Patents by Inventor Robert A. Whitley

Robert A. Whitley 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: 11208778
    Abstract: An illuminated dock board system comprises a plurality of dock board components that each include one or more channels, each channel having a chamber beneath it. A channel cover component may be separably received into the open top of the channel to cover the channel and may be constructed from a low-opacity material to allow light to emanate. An electrical lighting subsystem comprising a light generating component (e.g., an LED strip) at least partially resides in a channel of a dock board component. And fasteners inserted through the channel and the chamber of a given dock board component operate to mechanically fix the given dock board component to a support structure (pylons, joists, stringers, etc.) such that a head of the fastener resides within the channel in contact with the bottom channel surface and a shank portion of the fastener resides within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Robert T. Ellingson, Dennis L. Harms, Jr., Robert A. Whitley
  • Patent number: D393087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Inventors: Linda Johnston, Robert Whitley, Leonard Johnston