Patents by Inventor Edmund P. Mullin, Jr.

Edmund P. Mullin, Jr. 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: 4979869
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of transporting boats into a dry boat storage building having a continuous outer wall, a doorway opening through the continuous outer wall, and a substantially annular boat storage rack within the boundary formed by the continuous outer wall and having a first plurality of boat storage cells arranged in a first arc centered about the doorway and extending through substantially 90.degree. of arc on each side of the doorway and having a second plurality of boat storage cells arranged in a second arc opposite the doorway and extending through substantially 180.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: Edmund P. Mullin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4850160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dry boat storage building comprising a floor surface having a center, a plurality of substantially vertical outer support columns disposed circumferentially around the center in spaced parallel relationship to one another and having upper and lower ends, a substantially annular boat storage rack disposed circumferentially around the center between the center and the vertical outer support columns, a plurality of elongate rafters respectively extending from a point spaced substantially vertically above the center to the upper ends of the vertical support columns and connected to the boat storage rack between the point and the upper end, a plurality of roof panels disposed over the rafters to form a continuous roof over the floor surface, and a plurality of wall panels disposed around the vertial support columns to form a substantially continuous wall around the boat storage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: Edmund P. Mullin, Jr.