Patents by Inventor Dan Nugteren

Dan Nugteren 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: 6843192
    Abstract: Personal watercraft having extruded rigid rub rails that can be curved in vertical and horizontal dimensions to provide complex geometries in watercraft. One rub rail has a pair of resilient opposed converging wings extending outwardly from the rub rail to form an open channel along the rub rail length. A first bottom lip can extend inwardly to hug the downwardly facing surface of the top deck. A second lip can curve upward and inward beneath the first inwardly extending bottom lip. The second lip can provide an increased ability to hug sharp horizontally curved corners of the watercraft without wrinkling, for example, the rear corners of the watercraft. The rub rail can be both vertically and horizontally curved in the same region and be affixed to a vertical bond flange. In some personal watercraft, the rub rail is formed of a rigid material having a Shore A hardness of at least about 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Nugteren, John Thompson
  • Patent number: D485799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Nugteren, John Thompson