Patents Assigned to Boy Scouts of America
  • Patent number: 11702203
    Abstract: A modular flat-packable drone kit includes a plurality of components that can be assembled into a drone. Components of the drone kit include elements that may be cut from a flat sheet of material, thereby enabling low cost manufacturing and compact packaging and may be assembled without specialized tools. A set of drones may operate in a standalone mode or may be coupled together and operated in a group configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventors: David Williams McKeehan, Michael Dwight Gerard, Craig Alan Nehrkorn, Eric Alan Davis
  • Patent number: 11541984
    Abstract: A modular flat-packable drone kit includes a plurality of components that can be assembled into a drone. Components of the drone kit include elements that may be cut from a flat sheet of material, thereby enabling low cost manufacturing and compact packaging and may be assembled without specialized tools. A set of drones may operate in a standalone mode or may be coupled together and operated in a group configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventors: David Williams McKeehan, Michael Dwight Gerard, Roger Maxim Pecina, Craig Alan Nehrkorn, Nicholas John LaMour
  • Patent number: 8795027
    Abstract: A CO2 gas-propelled model car launcher permits two or more model vehicles to be launched substantially simultaneously. Launching of the vehicles is achieved by moving a trigger plate sidewise which disengages a disc and thereby releases a firing pin whose forward movement punctures the CO2 cartridge. A height adjustment feature permits the launcher to accommodate model cars of different sizes. Multiple launchers may be ganged together and their trigger plates rigidly connected in such a way that sidewise movement of one trigger plate launches all of the model vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventor: Charles Kelderhouse
  • Publication number: 20130040534
    Abstract: A CO2 gas-propelled model car launcher permits two or more model vehicles to be launched substantially simultaneously. Launching of the vehicles is achieved by moving a trigger plate sidewise which disengages a disc and thereby releases a firing pin whose forward movement punctures the CO2 cartridge. A height adjustment feature permits the launcher to accommodate model cars of different sizes. Multiple launchers may be ganged together and their trigger plates rigidly connected in such a way that sidewise movement of one trigger plate launches all of the model vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventor: Charles Kelderhouse
  • Patent number: D980119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventors: David Williams McKeehan, Michael Dwight Gerard, Craig Alan Nehrkorn, Roger Maxim Pecina, Eric Alan Davis
  • Patent number: D980747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Boy Scouts of America
    Inventors: David Williams McKeehan, Michael Dwight Gerard, Craig Alan Nehrkorn, Roger Maxim Pecina, Eric Alan Davis