Patents by Inventor Peter A. Müller

Peter A. Müller 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: 20160206108
    Abstract: The invention relates to an autonomous reclining seat element in a simple tub, the reclining seat element being locked and rotatably mounted on the edge of the pool and water is efficiently applied to the nozzles by means of a circulating pump with short pipes mounted in the equipment container and the reclining seat element is height-adjustable, tiltable and foldable, as an individual element or, by means of hinges, as multiple elements, and such a reclining seat element has one or more buoyancy bodies, armrests with pushbutton panel and, if required, an unbalance motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Peter A. MÜLLER, Sandro MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20150184411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pool lift attached to the pool edge of a swimming pool and having a platform that is height-adjustable by means of a mechanical cylinder on a pivot lever and having rollers that engage the guide bar, secured against undesired lowering by means of gas springs or with closed buoyancy body and the platform may also accommodate underwater fitness equipment, countercurrent system, folding seat and has a training algorithm by means of a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller
  • Patent number: 8943995
    Abstract: The invention comprises of a railing (1) which is foldable or and height adjustable or and extendable lengthwise and has rungs (5) or pivotable safety footsteps (14a) which, if necessary, can be kept in the vertical position (V) or horizontal position (Q) or and when tilting down the railing (1) remain in a stable position. The railing (1) has technical mean (4a,40,43a,45a,51) as well as an emergency mean (10,11) and can if necessary take up a tender (42) and other objects and the footsteps (14) can be transparent for example to improve visibility to the rear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Patent number: 8820262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable-height platform, which is fitted to a watercraft and has an additional travel and/or a longitudinally movable mounting plate, by positive control such that obstructions in the pivoting area can be fully bypassed without long pivoting arms and special linear-movement cylinders, and a reasonable immersion depth of the platform is ensured in all cases and, in the event of failure of the linear-movement cylinder, the platform can always be moved to the position A by an energy store or accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Patent number: 8671869
    Abstract: The invention comprises a segmented plate (1) for watercraft which is able to be swivelled into a stair lift, swimplatform or gangway by means of an active cylinder (4), or passive cylinder (44). The plate (2) consists of segmented strips (5), which have flexible elements (19) or are releasable and equipped with sensors (13), so that in case of bending or releasing of a segmented strip (5), on the grounds of a foreign element (15) trapped into the segmented strip (5), the cylinder (4) is stopped by means of the controller (14). Contact bands (16) and light strips (17) and cover (11) additionally increase the safety of the swivelable plate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller
  • Patent number: 8434420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hull element (7) which is fixed to the stern (1) or hull bottom (1b) by means of a hinge (6,6a) and enables an active as well as a passive trim of the watercraft (1a) and at the same time also supports a watercraft lift (2) or a watercraft stair (11) by means of the connector (8) or a connecting cylinder (18). By means of cylinder (17b) and the connector (8) or connecting cylinder (18) on the hull element (7) the platform (3) or the watercraft stair (11) can be activated. In case the watercraft lift (2) or the watercraft stair (11) is operated by means of cylinder (17a), the hull element (7) folds away, so that the stroke (H) of the watercraft lift (2) respectively the stroke (HT) of the watercraft stairs (11) is not impaired or restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Publication number: 20130000542
    Abstract: The invention comprises of a railing (1) which is foldable or and height adjustable or and extendable lengthwise and has rungs (5) or pivotable safety footsteps (14a) which, if necessary, can be kept in the vertical position (V) or horizontal position (Q) or and when tilting down the railing (1) remain in a stable position. The railing (1) has technical mean (4a,40,43a,45a,51) as well as an emergency mean (10,11) and can if necessary take up a tender (42) and other objects and the footsteps (14) can be transparent for example to improve visibility to the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Patent number: 8286574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lowerable platform (1) for a water craft (10), which can be also horizontally extended and to which a float (2) is fastened that comprises a closed hollow space (43) or an open hollow space (43), a buoyancy (A) acting upon the float (2) being generated by the air volume (L). As a result, the water craft's proper weight or the payload (N) of e.g. a tender boar (27) on the lowerable platform (1) can be compensated by the buoyancy (A). A hydrodynamic design of the float (2) additionally generates a hydrodynamic buoyancy (D1) which can be varied in terms of its height in relation to the current (S) by means (4, 37, 38, 39), depending on the float (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller
  • Publication number: 20110126751
    Abstract: The invention relates to two parallel added floaters (2) for watercraft, which are fixed to the stern (1a) on a watercraft hull (1) or a platform element (31) whereby the single auxiliary bottom (5) is positioned higher or for the most part positioned higher than the hull bottom (6) and forms a step. The added floaters (2) create on the one hand a static lift (As) and on the other hand a dynamic (Ad) lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller
  • Publication number: 20110017119
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hull element (7) which is fixed to the stern (1) or hull bottom (1b) by means of a hinge (6,6a) and enables an active as well as a passive trim of the watercraft (1a) and at the same time also supports a watercraft lift (2) or a watercraft stair (11) by means of the connector (8) or a connecting cylinder (18). By means of cylinder (17b) and the connector (8) or connecting cylinder (18) on the hull element (7) the platform (3) or the watercraft stair (11) can be activated. In case the watercraft lift (2) or the watercraft stair (11) is operated by means of cylinder (17a), the hull element (7) folds away, so that the stroke (H) of the watercraft lift (2) respectively the stroke (HT) of the watercraft stairs (11) is not impaired or restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Publication number: 20110017122
    Abstract: The invention comprises a segmented plate (1) for watercraft which is able to be swivelled into a stair lift, swimplatform or gangway by means of an active cylinder (4), or passive cylinder (44). The plate (2) consists of segmented strips (5), which have flexible elements (19) or are releasable and equipped with sensors (13), so that in case of bending or releasing of a segmented strip (5), on the grounds of a foreign element (15) trapped into the segmented strip (5), the cylinder (4) is stopped by means of the controller (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller
  • Publication number: 20100212576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable-height platform, which is fitted to a watercraft and has an additional travel and/or a longitudinally movable mounting plate, by means of positive control means such that obstructions by technical means in the pivoting area can be fully bypassed without long pivoting arms and special linear-movement cylinders, and a reasonable immersion depth of the platform is ensured in all cases and, in the event of failure of the linear-movement cylinder, the platform can always be moved to the position A by means of an energy store or accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Publication number: 20100186657
    Abstract: The invention relates to securing means for a height-adjustable platform on a watercraft. The aim of the invention is to secure said platform from erroneous manipulations, thus protecting humans, the watercraft and the height-adjustable platform against an accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Peter A. Muller
  • Publication number: 20100089302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lowerable platform (1) for a water craft (10), which can be also horizontally extended and to which a float (2) is fastened that comprises a closed hollow space (43) or an open hollow space (43), a buoyancy (A) acting upon the float (2) being generated by the air volume (L). As a result, the water craft's proper weight or the payload (N) of e.g. a tender boar (27) on the lowerable platform (1) can be compensated by the buoyancy (A). A hydrodynamic design of the float (2) additionally generates a hydrodynamic buoyancy (D1) which can be varied in terms of its height in relation to the current (S) by means (4, 37, 38, 39), depending on the float (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Peter A. Müller