Patents by Inventor Charles R. Reckner, Jr.

Charles R. Reckner, Jr. 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: 6217106
    Abstract: A folding trailer having at least one expandable bed assembly includes a trailer body having sidewalls, end walls and a guide rail attached to each of the sidewalls. The sidewalls and end walls of the trailer body define an internal space. The folding trailer further includes a first mattress frame having extension rails slidably received in the guide rails attached to the sidewalls of the trailer body. The first mattress frame is movable between a retracted position in which the first mattress frame at least partially encloses the internal space defined by the trailer body and an open position in which the first mattress frame extends outward from an end wall of the trailer body leaving an external space between a leading edge of the first mattress frame and the end wall. The leading edge of the first mattress frame includes a support member extending into the external space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles R. Reckner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6135526
    Abstract: A folding camping trailer having a folding step with an integrated storage compartment generally includes a trailer body defining a doorway opening, a platform having a first side and a second side and a storage compartment connected to the platform. At least one of the platform and storage compartment is pivotally secured to the trailer body such that when the platform is in a first position, the platform is received in the doorway opening, and when the platform is rotated to a second position, the second side of the platform defines a step positioned adjacent the trailer body. In the first position of the platform, the first side of the platform preferably lies substantially in a plane defined by an external surface of the trailer body and the storage compartment is accessible to users of the folding trailer. In the second position of the folding trailer the storage compartment is substantially inaccessible to users of the folding trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles R. Reckner, Jr.