Patents by Inventor Frank J. Lyons

Frank J. Lyons 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: 4602587
    Abstract: A float structure includes a flotation portion, a frame portion, a shell portion and a connector portion. The flotation portion includes a unitary porous slab member having a generally quadrangular configuration and includes upper and lower major faces and sidewalls joining same. The sidewalls taper inwardly toward the lower major face thereof. The frame portion includes a plurality of elongated interconnected strip members disposed around the periphery of the slab member adjacent the upper major face thereof. The shell portion includes a continuous waterproof covering over substantially the entire outer surface of the flotation portion. The connector portion includes a plurality of spaced fasteners extending through the shell portion into the frame portion and capable of securing bracket members to the periphery of the structure; whereby the float structure may be carried to a body of water and anchored therein at a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Inventor: Frank J. Lyons