Patents by Inventor Dan H. Gernstein

Dan H. Gernstein 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: 7955024
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tactile warning panel inlay system and method. Such system is comprised of a panel formed with an exposed surface having a plurality of tactile warning protrusions and a support surface configured to contact a substrate matrix. The panel includes a plurality of apertures extending from the exposed surface to the support surface. Further, a plurality of two-piece fasteners are configured to extend individually through an aperture included in the plurality of panel apertures to secure the panel to the substrate matrix. Each fastener includes a head conformed to the shape of the tactile warning protrusion and a threaded shank for extending through the panel and which has an anchor member threadably secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: EZ Set Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Driscoll, Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 7861468
    Abstract: A window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall including a generally U-shaped body member having upper and lower ends and inner and outer ends. The open upper end of the body member has a spacer and a removable lid mounted thereon. The body member is comprised of a composite material such as fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 7730674
    Abstract: A window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall including a generally U-shaped body member having upper and lower ends and inner and outer ends. The open upper end of the body member has a spacer and a removable lid mounted thereon. The body member is comprised of a composite material such as fiberglass. A stair structure is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the front wall of the body member and is also comprised of a composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Publication number: 20080271662
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tactile warning panel inlay system and method. Such system is comprised of a panel formed with an exposed surface having a plurality of tactile warning protrusions and a support surface configured to contact a substrate matrix. The panel includes a plurality of apertures extending from the exposed surface to the support surface. Further, a plurality of two-piece fasteners are configured to extend individually through an aperture included in the plurality of panel apertures to secure the panel to the substrate matrix. Each fastener includes a head conformed to the shape of the tactile warning protrusion and a threaded shank for extending through the panel and which has an anchor member threadably secured thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Joe Driscoll, Dan H. Gernstein
  • Publication number: 20080209823
    Abstract: A modular window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall including a generally U-shaped body member having upper and lower ends and inner and outer ends. The open upper end of the body member has a spacer and a removable lid mounted thereon. The body member is comprised of a composite material such as fiberglass. A stair structure is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the front wall of the body member and is also comprised of a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 6625860
    Abstract: A method of converting a truck raised roof sleeper cab to a mid-roof cab comprising the steps of: providing a truck cab having a raised roof sleeper cab riveted to the upper and rearward ends thereof; removing the rivets which connect the raised roof sleeper cab to the truck cab; removing the raise roof sleeper cab from the truck cab to create an opening at the rearward end of the truck cab and an opening in the roof of a truck cab; providing a rear wall member which resembles the rear wall of a mid-roof cab and which is designed to close the opening in the rearward end of the cab created by the removal of the sleeper cab from the truck cab; securing the rear wall member to the truck cab to close the opening therein; providing a mid-roof member which resembles the roof of a mid-roof cab and which is designed to close the opening created in the roof of the truck cab by the removal of the sleeper cab from the truck cab; and securing the mid-roof member to the truck cab to close the opening in the roof of the tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 6557230
    Abstract: A method of converting a truck sleeper cab to a day cab comprising the steps of: providing a frame-mounted truck cab having a frame-mounted sleeper cab secured to the rearward end thereof; cutting through the boot which interconnects the sleeper cab to the truck cab; removing the sleeper cab from the truck cab to create first and second openings at the rearward end of the truck cab; providing a roof panel which is designed to close the first opening; providing a back panel which is designed to close the second opening created by the removal of the sleeper cab from the truck cab; and securing the back panel and the roof panel to the truck cab to close the first and second openings whereby the truck cab has the appearance of a day cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 6554348
    Abstract: A bus body comprising opposite side walls, a rear wall and a roof including inner and outer fiberglass wall members which define a space therebetween. The space between the inner and outer wall members is filled with a polypropylene honeycomb material. In a modified version of the bus body, the polypropylene honeycomb material is only positioned between the inner and outer wall members in those areas which may be subjected to moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 6554715
    Abstract: A fiberglass step for a water slide comprising a horizontally disposed tread and a vertically disposed riser. The tread of the step comprises vertically spaced-apart members which define a space therebetween having a polypropylene honeycomb material positioned therebetween. The steps are positioned between step supports and are secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: 6178612
    Abstract: A method of converting a truck sleeper cab to a day cab comprising the steps of: providing a truck cab having a sleeper cab riveted to the rearward end thereof; removing the rivets which connect the sleeper cab to the truck cab; removing the sleeper cab from the truck cab to create an opening at the rearward end of the truck cab; providing a rear wall member which resembles the rear wall of a day cab and which is designed to close the opening created by the removal of the sleeper cab from the truck cab; and securing the rear wall member to the truck cab to close the opening whereby the truck cab has the appearance of a day cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: TRP, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein
  • Patent number: D559998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventor: Dan H. Gernstein