Patents by Inventor Darren Leybourne

Darren Leybourne 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).

  • Boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus
    Patent number: 11034277
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus configured to draw a boat on to and off a boat support frame. This boat support frame has a loading end and a terminal end opposite to the loading end. The apparatus provided includes at least one roller assembly mounted to the support frame adjacent to the loading end of the support frame, said at least one roller assembly incorporating at least one roller element. The apparatus also includes at least one drive mechanism configured to rotate one or more roller elements to draw a boat onto and off the support frame through the loading end of the support frame. The roller assembly also includes a hull contact surface formed by a flexible belt which has a circumference greater than the circumference of the said at least one roller element incorporated into the roller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BALEX MARINE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Lex Noel Bacon, Paul Antony Symes, Jonathan Martin Jones, Blythe Guy Rees-Jones, Darren Leybourne, Andrew James Percival, Yuri Nikolaevich Ivanov
  • BOAT SUPPORT FRAME LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190329693
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus configured to draw a boat on to and off a boat support frame. This boat support frame has a loading end and a terminal end opposite to the loading end. The apparatus provided includes at least one roller assembly mounted to the support frame adjacent to the loading end of the support frame, said at least one roller assembly incorporating at least one roller element. The apparatus also includes at least one drive mechanism configured to rotate one or more roller elements to draw a boat onto and off the support frame through the loading end of the support frame. The roller assembly also includes a hull contact surface formed by a flexible belt which has a circumference greater than the circumference of the said at least one roller element incorporated into the roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: BALEX MARINE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Lex Noel Bacon, Paul Antony Symes, Jonathan Martin Jones, Blythe Guy Rees-Jones, Darren Leybourne, Andrew James Percival, Yuri Nikolaevich Ivanov
  • Boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus
    Patent number: 10336234
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus configured to draw a boat on to and off a boat support frame. This boat support frame has a loading end and a terminal end opposite to the loading end. The apparatus provided includes at least one roller assembly mounted to the support frame adjacent to the loading end of the support frame, said at least one roller assembly incorporating at least one roller element. The apparatus also includes at least one drive mechanism configured to rotate one or more roller elements to draw a boat onto and off the support frame through the loading end of the support frame. The roller assembly also includes a hull contact surface formed by a flexible belt which has a circumference greater than the circumference of the said at least one roller element incorporated into the roller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Balex Marine Development Limited
    Inventors: Lex Noel Bacon, Paul Antony Symes, Jonathan Martin Jones, Blythe Guy Rees-Jones, Darren Leybourne, Andrew James Percival, Yuri Nikolaevich Ivanov
  • BOAT SUPPORT FRAME LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170072828
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus configured to draw a boat on to and off a boat support frame. This boat support frame has a loading end and a terminal end opposite to the loading end. The apparatus provided includes at least one roller assembly mounted to the support frame adjacent to the loading end of the support frame, said at least one roller assembly incorporating at least one roller element. The apparatus also includes at least one drive mechanism configured to rotate one or more roller elements to draw a boat onto and off the support frame through the loading end of the support frame. The roller assembly also includes a hull contact surface formed by a flexible belt which has a circumference greater than the circumference of the said at least one roller element incorporated into the roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lex Noel Bacon, Paul Antony Symes, Jonathan Martin Jones, Blythe Guy Rees-Jones, Darren Leybourne, Andrew James Percival, Yuri Nikolaevich Ivanov