Patents by Inventor Allyn Thomasson

Allyn Thomasson 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).

  • Adaptable platform for loading and unloading railway cars
    Patent number: 9027712
    Abstract: An apparatus that provides selectively deployable worker access with fall protection to at least a portion of the top of a container disposed above the ground. A gangway and its associated fall protection cage are selectively deployable from an elevated platform over the top of the container. The gangway and its associated cage are slidably connected to the platform via a track carried along the side of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sam Carbis Asset Management, LLC
    Inventors: Allan J. Melton, Allyn Thomasson, Rodrick Williamson
  • ADAPTABLE PLATFORM FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING RAILWAY CARS
    Publication number: 20140367195
    Abstract: An apparatus that provides selectively deployable worker access with fall protection to at least a portion of the top of a container disposed above the ground. A gangway and its associated fall protection cage are selectively deployable from an elevated platform over the top of the container. The gangway and its associated cage are slidably connected to the platform via a track carried along the side of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: ALLAN J. MELTON, ALLYN THOMASSON, RODRICK WILLIAMSON
  • Fall protection cage with adjustable outboard upright
    Patent number: 8745799
    Abstract: An apparatus that provides selectively deployable worker access with fall protection to at least a portion of the top of a container has a gangway that is configured to be retrofitted to an elevated platform from which the gangway and a fall protection cage is selectively deployable over the top of the container. The fall protection cage is connected to the gangway via a fixed stanchion and an abutment that is adjustably disposed outboard of the fixed stanchion and connected thereto via at least one selectively length adjustable screw member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sam Carbis Asset Management, LLC
    Inventors: Allyn Thomasson, Sandy W. Tyner, Ellie H. MacDonald, Ronald W. Bennett