Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Van Valkenburgh

Gary Lee Van Valkenburgh 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: 5735639
    Abstract: A mobile safety structure for the storing and handling of containers of hrdous materials comprising multiple modular storage units. The modular storage units may be configured in tandem to form one embodiment of the modular mobile safety structure. In this configuration access between the interiors of adjacent modular storage units is provided by a bellows which is connected to and removable from a bellows support frame in a side wall of each modular storage unit. The modular storage units may also be configured in a stacked arrangement to form an alternate embodiment of the modular mobile safety structure. In this configuration access between the interiors of the stacked modular storage units is provided through an opening between units in the stack. A pull down safety ladder affixed to the roof assembly of all units except the top unit in the stack allows the user to gain access to each unit in the stack of modular storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Edward Payne, Norman Stephen Van Valkenburgh, Gary Lee Van Valkenburgh