Patents by Inventor Derald L. Shepherd

Derald L. Shepherd 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: 20230003049
    Abstract: A door assembly for a shelter, wherein the shelter comprises a frame assembly and a cover for covering the frame assembly, wherein the door assembly includes a door frame; a door coupled to the door frame, wherein the door is preferably of a flexible material that can be lifted to provide an opening into the shelter and can be lowered for enclosing the shelter, wherein the door includes a plurality of pockets; a plurality of elongated door members, each of which includes a first and a second end, wherein each of the plurality of elongated door members is positioned within a respective one of the pockets; a plurality of first couplers, each of which couples the first end of a respective elongated door member to a first side of the door frame; a plurality of second couplers, each of which couples the second end of a respective elongated door member to a second side of the door frame; and a door lifting/lowering assembly for lifting the door to provide the opening into the shelter and for lowering the door for e
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christian M. Otis, George A. Bevilacqua, Derald L. Shepherd, Matthew M. DeGennaro
  • Publication number: 20140259734
    Abstract: An arrangement for drying wood including a framed structure for creating an area, an optional support structure for supporting wood placed thereon, a cover, wherein the cover is supported by the framed structure and wherein the cover has water resistant properties and allows infrared radiation to pass through the cover to warm the wood, wherein the cover is constructed to facilitate the escaping of some moisture from the arrangement through one or more vents in the cover and collect other moisture on an inner surface of the cover and permit at least some of the other moisture to run down along the inner surface of the cover towards the ground; wherein a system is created at least in part by the cover to accelerate the drying of the wood. A method of drying the wood is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ShelterLogic Corp.
    Inventors: George LeMoine, Derald L. Shepherd
  • Patent number: D654187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Shelterlogic Corp.
    Inventor: Derald L. Shepherd