Patents by Inventor Douglas W. Unkrey

Douglas W. Unkrey 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: 4410198
    Abstract: A human powered vehicle of the pedal-driven type having three or more wheels, a frame and seat for supporting one or more riders in a generally supine position, and a streamlined shell enclosure with a transparent canopy which is openable for entry and egress of the rider. The preferred embodiment for a single rider has two steerable wheels located forward of the rider at approximately the widest part of the streamlined shell, and a single fixed drive wheel centrally positioned behind the rider. The drive wheel is equipped with a multi-sprocket gearing arrangement, and a large pedal-equipped sprocket wheel is mounted in a position slightly forward and above the common axis of the front wheels for ready engagement by the rider's feet. A single drive chain extends from the drive sprocket to the sprocket cluster and passes around idler rollers which direct the chain beneath the rider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Versatron Research Corporation
    Inventors: Fred D. Fernandez, John M. Speicher, Douglas W. Unkrey, Allan A. Voigt
  • Patent number: D275381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Versatron Research Corporation
    Inventors: Fred D. Fernandes, John M. Speicher, Douglas W. Unkrey, Allan A. Voigt