Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick MORAN

Michael Patrick MORAN 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: 11708137
    Abstract: A floating dock system can include a base portion, a cradle, at least one guide assembly, and a lift assembly. The base portion can include a lateral deck portion extending along a first plane and defining a boat slip, and at least one float element configured to provide a float element buoyancy force sufficient to maintain at least part of the deck portion above the water surface. The can include a lateral upper portion extending along a second plane, and a support structure configured to support the nautical vessel. A guide can include male and female guide portions. A lift assembly can include a motor configured to move the cradle between upper and lower positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Publication number: 20220402582
    Abstract: A floating dock system can include a base portion, a cradle, at least one guide assembly, and a lift assembly. The base portion can include a lateral deck portion extending along a first plane and defining a boat slip, and at least one float element configured to provide a float element buoyancy force sufficient to maintain at least part of the deck portion above the water surface. The can include a lateral upper portion extending along a second plane, and a support structure configured to support the nautical vessel. A guide can include male and female guide portions. A lift assembly can include a motor configured to move the cradle between upper and lower positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: MICHAEL PATRICK MORAN
  • Patent number: 11459073
    Abstract: A floating dock system can include a base portion, a cradle, at least one guide assembly, and a lift assembly. The base portion can include a lateral deck portion extending along a first plane and defining a boat slip, and at least one float element configured to provide a float element buoyancy force sufficient to maintain at least part of the deck portion above the water surface. The can include a lateral upper portion extending along a second plane, and a support structure configured to support the nautical vessel. A guide can include male and female guide portions. A lift assembly can include a motor configured to move the cradle between upper and lower positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Publication number: 20220001966
    Abstract: A nautical vessel docking and storage system attaches to a nautical structure. A system includes a cradle having support elements that include lower portions, proximate and distal side portions, and proximate and distal side abutments; a vessel securing element; a hinge for each proximate side portion; and a puller for transitioning the cradle between docking and storage positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: MICHAEL PATRICK MORAN
  • Patent number: 11214339
    Abstract: A nautical vessel docking and storage system attaches to a nautical structure. A system includes a cradle having support elements that include lower portions, proximate and distal side portions, and proximate and distal side abutments; a vessel securing element; a hinge for each proximate side portion; and a puller for transitioning the cradle between docking and storage positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Patent number: 9556575
    Abstract: An adjustable self-leveling boat bumper system attaches to a nautical structure associated with a body of water, and includes a longitudinal main guide, a longitudinal adjustment guide connected to a float element, a receiver, a boat bumper connected to the receiver, and an adjustment lock. The main and adjustment guides are oriented perpendicularly to a water surface. The receiver includes a main guide aperture and an adjustment aperture. The main and adjustment guides are moveably engaged with the main guide and adjustment apertures, respectively. The lock determines whether the adjustment guide is moveable. The float element provides a buoyancy force that maintains the receiver and float at a particular position along the main guide relative to the tide level of a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Patent number: 9403582
    Abstract: A boat bumper is positioned between a nautical structure and a nautical vessel. A main body includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion abuts the nautical structure and the convex portion abuts the nautical vessel. A boat bumper can optionally include an auxiliary bumper having a first convex part and a second convex part. The main body and auxiliary bumper engage to form a macro bumper with the first convex part abutting the concave portion. Alternatively, a main body includes a male connector with a male shape and a female cavity complementarily shaped to the male shape such that the male connector of another bumper fits within the female cavity to connect the bumpers together. A male shape can be keyed and/or tapered in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Patent number: 9302750
    Abstract: A self-leveling boat bumper system attached to a nautical structure can include a floating bumper arrangement having a float element, a float extension, and a boat bumper; and a receiver, fixed to the nautical structure and moveably engaged with the arrangement, or fixed to the arrangement and moveably engaged with a guide fixed to the nautical structure. When floating within a body of water, the float element can provide a buoyancy force that maintains the boat bumper in a static position between, and including, first and second positions, and as the level of the water changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Moran
  • Publication number: 20150314841
    Abstract: A self-leveling boat bumper system attached to a nautical structure can include a floating bumper arrangement having a float element, a float extension, and a boat bumper; and a receiver, fixed to the nautical structure and moveably engaged with the arrangement, or fixed to the arrangement and moveably engaged with a guide fixed to the nautical structure. When floating within a body of water, the float element can provide a buoyancy force that maintains the boat bumper in a static position between, and including, first and second positions, and as the level of the water changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: MICHAEL PATRICK MORAN
  • Publication number: 20150252545
    Abstract: An adjustable self-leveling boat bumper system attaches to a nautical structure associated with a body of water, and includes a longitudinal main guide, a longitudinal adjustment guide connected to a float element, a receiver, a boat bumper connected to the receiver, and an adjustment lock. The main and adjustment guides are oriented perpendicularly to a water surface. The receiver includes a main guide aperture and an adjustment aperture. The main and adjustment guides are moveably engaged with the main guide and adjustment apertures, respectively. The lock determines whether the adjustment guide is moveable. The float element provides a buoyancy force that maintains the receiver and float at a particular position along the main guide relative to the tide level of a body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: MICHAEL PATRICK MORAN
  • Publication number: 20150251737
    Abstract: A boat bumper is positioned between a nautical structure and a nautical vessel. A main body includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion abuts the nautical structure and the convex portion abuts the nautical vessel. A boat bumper can optionally include an auxiliary bumper having a first convex part and a second convex part. The main body and auxiliary bumper engage to form a macro bumper with the first convex part abutting the concave portion. Alternatively, a main body includes a male connector with a male shape and a female cavity complementarily shaped to the male shape such that the male connector of another bumper fits within the female cavity to connect the bumpers together. A male shape can be keyed and/or tapered in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Patrick MORAN