Patents by Inventor Bob Chapel

Bob Chapel 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).

  • Cart transport vessel
    Patent number: 11008202
    Abstract: A cart transport vessel includes a fixed platform configured to hold at least one cart, a fixed ramp located adjacent to the fixed platform and a foldable ramp extension that is rotatably coupled to a front end of the fixed ramp. In an opened configuration, a first side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly and is in planar alignment with a planar top surface of the fixed ramp and an opposing second side of the foldable extension faces downwardly. In a closed configuration, the foldable ramp extension is rotated so that the first side of the foldable ramp extension faces downwardly and is in contact with the planar top surface of the ramp section and the opposing second side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly to provide a flat operator workspace area that is configured to be stood on by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Macalus, Dan Hawkins, Matthew Arcaro, Jamison Harrell-Latham, Michiel van de Ven, L. Klaus Preidt, Karl Chapel, Bob Chapel, Jason Sanders
  • CART TRANSPORT VESSEL
    Publication number: 20200346908
    Abstract: A cart transport vessel includes a fixed platform configured to hold at least one cart, a fixed ramp located adjacent to the fixed platform and a foldable ramp extension that is rotatably coupled to a front end of the fixed ramp. In an opened configuration, a first side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly and is in planar alignment with a planar top surface of the fixed ramp and an opposing second side of the foldable extension faces downwardly. In a closed configuration, the foldable ramp extension is rotated so that the first side of the foldable ramp extension faces downwardly and is in contact with the planar top surface of the ramp section and the opposing second side of the foldable ramp extension faces upwardly to provide a flat operator workspace area that is configured to be stood on by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Macalus, Dan Hawkins, Matthew Arcaro, Jameson Harrell-Latham, Michiel van de Ven, L. Klaus Preidt, Karl Chapel, Bob Chapel, Jason Sanders