Patents by Inventor Donald R. Downey

Donald R. Downey 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: 4787181
    Abstract: A shelter and method of constructing a shelter. The shelter comprises a unitary first shell and a unitary second shell. The first shell is formed by making at least two transverse bends in a single generally rectangular panel and provides a unitary top wall, bottom wall, and first end wall. The second shell is formed by making at least two transverse bends in a single, generally rectangular panel and provides a unitary second end wall, first side wall, and second side wall. The first and second shells are complementarily positioned to create the shelter. A first metallic member is bonded along the peripheral edge of the first shell and a second metallic member is bonded along the peripheral edge of the second shell means. The first and second metallic members adjoiningly facilitate welding the complementarily positioned first and second shells together. A sealable entryway is provided in at least one of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Nordam
    Inventors: Donald W. Witten, Donald R. Downey
  • Patent number: 4655012
    Abstract: A system for joining two adjacent building structures having opposed openings therein to provide weather and electrical shielding of the juncture and wherein the buildings are not required to be in perfect parallel alignment, including a boot formed into a continuous loop of flexible weather and radio frequency impervious material, the width of the boot being at least equal the maximum spacing between the two buildings at the opposed openings, and attachment members for sealably securing the opposed peripherial edge of the boot to the two adjacent buildings, the boot forming a short length tube communicating one building opening with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Nordam
    Inventors: Donald R. Downey, Donald W. Witten