Patents by Inventor Donald Stewart Napier

Donald Stewart Napier 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: 20120168703
    Abstract: A barrier having an upper elongate support and a lower elongate support, and a two-wire tensioning assembly with two only substantially vertical portions extending between the upper and lower elongate supports, with two wires each attached through a spreader, the spreader having a threaded aperture and a shaft threadably engaging the aperture and being positioned to either directly or indirectly engage a one of the elongate supports, where rotation of the shaft relative to the spreader will effect a change in tensioning of both substantially vertical portions of the wires at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Publication number: 20100064600
    Abstract: A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that it is correctly orientated relative to its support. Further disclosed is a transportable building, including a first structural component, a second structural component and a hinge coupling the first and second structural components whereby the second structural component is pivotable between a folded position and an unfolded erected position of the building. The hinge is reconfigurable to allow the second structural component to be relatively displaced away from the first structural component in the unfolded erected position of the second structural component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Prebuilt Pty Ltd's
    Inventor: DONALD STEWART NAPIER
  • Publication number: 20100064601
    Abstract: A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that it is correctly orientated relative to its support. Further disclosed is a transportable building, including a first structural component, a second structural component and a hinge coupling the first and second structural components whereby the second structural component is pivotable between a folded position and an unfolded erected position of the building. The hinge is reconfigurable to allow the second structural component to be relatively displaced away from the first structural component in the unfolded erected position of the second structural component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Prebuilt Pty Ltd's
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Publication number: 20100012910
    Abstract: A barrier provided by a plurality of wires, spaced apart one from the other and crossing between spaced apart elongate members, at least one of the wires having a bulbous end, and a first of the elongate members having an aperture either in or attached thereto, through which, in one position, the bulbous end of the wire is adapted to pass through, and in a second barrier providing position, is intercepted against withdrawal there from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Patent number: 7631460
    Abstract: A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building (6) on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that it is correctly orientated relative to its support. Further disclosed is a transportable building, including a first structural component (51; 58), a second structural component (40; 56) and a hinge (68) coupling the first and second structural components whereby the second structural component is pivotable between a folded position and an unfolded erected position of the building. The hinge is reconfigurable to allow the second structural component to be relatively displaced away from the first structural component in the unfolded erected position of the second structural component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Prebuilt Pty Ltd's
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Publication number: 20090050865
    Abstract: A barrier an upper railing (102) and a lower railing (103), and at least one wire (101) with one or two substantially vertical portions (118) which are positioned to be parallel each end anchored at a position which is spaced apart the position of one end being different from the position of the other end, one end being secured to a one of the railings and the other end being secured to the same or the other of the railings and there being a tightening arrangement which also provides a spreader that is adapted to effect tensioning from a tightening means that has its tightening means location that is offset from being in line with a direction of elongation of the one or, in the case of two substantially vertical portions, both of the vertical portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Publication number: 20030056446
    Abstract: A transportable building module including structure defining a floor sub-frame (13) and at least one wall structure (16) about a room space. The building module further includes at least one roof sub-module (20). This roof sub-module is hingedly mounted to the wall structure for pivotal movement between an extended position and a retracted transport position, in which retracted transport position the height of the building module is less than when the roof sub-module is in its extended position. In separate aspects, there are disclosed a transportable building with a separate roof module, and a building with a transversely arranged roof module beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier
  • Patent number: 4115969
    Abstract: Walls are constructed using roof support posts for load bearing, and panels therebetween. The panels provide both the inner and outer surfaces of the walls, and form with adjacent panels, recesses to accommodate the roof support posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Inventor: Donald Stewart Napier