Patents by Inventor Peter L. Dunkel

Peter L. Dunkel 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: 8105007
    Abstract: A vehicle transport ramp system having a transport vehicle with a transport vehicle bed, a first side wall and an opposing second side wall; an upper ramp having a first upper ramp end and a second upper ramp end operative to form a door, and a first upper ramp edge and an opposing second upper ramp edge; a lower ramp having a first lower ramp side and a second lower ramp side, a first lower ramp edge and a second lower ramp edge, a first lower ramp end pivotally connected to the second upper ramp end, and a second lower ramp end pivotally mountable to the transport vehicle bed; a first lower ramp enclosure panel and a second side wall enclosure panel mountable to the first lower ramp side, and a first side wall enclosure panel and a second side wall enclosure panel to enclose the transport vehicle as the lower ramp is lowered toward the driving surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Peter L. Dunkel
  • Patent number: 7896432
    Abstract: A vehicle furniture system for use proximate to a vehicle driver's seat, the system comprising: a first post having a first post first end, a first post body, and a first post second end mountable to the floor of the vehicle; a primary support having a primary support longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to a primary support lateral axis, a primary support top surface, a primary support bottom surface, a primary support first longitudinal side rotatably and slidably engageable to the first post, a primary support second longitudinal side, a primary support first lateral side, and a primary support second lateral side, the primary support disposable in a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position; a primary support rod; and a second support adjacent to the primary support with the primary support in the second position and the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Peter L. Dunkel
  • Publication number: 20100171344
    Abstract: A vehicle furniture system for use proximate to a vehicle driver's seat, the system comprising: a first post having a first post first end, a first post body, and a first post second end mountable to the floor of the vehicle; a primary support having a primary support longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to a primary support lateral axis, a primary support top surface, a primary support bottom surface, a primary support first longitudinal side rotatably and slidably engageable to the first post, a primary support second longitudinal side, a primary support first lateral side, and a primary support second lateral side, the primary support disposable in a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position; a primary support rod; and a second support adjacent to the primary support with the primary support in the second position and the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Peter L. Dunkel
  • Publication number: 20080292439
    Abstract: A vehicle transport ramp system having a transport vehicle with a trailer bed, a first side wall and an opposing second side wall; an upper ramp having a first upper ramp end and a second upper ramp end operative to form a door, and a first upper ramp edge and an opposing second upper ramp edge; a lower ramp having a first lower ramp side and a second lower ramp side, a first lower ramp edge and a second lower ramp edge, a first lower ramp end pivotally connected to the second upper ramp end, and a second lower ramp end pivotally mountable to the trailer bed; a lower ramp enclosure paneling mountable to the first lower ramp side, and a side wall enclosure paneling to enclose the transport vehicle as the lower ramp is lowered toward the driving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Peter L. Dunkel