Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Morales

Kevin L. Morales 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: 7275651
    Abstract: A stainless steel, double-skin, industrial, tote tank (100) for transporting dangerous liquids between a dock and an off-shore platform having inner and out tank “skins,” with the opposing walls gapped, except for the flatly engaged, bottom walls. A low-profile 550 gallon tank design has about a four foot height, six foot length and four foot width, allowing a worker to easily view and work with a liquid level gauge and the top fill openings while merely standing next to the tank. The tank top includes a high wall around all of the operative, top elements, confining any spilled liquid, with a typically closed drain line located in the top wall extending to the side for emptying of the spilled liquid. A protectively enclosed, discharge valve line having a bottom drip pan is included at the sloped tank bottom completely within the tank wall confines with a lock-able access door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin L. Morales, John L. Guidry, II
  • Publication number: 20040188433
    Abstract: A box-like, metal, industrial, transport, cargo container (10/110/210), three embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1-4D, FIGS. 5-10 & FIG. 11), each including rigid, structural framework having front door(s), floor, sides, rear and raisable top cover rotatable up at one of its edges to a generally vertical disposition to then be slid down along one of its walls for “out-of-the-way” storage, opening up the box top for over-head, free access to the interior for unloading cargo by crane on, e.g., an offshore structure. In 2nd embodiment the front, top structural bar is absent, allowing even greater access in and out of box interior, while angled support plates (126) allow top to be slid down even when crane operator over-shoots the vertical alignment of the top cover. In the 3rd embodiment the top cover (215) is raised and rotated about its side edge and slid down along side a side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin L. Morales, John L. Guidry
  • Patent number: 6289684
    Abstract: An extended, box-like, metal, industrial size, insulated container (1/101, two embodiments disclosed, FIGS. 1-1G & FIGS. 2A-2D) including a rigid, structural framework (12/13) for safely and reliably transporting and/or storing relatively large quantities of temperature sensitive items (food, medical supplies, ice, human corpses, etc.) over a long distance (e.g., from an on-shore food center to an offshore platform) and/or for a substantial period of time (7+days), useful for such delivery/storage and in emergencies, disasters, etc. The container includes at its ends a structurally protected, enclosed equipment section (2/102), which includes all operating machinery (e.g. compressor, motor, fuel tank, control mechanisms, etc., in isolated sub-compartments) and associated equipment, and a freezer/cooler section (3/103A-103B) for the temperature sensitive items. The second embodiment includes two, separate, freezer and cooler sections (103A/103B) with separate, side doors (105A/105B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventors: John L. Guidry, II, Kevin L. Morales