Patents by Inventor Mark Bowen Barron

Mark Bowen Barron 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).

  • Cantilevered, vehicle side mount safety guard
    Patent number: 8567802
    Abstract: A safety guard which functions to push objects lying in the path of a vehicle out of the path of the wheels of the vehicle, such as a school bus, for safety purposes includes a front guard positioned at an angle in front of a wheel of the vehicle and is secured through a mounting plate unit to both a side panel and either a frame beam or floor board of the vehicle, with the frontal guard being supported in a cantilevered manner in front of the wheel. This configuration provides for a substantially universal mounting arrangement that can be particular advantageous in connection with school buses and other vehicles having underbody frame and support structure remote from the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Public Transportation Safety Int'l Corp.
    Inventor: Mark Bowen Barron
  • Cantilevered, vehicle side mount safety guard
    Patent number: 8505943
    Abstract: A safety guard which functions to push objects lying in the path of a vehicle out of the path of the wheels of the vehicle, such as a school bus, for safety purposes includes a front guard positioned at an angle in front of a wheel of the vehicle and is mounted to a side panel of the vehicle such that the frontal guard is supported in a cantilevered manner in front of the wheel. This configuration provides for a substantially universal mounting arrangement that can be particular advantageous in connection with school buses and other vehicles which are not provided with underbody frame and support structure closely adjacent to the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Public Transportation Safety Int'l Corp.
    Inventor: Mark Bowen Barron
  • Cantilevered, Vehicle Side Mount Safety Guard
    Publication number: 20120248799
    Abstract: A safety guard which functions to push objects lying in the path of a vehicle out of the path of the wheels of the vehicle, such as a school bus, for safety purposes includes a front guard positioned at an angle in front of a wheel of the vehicle and is secured through a mounting plate unit to both a side panel and either a frame beam or floor board of the vehicle, with the frontal guard being supported in a cantilevered manner in front of the wheel. This configuration provides for a substantially universal mounting arrangement that can be particular advantageous in connection with school buses and other vehicles having underbody frame and support structure remote from the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INTL. CORP.
    Inventor: Mark Bowen Barron
  • Cantilevered, Vehicle Side Mount Safety Guard
    Publication number: 20110018289
    Abstract: A safety guard which functions to push objects lying in the path of a vehicle out of the path of the wheels of the vehicle, such as a school bus, for safety purposes includes a front guard positioned at an angle in front of a wheel of the vehicle and is mounted to a side panel of the vehicle such that the frontal guard is supported in a cantilevered manner in front of the wheel. This configuration provides for a substantially universal mounting arrangement that can be particular advantageous in connection with school buses and other vehicles which are not provided with underbody frame and support structure closely adjacent to the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Public Transportation Safety Intl. Corp.
    Inventor: Mark Bowen Barron