Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER D. WOLFE

CHRISTOPHER D. WOLFE 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).

  • Publication number: 20230011455
    Abstract: A boat console may include a boat console body to be mounted within a boat defining a boat console panel having a mounting hole therein. The console may further include a marine electronics unit having a screen, and an electronics mounting platform including a base connected to a back side of the boat console panel and aligned with the mounting hole, an actuator connected to the base, a mounting plate having a first side connected to the actuator, and a second side opposite the first side, and at least one pivot mount connected to the second side of the mounting plate and to the marine electronics unit. The actuator may be configured to move the mounting plate between a stowed position and an extended position in which the marine electronics unit is pivotable to orient the screen at different viewing angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: GLENN HOUSMAN, CHRISTOPHER D. WOLFE
  • Patent number: 11447215
    Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a marine electronics unit to a boat console panel may include a base to be connected to the boat console panel and aligned with a mounting hole in the boat console panel, an actuator connected to the base, a mounting plate connected to the actuator, and at least one pivot mount connected to the mounting plate to be connected to the marine electronics unit. The actuator may be configured to move the mounting plate between a first position where the marine electronics unit is flush with a front side of the boat console panel, and a second position in which the marine electronics unit is spaced apart from the front side of the boat console panel and pivotable using the at least one pivot mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ISLA MAPPING LLC
    Inventors: Glenn D. Housman, Christopher D. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20210061425
    Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a marine electronics unit to a boat console panel may include a base to be connected to the boat console panel and aligned with a mounting hole in the boat console panel, an actuator connected to the base, a mounting plate connected to the actuator, and at least one pivot mount connected to the mounting plate to be connected to the marine electronics unit. The actuator may be configured to move the mounting plate between a first position where the marine electronics unit is flush with a front side of the boat console panel, and a second position in which the marine electronics unit is spaced apart from the front side of the boat console panel and pivotable using the at least one pivot mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: GLENN D. HOUSMAN, CHRISTOPHER D. WOLFE