Patents by Inventor Christopher Parcell

Christopher Parcell 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).

  • Articulating interlocking structural extrusions for recreational vehicles and the like
    Patent number: 7690719
    Abstract: A structural assembly such as for use in constructing a living space of a recreational vehicle includes a wall with vertical rails at the top and bottom. The rails fitting into complementary recess within floor and ceiling members. The bottom rail has a curved cross section and fits into a complementary shaped curved channel in a floor member such that to assemble the wall to the floor, the wall is rested on the floor member at an angle and is then tilted upright to lock it to the floor member. A first keeper is then placed into a gap between the wall and the floor member, and acts in compression to prevent rotation of the wall. A second keeper has portions that fit into recesses in the wall and the ceiling members, respectively. The second keeper acts in tension to prevent vertical separation of the wall and the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Monaco Coach Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Goff, Dennis T. Bernabe, James V. Bertoch, Christopher Parcell, Lauro Budica, Alexander A. LeReaux
  • Articulating interlocking structural extrusions for recreational vehicles and the like
    Publication number: 20090021046
    Abstract: A structural assembly such as for use in constructing a living space of a recreational vehicle includes a wall with vertical rails at the top and bottom. The rails fitting into complementary recess within floor and ceiling members. The bottom rail has a curved cross section and fits into a complementary shaped curved channel in a floor member such that to assemble the wall to the floor, the wall is rested on the floor member at an angle and is then tilted upright to lock it to the floor member. A first keeper is then placed into a gap between the wall and the floor member, and acts in compression to prevent rotation of the wall. A second keeper has portions that fit into recesses in the wall and the ceiling members, respectively. The second keeper acts in tension to prevent vertical separation of the wall and the ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: National R.V. Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Goff, Dennis T. Bernabe, James V. Bertoch, Christopher Parcell, Lauro Budica, Alexander A. LeReaux