Patents by Inventor Charles Lee Curtis

Charles Lee Curtis 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: 11407573
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
    Inventors: Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Publication number: 20220154801
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Patent number: 11242909
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
    Inventors: Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Publication number: 20210039866
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170037928
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis