Patents by Inventor Norman Bourque

Norman Bourque 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).

  • BOARDING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230098754
    Abstract: A boarding system for passage from one vessel to an adjacent vessel comprises a platform, a plurality of support columns secured to the platform, a stairway attached to the platform, and a gangway pivotally connected to the platform and configured to pivot between a storage position and a deployed position. When the gangway is in the storage position, the gangway is in an upward position and when the gangway is in the deployed position, a distal portion of the gangway engages with the adjacent vessel at an angle corresponding to a condition of the adjacent vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Aiden Horan, Jay Cashman, Norman Bourque, Dale Pyatt, Corey Welch, Nathaniel Tipton
  • Dragging apparatus with ripper shank
    Patent number: 10920400
    Abstract: A dragging apparatus has a carriage body. The carriage body has at least one attachment portion. The attachment portion is configured to connect the carriage body to a drag barge. At least one ripper shank is disposed on the carriage body. The ripper shank extends downwardly from the carriage body. A method for operating a dragging apparatus includes providing a barge and a dragging apparatus, and then lowering the dragging apparatus to a floor or bottom of a body of water to agitate the floor or bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CASHMAN DREDGING AND MARINE CONTRACTING, CO., LLC
    Inventors: Jay Cashman, Frank Belesimo, Aiden Horan, Timothy Mannering, Norman Bourque
  • DRAGGING APPARATUS WITH RIPPER SHANK
    Publication number: 20200208375
    Abstract: A dragging apparatus has a carriage body. The carriage body has at least one attachment portion. The attachment portion is configured to connect the carriage body to a drag barge. At least one ripper shank is disposed on the carriage body. The ripper shank extends downwardly from the carriage body. A method for operating a dragging apparatus includes providing a barge and a dragging apparatus, and then lowering the dragging apparatus to a floor or bottom of a body of water to agitate the floor or bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jay Cashman, Frank Belesimo, Aiden Horan, Timothy Mannering, Norman Bourque