Patents by Inventor Craig Howard Horton

Craig Howard Horton 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).

  • Portable vehicle barrier
    Patent number: 6409420
    Abstract: A portable vehicle barrier which is configured as a net to disable and prevent further movement of vehicle traveling across the vehicle barrier. The net has a lead array of spikes and a trailing array of spikes which puncture and adhere to the front and rear tires of the vehicle, preventing rotational movement of the vehicle's tires. Each spike of the lead and trailing array has a doom shaped cover which is jettisoned from its associated spike after the front tires of the vehicle pass over the lead array of the net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Craig Howard Horton, Gary R. Cook