Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Koepke

Gary Lee Koepke 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).

  • Portable reconfigurable shelter
    Publication number: 20120037197
    Abstract: A shelter including panels of a first configuration secured to each other, the panels of the first configuration including a square main panel section, a fold-line extending from one corner to an opposite corner of the square main panel section allowing the square main panel section to fold along the fold-line, and a hinged flap extending from each edge of the square main panel section, each hinged flap secured to a hinged flap of an adjacent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Earl Herbert Koepke, Gary Lee Koepke
  • Multi-layered fire door and method for making the same
    Patent number: 7721500
    Abstract: A door has a core that includes a porous layer having a thickness and two opposing major surfaces. In one construction, the core also includes three fire-retardant layers, and two of the fire-retardant layers are separated by the porous layer. The porous layer and the fire-retardant layers are coupled together. Other constructions include one or more fire-retardant layers in balanced or unbalanced placement around the porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, inc.
    Inventors: Randy Jon Clark, Gary Lee Koepke, Keith Lynn Lewallen, Brent David Olson, William Robert Transue
  • Multi-layered fire door and method for making the same
    Patent number: 7185468
    Abstract: A door has a core that includes a porous layer having a thickness and two opposing major surfaces. In one construction, the core also includes three fire-retardant layers, and two of the fire-retardant layers are separated by the porous layer. The porous layer and the fire-retardant layers are coupled together. Other constructions include one or more fire-retardant layers in balanced or unbalanced placement around the porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Jeld-Wen, inc.
    Inventors: Randy Jon Clark, Gary Lee Koepke, Keith Lynn Lewallen, Brent David Olson, William Robert Transue
  • Multi-layered fire door and method for making the same
    Publication number: 20040226245
    Abstract: A door has a core that includes a porous layer having a thickness and two opposing major surfaces. In one construction, the core also includes three fire-retardant layers, and two of the fire-retardant layers are separated by the porous layer. The porous layer and the fire-retardant layers are coupled together. Other constructions include one or more fire-retardant layers in balanced or unbalanced placement around the porous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Randy Jon Clark, Gary Lee Koepke, Keith Lynn Lewallen, Brent David Olson, William Robert Transue