Patents by Inventor Harold R. Weinhaus

Harold R. Weinhaus 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).

  • Method of making a water ski construction
    Patent number: 4386982
    Abstract: A water ski formed of molded upper and lower shells made of sheet molding compound which have mating and overlapping flanges around the entire perimeter of the shells which are bonded together to form a buoyancy chamber. In one embodiment, the chamber is filled with polymerized foam and in another embodiment longitudinally extending ribs are formed to maintain the upper and lower surfaces of the shells in spaced relationship to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Harold R. Weinhaus
  • Contact rail bracket
    Patent number: 4318462
    Abstract: A bracket for supporting a cover structure for the contact rail of electric railroads which is made of plastic materials and in which the supporting bracket for the cover structure is so formed that it has a substantially uniform cross sectional thickness and forms a channel opening away from the rail which facilitates manufacture and reduces weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Harold R. Weinhaus
  • Water ski constructed with interlocking flanged shells
    Patent number: 4314384
    Abstract: A water ski formed of molded upper and lower shells made of sheet molding compound which have mating and overlapping flanges around the entire perimeter of the shells which are bonded together to form a buoyancy chamber. In one embodiment, the chamber is filled with polymerized foam and in another embodiment longitudinally extending ribs are formed to maintain the upper and lower surfaces of the shells in spaced relationship to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1982
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Harold R. Weinhaus