Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Rutherford

Jeffrey B. Rutherford 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: 7628194
    Abstract: A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment of the canopy adjacent the support surface and are designed to deploy before the outer set of support arms with the outer set of support arms supporting the canopy beneath an outer segment of the canopy further away from the support surface than the inner segment. Both the inner and outer sets of support arms can be partially or fully deployed to regulate the extent to which the awning is extendible away from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey B. Rutherford, Scott P. Thompson, Erwin J. Gaudyn, Todd Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20080029225
    Abstract: A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment of the canopy adjacent the support surface and are designed to deploy before the outer set of support arms with the outer set of support arms supporting the canopy beneath an outer segment of the canopy further away from the support surface than the inner segment. Both the inner and outer sets of support arms can be partially or fully deployed to regulate the extent to which the awning is extendible away from the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey B. Rutherford, Scott W. Thompson, Erwin J. Gaudyn, Todd Hoffman
  • Patent number: 7017976
    Abstract: A retractable awning cover for a slide out unit on a recreational vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer or the like includes a scissors arm support system that elevates a support bar running longitudinally of the vehicle to establish a gable shape for the awning cover when extended. The support bar is automatically lowered during retraction so as to be alignable with the scissors arms that support the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Rutherford, Robert Wagner