Patents by Inventor Lance Pennington

Lance Pennington 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).

  • Publication number: 20220018143
    Abstract: It is an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure to provide a retractable mezzanine walkway, which when used in conjunction with high-density mobile shelving systems, expands and rolls out, creating an aisle for which employees can walk down. The retractable mezzanine walkway includes pairs of mobile shelving units configured to sit on top of parallel tracks. The retractable mezzanine walkway is configured to roll out between a pair of mobile shelving units when the pair of mobile shelving units is moved apart, such that an aisle is created, and configured to store inside the pair of mobile shelving units when the pair of mobile shelving units are moved together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Lance Pennington
  • Patent number: 7549518
    Abstract: A brake for retaining a mobile carriage on which apparatus such as storage facilities are located. The brake includes a pivot member with a release end and a locking end and with a claw at the locking end. The claw engages a slotted member when the locking end is depressed. The opposite end of the pivot member from the locking end is the release end. Adjacent the release end is a slot which rides on a stoop pin to prevent the release end from being depressed below the horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventor: Lance Pennington
  • Publication number: 20090095577
    Abstract: A brake for retaining a mobile carriage on which apparatus such as storage facilities are located. The brake includes a pivot member with a release end and a locking end and with a claw at the locking end. The claw engages a slotted member when the locking end is depressed. The opposite end of the pivot member from the locking end is the release end. Adjacent the release end is a slot which rides on a stoop pin to prevent the release end from being depressed below the horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Lance Pennington
  • Patent number: 6595332
    Abstract: A brake for retaining a mobile carriage on which storage facilities are constructed and having a slidable actuating assembly with a claw which engages a slotted member when the actuating assembly is depressed. The mobile carriage is mounted on a platform with a track in which the mobile carriage rolls and with a channel in which the slotted member is secured. A back plate is used to mount the brake on the mobile carriage. A cover is mounted on the back plate and an actuating assembly extends through and is slidably mounted in the pair of openings in the cover so that the actuating assembly may move to and from the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: Lance Pennington