Patents by Inventor Peter John Tolan

Peter John Tolan 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).

  • Self-deploying boom
    Patent number: 4076624
    Abstract: A current deployable floatable boom unit for accumulating oil from the surface of water. An oil monitoring device is operative to actuate the deployment of the boom unit when oil is sensed adjacent to the boom unit, which boom unit is stored out of the way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: Peter John Tolan
  • Hawser float assembly
    Patent number: 4063322
    Abstract: An assembly adapted to float a length of mooring hawser upon water comprises a pair of water tight, buoyant, elongated tubes spaced from each other along mutually parallel axes and interconnected by a plurality of spaced transversely extending hawser supports. Removable clamps mounted on fasteners extending from each mooring line support are provided to hold a length of hawser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: Peter John Tolan