Patents by Inventor Benjamin E. Donovan

Benjamin E. Donovan 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).

  • Collapsible cargo box
    Patent number: 10155465
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a collapsible cargo box. The cargo box include a left wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a right wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a rear wall having a tongue at the leftmost portion, the rightmost portion and the bottom, a base and a tailgate. The method may include sliding the tongue at the bottom of the left wall into a first groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the rear wall into a second groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the right wall into a third groove in the base, rotatably coupling the tailgate to the base, coupling the left wall to the rear wall and coupling the right wall to the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC
    Inventors: Brent Moore, Cody Baggett, Benjamin E. Donovan
  • COLLAPSIBLE CARGO BOX
    Publication number: 20170341591
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a collapsible cargo box. The cargo box include a left wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a right wall having a tongue at the rearmost portion and a tongue at the bottom, a rear wall having a tongue at the leftmost portion, the rightmost portion and the bottom, a base and a tailgate. The method may include sliding the tongue at the bottom of the left wall into a first groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the rear wall into a second groove in the base, sliding the tongue at the bottom of the right wall into a third groove in the base, rotatably coupling the tailgate to the base, coupling the left wall to the rear wall and coupling the right wall to the rear wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Moore, Cody Baggett, Benjamin E. Donovan