Patents by Inventor Paul Gorka

Paul Gorka 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: 20220412071
    Abstract: An expandable shelter includes a ceiling panel that unfolds from a top, a floor panel that unfolds from a bottom, a flexible sidewall having a first end coupled to the ceiling panel and a second end coupled to the floor panel. The flexible sidewall further includes a window disposed in the sidewall, and a shade to cover the window. The shade is configured to transition between a closed state and an open state. A first line and a second line couple to the shade, extend between an interior of the expandable shelter and an exterior of the expandable shelter, and are usable to transition the shade between the closed state and the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Miacolo, Paul Gorka
  • Patent number: 11473290
    Abstract: An expandable shelter includes a ceiling panel that unfolds from a top, a floor panel that unfolds from a bottom, a flexible sidewall having a first end coupled to the ceiling panel and a second end coupled to the floor panel. The flexible sidewall further includes a window disposed in the sidewall, and a shade to cover the window. The shade is configured to transition between a closed state and an open state. A first line and a second line couple to the shade, extend between an interior of the expandable shelter and an exterior of the expandable shelter, and are usable to transition the shade between the closed state and the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Miacolo, Paul Gorka
  • Patent number: 11306474
    Abstract: An enclosure including an upper frame, a lower frame, and a lift mechanism operably coupling the upper frame and the lower frame together. The lift mechanism includes first drive shafts and a second drive shaft operably coupling the first drive shafts for operation in unison, and an input operably coupled to at least one of the first drive shafts or the second drive shaft. The lift mechanism transitions the enclosure between a stowed state and a deployed state during a movement of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Condie, Paul Gorka
  • Patent number: 11279275
    Abstract: A wall configured to couple to a shelter and extend around at least a portion of a perimeter of the shelter. The wall includes a first end having a first attachment mechanism configured to engage with a second attachment mechanism of the shelter, a second end opposite the first end, a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, and a third attachment mechanism coupled proximal to the second end and configured to engage with a fourth attachment mechanism disposed on the shelter to couple the wall to the shelter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BERG COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Gorka, Justin Scott Mischel
  • Patent number: 11066003
    Abstract: A system including a frame and a pair wheel of assemblies to engage with one or more tracks of a structure. The pair of wheel assemblies include a first hub assembly, having a first wheel and a first attachment mechanism to engage with the one or more tracks of the structure, and a second hub assembly having a second wheel and a second attachment mechanism to engage with the one or more tracks of the structure. The system further includes an elongated rod coupling the first hub assembly to the second hub assembly, where a movement of the elongated rod causes the first attachment mechanism and the second attachment mechanism to engage with the one or more tracks of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Condie, Paul Gorka
  • Publication number: 20200240133
    Abstract: An expandable shelter includes a ceiling panel that unfolds from a top, a floor panel that unfolds from a bottom, a flexible sidewall having a first end coupled to the ceiling panel and a second end coupled to the floor panel. The flexible sidewall further includes a window disposed in the sidewall, and a shade to cover the window. The shade is configured to transition between a closed state and an open state. A first line and a second line couple to the shade, extend between an interior of the expandable shelter and an exterior of the expandable shelter, and are usable to transition the shade between the closed state and the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Berg Companies Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Miacolo, Paul Gorka
  • Publication number: 20140278801
    Abstract: Expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes configured to provide an allocated resource are disclosed. Techniques of complexing the expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes are also disclosed. The displaceable cassettes may deploy from a stowed position in an interior of the expandable shelter to a use position removeably coupled in an expanded interior portion of a displaceable side of the expandable shelter. In the use position, the cassettes are configured to provide an allocated resource, and provide a hallway between other interconnected expandable shelters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BERG COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Barrett, Douglas Wayne Combs, Paul Gorka
  • Publication number: 20130263527
    Abstract: Expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes configured to provide an allocated resource are disclosed. Techniques of complexing the expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes are also disclosed. The displaceable cassettes may deploy from a stowed position in an interior of the expandable shelter to a use position removeably coupled in an expanded interior portion of a displaceable side of the expandable shelter. In the use position, the cassettes are configured to provide an allocated resource, and provide a hallway between other interconnected expandable shelters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew N. Barrett, Douglas Wayne Combs, Paul Gorka