Patents by Inventor Dana Gehman

Dana Gehman 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: 20070234472
    Abstract: The folding camping trailer includes a trailer body having partial height sidewalls and end walls, a vertically extendable roof section, an expandable enclosure connecting the sidewalls and end walls to the roof section, and a flush toilet disposed in the trailer body. The toilet includes a waste holding tank for storing sewage waste, a toilet bowl attached to the holding tank, a drain outlet situated on the holding tank for draining the sewage waste and a vent conduit extending from the holding tank to either the roof section or the expandable enclosure connecting the sidewalls and end walls to the roof section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Podgorney, Dana Gehman
  • Publication number: 20060158004
    Abstract: The trailer, for example a folding camping trailer, is adapted to be pulled by a towing vehicle and has an enhanced accessory hauling capability for hauling outdoor use accessories. The trailer includes an elongated chassis and a trailer body attached to the chassis. The trailer body includes two sidewalls, two connecting end walls, a roof portion, and base. The sidewalls, end walls, roof portion, and base define an internal living space of the trailer body. The trailer body further includes at least one slide-out area extendable outward from one of the sidewalls of the trailer body for expanding the living space of the trailer body. A deck is attached to the chassis adjacent one of the end walls, and is sized to accommodate one or more of the outdoor use accessories thereon. The slide-out area may be moved to the extended position with the accessories positioned on the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Theodore Harris, Brooke Borek, Dana Gehman
  • Publication number: 20060138803
    Abstract: A recreational vehicle, for example, a folding camping trailer, includes a chassis having wheels and a towing hitch, a trailer body attached to the chassis, and a storage container attached to the chassis. The storage container includes a seamless body defining an internal space for storing cargo and may define one or more access openings for a plurality of access doors. The seamless body is made of a substantially rigid material, such as plastic, and may be roto-molded to form the seamless body. The seamless body may further include an engagement panel configured for a mating connection with a corresponding receiving recess defined in the trailer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Dana Gehman, Thomas Podgorney
  • Publication number: 20050121944
    Abstract: The travel trailer includes a chassis having wheels and a trailer body attached to the chassis. The trailer body includes sidewalls, a front end wall, a rear end wall, a roof, and a floor. The sidewalls, end walls, roof, and floor form an internal living space of the trailer body. A slide-out area is slidably extendable outward from the trailer body. The slide-out area is extendable from a retracted position received substantially within the trailer body to an extended position extended outward from the trailer body. The slide-out area has a roof, sidewalls, a bottom wall, and a front end wall. The front end wall of the slide-out areas is adapted to seal against the trailer body in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Dana Gehman, David Turner, James Hall, Robert Thompson
  • Patent number: D872654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Gehman, Bryan Metion
  • Patent number: D882462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Gehman, Karrie Platfoot, James Devine