Patents by Inventor James Edward Wilkes

James Edward Wilkes 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: 10858073
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a security bulwark for mounting outside a perimeter railing of a vessel or marine installation. The bulwark has a front face comprising a projecting mound. The mound has an underside which provides the bulwark with an overhang. The mound is also convex in a direction of the breadth of the bulwark. The invention also provides a perimeter protection system comprising a plurality of such security bulwarks arranged side-by-side and adjacent to each other. Finally, the invention further provides a method of protecting a perimeter of a vessel or marine installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Gray Page Marine Systems Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Wilkes, William Schofield
  • Publication number: 20200300583
    Abstract: An obstruction positioning in a recess between an adjacent pair of security bulwarks mounted outside a perimeter railing of a vessel or marine installation is provided. The obstruction comprises a rear end for positioning towards the perimeter railing, a front end for positioning away from the perimeter railing, and a top side, an underside and a pair of opposing lateral cheeks separating the front end from the rear end. The obstruction comprises a connection facility for connecting the obstruction to at least one of the perimeter railing and the adjacent pair of security bulwarks. The top side slopes downwardly from the rear end towards the front end during use of the obstruction between an adjacent pair of security bulwarks, so that a hand of an unauthorized potential boarder placed on the top side of the obstruction will tend to slide off it in a seaward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: James Edward Wilkes, William Schofield
  • Publication number: 20190337593
    Abstract: The present invention provides an obstruction (10) for mounting along a perimeter of a vessel or marine installation, wherein the vessel or marine installation comprises a deck (51) having a perimeter railing (20) and an upstanding plate (53) along an edge of the deck. The obstruction has an elongate body comprising a longitudinal groove (12) for receiving a lowermost course of rails (203) of the perimeter railing, and a tongue (14) for overhanging the plate (53) on an outboard or seaward side thereof. The tongue comprises a rear surface (142) intended to face in an inboard direction when the obstruction (10) is mounted along the perimeter of the vessel or marine installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: James Edward Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20190118909
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a security bulwark for mounting outside a perimeter railing of a vessel or marine installation. The bulwark has a front face comprising a projecting mound. The mound has an underside which provides the bulwark with an overhang. The mound is also convex in a direction of the breadth of the bulwark. The invention also provides a perimeter protection system comprising a plurality of such security bulwarks arranged side-by-side and adjacent to each other. Finally, the invention further provides a method of protecting a perimeter of a vessel or marine installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Gray Page Marine Systems Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Wilkes, William Schofield
  • Patent number: D820190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Gray Page Marine Systems Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Wilkes, William Schofield
  • Patent number: D828804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Gray Page Marine Systems Limited
    Inventors: James Edward Wilkes, William Schofield
  • Patent number: D845210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Gray Page Marine Systems Limited
    Inventor: James Edward Wilkes