Patents by Inventor Edward Michaelchuck

Edward Michaelchuck 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: 11939787
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable structure that includes a first and second hub, a plurality of legs and a rod connected to the first hub. The first hub includes first recesses. The second hub includes second recesses and an alignment guide. Each leg is connected to the first hub and the second hub. The rod connected is to the first hub and includes pins that are movable between an extended state, where pins protrude from the rod, and a retracted state where the pins are retracted within the rod. The first hub is movable relative to the second hub between a first state in which the rod is disposed above the alignment guide in an axial direction defined by an opening in the alignment guide and a second state in which a portion of the rod comprising the pins is below the alignment guide in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Edward Michaelchuck, Scott Ramsey, Christopher Strem
  • Publication number: 20220025673
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable structure comprising a first hub, a second hub, a plurality of legs and a rod connected to the first hub. The first hub includes a first plurality of recesses. The second hub includes a second plurality of recesses and an alignment guide. Each of the plurality of legs is connected to the first hub and the second hub. The rod connected is to the first hub and comprises a plurality of pins that are movable between an extended state and a retracted state. In the extended state, pins protrude from the rod. In a retracted state, the pins are retracted within the rod. The first hub is movable relative to the second hub between a first state in which the rod is disposed above the alignment guide in an axial direction defined by an opening in the alignment guide and a second state in which a portion of the rod comprising the plurality of pins is located below the alignment guide in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Michaelchuck, Scott Ramsey, Christopher Strem