract: A table arrangement for a railway passenger car compartment includes a first table which can be folded from a use to a stored position in a side of the compartment. The first table can be used alone or it can be joined for use with a larger knock-down table which includes latching provisions for interlocking the two table tops of the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Jack E. Gutridge, Ronald W. Marsh, Grant M. Newbury
  • Patent number: 4046081
    Abstract: A convertible passenger seat headrest for a railway sleeping compartment having a convertible seat and bed arrangement. The headrest is pivotally supported from the compartment wall at its lower end and includes a stowable ladder folded within it when the headrest is in the raised position. When it is desired to make up the upper berth of the sleeping compartment, the headrest can be pivoted outwardly from the wall and the ladder unfolded to form a ladder and step which a passenger can use to climb into the upper berth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Jack E. Gutridge, Keith J. Hallam, Ronald W. Marsh
  • Patent number: 4015866
    Abstract: An operating mechanism for a pair of sliding doors includes a rotatable cam actuating member for locking and unlocking one door relative to a door opening of a vehicle. The other is provided with locking bolts which are also actuated by the cam actuating member and include means selectively engageable with said locking bolts whereby both doors may be locked and unlocked simultaneously or only the first door may be so actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald W. Marsh, Walter J. Marulic
  • Patent number: 3995398
    Abstract: A double door installation for a railway box car includes a lever and locking bolt mechanism for one of the doors. The lever is moved to slide the locking bolt which in an unlocked position interconnects both doors by means of a latch arrangement for conjoint movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Walter J. Marulic, Ronald W. Marsh
  • Patent number: 3933384
    Abstract: An anti-pilferage locking device for securing two confronting edges of an outer door structure in a railway car against longitudinal relative movement having a hasp pivotally secured to the outer surface of the car door structure adjacent to one of the confronting edges, a keeper secured to the outer surface of the car adjacent the opposite confronting edge of the car door structure, a cam vertically spaced from the keeper and pivotally secured to the outer surface adjacent said opposite confronting edge and above said keeper, and an anti-pilferage sealing means connecting with the cam and the keeper and trapping the hasp, the lower horizontal edge of the cam being flat at one end and curved at the other to control cam rotation relative to the hasp, the keeper having an outer vertical lip entrapping the hasp which entraps said lower edge of the cam; whereby, the hasp is receivably entrained on the keeper, the cam limits vertical movement of the hasp, and the sealing means is cooperatively received through the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: James J. Schuller, Ronald W. Marsh