Patents by Inventor Mark D. Kilpatrick

Mark D. Kilpatrick 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).

  • Flooring system for bowling alley
    Patent number: 8734263
    Abstract: A prefabricated flooring system used in a section of a bowling lane such as an approach section. The flooring system includes a plurality of wooden boards having a longitudinal axis. The plurality of wooden boards each having substantially flat side edges along the longitudinal axis. Interior boards of the plurality of wooden boards are bonded together by an adhesive applied on the side edges and two of the outermost boards of the plurality of boards are bonded only on one side edge by the adhesive to adjacent corresponding interior boards to form a preformed approach section of wooden boards. In one aspect, the boards have a thickness of approximately that of the bowling lane. In another aspect, the preformed approach section has a width greater than that of the bowling lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Qubicaamf Worldwide LLC
    Inventors: Gary J. Ford, Mark D. Kilpatrick, Phillip W. Whitaker, Jr.
  • Elevator mechanism and related components
    Patent number: 8500567
    Abstract: An elevator assembly having a looped track assembly and a chain assembly having rollers which roll on the looped track assembly. The chain assembly includes spaced apart pin holders extending from the chain. A sprocket drive assembly engages the chain assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: QUBICAAMF Worldwide LLC
    Inventors: Samuel R. Namala, LeRoy T. Warren, Jr., Charles A. Lee, Mark D. Kilpatrick
  • ELEVATOR MECHANISM AND RELATED COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20100285895
    Abstract: An elevator assembly having a looped track assembly and a chain assembly having rollers which roll on the looped track assembly. The chain assembly includes spaced apart pin holders extending from the chain. A sprocket drive assembly engages the chain assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: QUBICAAMF WORLDWIDE, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel R. NAMALA, LeRoy T. WARREN, JR., Charles A. LEE, Mark D. KILPATRICK
  • Apparatus and method for bowling lane maintenance
    Patent number: 7175881
    Abstract: A bowling lane maintenance apparatus includes a transfer roller and a dressing oil tank configured to contain dressing oil. A wick is configured to pass dressing oil from the tank to the transfer roller. A buffer brush is configured to receive dressing oil from the transfer roller and spread the dressing oil on a bowling lane. The wick may comprise a foam material having a first region having a first capillarity and a second region having a second capillarity differing from the first capillarity. The wick may also be maintained in contact with the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: QubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC
    Inventors: Adam P. Baker, Gary J. Ford, Mark D. Kilpatrick, Matthew E Popielarz, G. Joe Burroughs
  • Apparatus and method for bowling lane maintenance
    Patent number: 6923863
    Abstract: A bowling lane maintenance apparatus includes a transfer roller and a dressing oil tank configured to contain dressing oil. A wick is configured to pass dressing oil from the tank to the transfer roller. A buffer brush is configured to receive dressing oil from the transfer roller and spread the dressing oil on a bowling lane. The wick may comprise a foam material having a first region having a first capillarity and a second region having a second capillarity differing from the first capillarity. The wick may also be maintained in contact with the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: AMF Bowling Products Inc.
    Inventors: Adam P. Baker, Gary J. Ford, Mark D. Kilpatrick, Matthew E Popielarz, G. Joe Burroughs