Patents Assigned to Rhino, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12780373
    Abstract: One example provides a drive-on floating watercraft port including a transport track extending across an upper surface of the floating watercraft port from a stern end toward a bow end, the transport track to carry and guide a hull of a watercraft across the upper surface. An actuated bow stop disposed along a length of the transport track to define a bow end of the transport track, the bow stop selectively actuated back and forth along a portion of a length of the transport track to push a watercraft along the transport track toward the stern end when launching the watercraft from the floating watercraft port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Rhino, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Johanneck
  • Publication number: 20250369243
    Abstract: One example provides a canopy assembly including a canopy frame to support a flexible cover to form a canopy, the canopy frame including at least a first beam and a second beam and a plurality of trusses to extend between the first beam and the second beam. A plurality of columns is to support the canopy frame, each column including a leg having a lower end to couple to a floating watercraft port, a gusset to connect to an upper end of the leg, the gusset to engage the corresponding one of the first beam and the second beam, and at least one binding device to hold the corresponding one of the first beam and the second beam to the gusset to form a flexible joint there between to enable the canopy frame and the column to move relative to one another at the flexible joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Rhino, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Johanneck
  • Publication number: 20250083782
    Abstract: One example provides a drive-on floating watercraft port including a transport track extending across an upper surface of the floating watercraft port from a stern end toward a bow end, the transport track to carry and guide a hull of a watercraft across the upper surface. An actuated bow stop disposed along a length of the transport track to define a bow end of the transport track, the bow stop selectively actuated back and forth along a portion of a length of the transport track to push a watercraft along the transport track toward the stern end when launching the watercraft from the floating watercraft port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Rhino, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Johanneck