Patents by Inventor Charles P. Hall

Charles P. Hall 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: 10583895
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a hybrid frame boat. The hybrid frame boat may include a cover and a drop-stitch port bladder, a drop-stitch starboard bladder, and a keel beam that may each couple to the cover. The cover may have an aft end portion, a forward end portion, a port side, a starboard side, a longitudinal length extending from the aft end portion to the forward end portion. The drop-stitch port bladder may extend along one or more portions of the port side of the cover. The drop-stitch starboard bladder may extend along one or more portions of the starboard side of the cover. The keel beam may extend along one or more portions of the longitudinal length of the cover between the drop-stitch port bladder and the drop-stitch starboard bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED ELEMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall, Ryan Pugh
  • Publication number: 20190263476
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a hybrid frame boat. The hybrid frame boat may include a cover and a drop-stitch port bladder, a drop-stitch starboard bladder, and a keel beam that may each couple to the cover. The cover may have an aft end portion, a forward end portion, a port side, a starboard side, a longitudinal length extending from the aft end portion to the forward end portion. The drop-stitch port bladder may extend along one or more portions of the port side of the cover. The drop-stitch starboard bladder may extend along one or more portions of the starboard side of the cover. The keel beam may extend along one or more portions of the longitudinal length of the cover between the drop-stitch port bladder and the drop-stitch starboard bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall, Ryan Pugh
  • Patent number: 8834220
    Abstract: A stand-up paddle board and nosecap are disclosed. The stand-up paddle board is made using drop-stitching and in inflatable. The nosecap is made using injection molding techniques and is relatively rigid. The nosecap is attached to the stand-up paddle board and provides the board with a displacement hull to more easily move through the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 8757076
    Abstract: A removable sail for a paddle-style boat, such as a kayak preferably takes the form of a fast deploying down-wind sail attachable to a deck of the kayak. The sail includes a curved, but non-circular shaped flexible material coupled to a collapsible, continuous frame member, for example the frame member may be sewn into a channel made by the material. When mounted to the deck of the boat, the sail may be arranged in a deployed or a stowed configuration, the latter being deployable on the fly in that the sail can be quickly sprung into the deployable configuration. The non-circular shape of the sail cooperates with a hull shape of the boat while providing a sufficient surface area for capturing wind energy. The sail may also include a transparent region that helps prevent excessive amounts of spray from striking the paddler and yet still provides an adequate viewing range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall, Ryan Pugh
  • Publication number: 20140080369
    Abstract: A stand-up paddle board and nosecap are disclosed. The stand-up paddle board is made using drop-stitching and in inflatable. The nosecap is made using injection molding techniques and is relatively rigid. The nosecap is attached to the stand-up paddle board and provides the board with a displacement hull to more easily move through the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 8591274
    Abstract: An inflatable stand up paddleboard having a top surface for supporting a user and a bottom surface for residing on water. The inflatable stand up paddleboard being characterized as having a front end and back end and a longitudinal axis passing between the front and back ends. The inflatable stand up paddleboard is configured to receive at least one beam for stiffening the inflatable stand up paddleboard positioned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Elemetns, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Haller, Charles P. Hall
  • Publication number: 20130137319
    Abstract: An inflatable stand up paddleboard having a top surface for supporting a user and a bottom surface for residing on water. The inflatable stand up paddleboard being characterized as having a front end and back end and a longitudinal axis passing between the front and back ends. The inflatable stand up paddleboard is configured to receive at least one beam for stiffening the inflatable stand up paddleboard positioned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Haller, Charles P. Hall
  • Publication number: 20120247379
    Abstract: A removable sail for a paddle-style boat, such as a kayak preferably takes the form of a fast deploying down-wind sail attachable to a deck of the kayak. The sail includes a curved, but non-circular shaped flexible material coupled to a collapsible, continuous frame member, for example the frame member may be sewn into a channel made by the material. When mounted to the deck of the boat, the sail may be arranged in a deployed or a stowed configuration, the latter being deployable on the fly in that the sail can be quickly sprung into the deployable configuration. The non-circular shape of the sail cooperates with a hull shape of the boat while providing a sufficient surface area for capturing wind energy. The sail may also include a transparent region that helps prevent excessive amounts of spray from striking the paddler and yet still provides an adequate viewing range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Clayton F. Haller, Charles P. Hall, Ryan Pugh
  • Patent number: 7021233
    Abstract: A selectively inflatable kayak of the type having at least one elongated pneumatically inflatable peripheral tube which, when inflated, defines a passenger compartment and relatively narrow bow and stern sections. A flexible cover extends between and at least partially encases the at least one elongated pneumatically inflatable tube to provide a floor for the kayak. The flexible cover or separate bow and stern covers are provided for extending between the at least one elongated pneumatically inflatable flexible tube at bow and stern sections, respectively, the flexible cover or bow and stems covers being characterized as having narrow regions extending below and further defining the bow and stern regions of the kayak. Bow and stern pillows are provided which are sized to at least partially snuggly fit within the bow and stern sections, respectively, and are provided with stiffened ribs which extend within those narrow regions when the pillows are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventors: Charles P. Hall, Clayton F. Haller
  • Publication number: 20010027977
    Abstract: An integrated laundry basket and hamper includes a solid rectangular structure having integral vertical sidewalls formed of a preferably resilient material, such as plastic polymer, and including therewith, for purposes of aeration, a multiplicity of apertures exhibiting an aesthetic geometry. Internally of the solid rectangular structure, there are provided a plurality of co-parallel tracks proportioned for the slidable receipt of substantially vertical partition panels to thereby provide selectively different internal compartments to the hamper/laundry basket for purposes of pre-separation, at the time of insertion of an article of clothing into the hamper, in accordance with any one of a number of criteria. The inventive hamper/laundry basket is also optionally provided with a snap-fittable cover which is particularly useful when the laundry basket is employed as a hamper, as opposed to use as a laundry basket. Upon removal of such the snap-fittable cover, laundry may easily be inserted or removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5938095
    Abstract: A waterproof carrying bag having a flexible, liquid impervious body portion with an internal storage cavity and a substantially rigid neck portion having an inner surface defining an opening into the container. A closure seats on the neck portion, covering the opening. The closure has a sealing gasket which is compressed between the closure and the neck portion when the closure is seated on the neck, substantially preventing the passage of moisture between the closure and neck portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Stearns, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Haar, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5774908
    Abstract: Outdoor shower and accessory holder of flexible plastic construction with a chamber for holding water to be heated by solar energy, and a plurality of pockets for holding accessory items for use by a bather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Stearns, Incorporated
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5303435
    Abstract: Camping mattress having a head section and a foot section adapted to be rolled up for carrying, and being tapered in plan view such that at least one of the sections decreases in lateral dimension toward its outer end and the mattress is wider toward the center and narrower toward the end. The mattress has two sheets of flexible air-impervious material sealed together to form a plurality of chambers, a body of resilient material in one of the chambers, and a valve controlling air flow into and out of the chamber with the resilient material to regulate expansion and compression of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventors: James M. Haar, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5210892
    Abstract: A low tension waterbed mattress has a top with a plurality of expandable folds molded therein so that the top wall stretches when a user lies on the mattress so that the user is not lying on a taut sleeping surface. The folds have an aesthetic appearance. The mattress is typically filled to a volume providing a depth at least 3 inches less than the capacity of the mattress. The top wall of the mattress when pulled taut has a surface area at least 3% larger than the surface area of the bottom wall of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Land and Sky Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Johenning, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5195196
    Abstract: A waterbed mattress including an elongated top sheet having head and foot ends, a bottom sheet, and sidewalls defining a fluid-tight receptacle. The top sheet includes a plurality of elongated depressions and riser portions formed therein and arranged to impart extensibility to the top sheet. The depressions and riser portions are arranged in a non-uniform distribution across the surface of the top sheet so that the extensibility of the top sheet varies at different positions therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Land and Sky Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Johenning, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: 5175898
    Abstract: A low tension waterbed mattress has a top with a plurality of expandable folds molded therein so that the top wall stretches when a user lays on the mattress so that the user is not laying on a taut sleeping surface. The folds have an aesthetic appearance. The mattress is typically filled to a volume providing a depth at least 3 inches less than the capacity of the mattress. The top wall of the mattress when pulled taut has a surface area at least 3% larger than the surface area of the bottom wall of the mattess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Advanced Sleep Products
    Inventors: John B. Johenning, Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: D462149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: D569329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventors: Charles P. Hall, Clayton F. Haller
  • Patent number: D378772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: Charles P. Hall
  • Patent number: D716214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Clay F. Haller, Charles P. Hall