Patents by Inventor Chad Schmidt

Chad Schmidt 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: 9862464
    Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided a modular boat that includes a first pontoon, a second pontoon, an arched coupling member, a deck frame, a deck surface and at least one inflatable seat. The first pontoon has a first longitudinal axis and the second pontoon has a second longitudinal axis. The arched coupling member is removably coupleable to the first pontoon and the second pontoon so that the arched coupling member is perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axis. The deck frame is removably coupleable to the arched coupling member. The deck surface is removably coupleable to the deck frame and extends in a first plane that is parallel to a second plane that contains the first and second longitudinal axis. The inflatable seat is removably coupleable to the deck surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Chad Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160052602
    Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided a modular boat that includes a first pontoon, a second pontoon, an arched coupling member, a deck frame, a deck surface and at least one inflatable seat. The first pontoon has a first longitudinal axis and the second pontoon has a second longitudinal axis. The arched coupling member is removably coupleable to the first pontoon and the second pontoon so that the arched coupling member is perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axis. The deck frame is removably coupleable to the arched coupling member. The deck surface is removably coupleable to the deck frame and extends in a first plane that is parallel to a second plane that contains the first and second longitudinal axis. The inflatable seat is removably coupleable to the deck surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Chad Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5941008
    Abstract: A decoy reel attachment for suspending a weight from a floating decoy to help keep the decoy upright in the water. The decoy reel attachment includes a casing with a base wall and a perimeter side wall extending around the base wall of the casing to define an interior space of the casing. A spool is rotatably mounted in the interior space of the casing. A holding sleeve is outwardly extended from the perimeter side wall of the casing. A elongate flexible line is wrapped around the spool. The flexible line has an outer free end outwardly extending from the spool through a slot in the perimeter side wall into the lumen of the holding sleeve. The outer free end of the flexible line is coupled to a weight that is insertable into the holding sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventors: Chad Schmidt, Paul Ludke