Patents by Inventor Alfred Sullivan

Alfred Sullivan 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: 10611585
    Abstract: Systems and methods for unloading a cargo object from the pickup truck bed. Exemplary methods include installing a cargo unloading system in the pickup truck bed, loading the cargo object into the pickup truck bed, sliding the cargo object along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward a front section of the pickup truck bed, creating a rearward force on the cargo object with the unloading system, thereby causing the cargo object to slide along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward the rear section of the pickup truck bed, and unloading the cargo object from the pickup truck bed by removing the cargo object from the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Alfred Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200071099
    Abstract: Systems and methods for unloading a cargo object from the pickup truck bed. Exemplary methods include installing a cargo unloading system in the pickup truck bed, loading the cargo object into the pickup truck bed, sliding the cargo object along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward a front section of the pickup truck bed, creating a rearward force on the cargo object with the unloading system, thereby causing the cargo object to slide along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward the rear section of the pickup truck bed, and unloading the cargo object from the pickup truck bed by removing the cargo object from the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Alfred Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20050025954
    Abstract: A trim cover comprising a cloth including a backing layer, wherein the backing layer is a formed from a polyurethane dispersion. In method form the present invention relates to a method for forming a trim cover comprising supplying a cloth and applying a polyurethane dispersion as a backing layer to the cloth, wherein the polyurethane backing layer is applied and adhered to the cloth without the use of adhesives or flame lamination. Such trim covers are useful for preparing a trim panel including a supporting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Alfred Sullivan, Monika Moore, Ghanshyam Amin, Patrick Hawks