Patents by Inventor Robert D. Foxwell

Robert D. Foxwell 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: 7153059
    Abstract: The new boat ramp has a ladder-style frame having C-shaped elongated lateral side rails held in spaced apart parallel condition by C-shaped cross support beams. One end of the frame is a water end and the other end is a shore end. At least six hull roller assemblies are mounted on the side rails in laterally paired relationship across from each other and in longitudinally spaced relationship. One lateral pair is at the water end. Each assembly has a roller axle carrying a hull roller at each end. The assemblies are mounted so that their axles are in pivotable elevated transverse orientation above the side rails so as to provide hull conforming support for a boat. A keel assembly having a central keel roller of significant axial length in at the water end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Patent number: 6964540
    Abstract: The watercraft ramp comprises a frame and a plurality of hull-support assemblies mounted thereon. The frame has a pair of elongated channel rails held in laterally spaced condition. Each rail has a longitudinally aligned internal recess and a longitudinally aligned elongated slot for access into the internal recess. The slot is narrower than the transverse width of the recess. Each hull-support assembly has a mounting bracket, a fastener for fixing the bracket on a rail, and at least one hull roller. The fastener has a locking part that extends through the rail slot into the internal rail recess for locking engagement to the rail at any desired location. A stabilizer part on the bracket cooperatives with the slot to maintain alignment of the bracket on the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Publication number: 20040042854
    Abstract: The watercraft ramp has a watercraft-supporting assembly with a water end and a shore end. It is formed of a laterally spaced pair of U-shaped rails equipped with hull-supporting roller wheels mounted in the U-shape. A transverse footprint brace is mounted under the rails at the water end with minimum elevation at the water end, and a transverse footprint stabilizer bar of elevated character is mounted under the rails at the shore end. A winch support beam is cantilevered out beyond the shore end of the rails in an angular relationship closer to parallel than perpendicular to the rails. The components in unassembled condition can be shipped and then assembled by a customer-user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Publication number: 20040011274
    Abstract: The new boat ramp has a ladder-style frame having C-shaped elongated lateral side rails held in spaced apart parallel condition by C-shaped cross support beams. One end of the frame is a water end and the other end is a shore end. At least six hull roller assemblies are mounted on the side rails in laterally paired relationship across from each other and in longitudinally spaced relationship. One lateral pair is at the water end. Each assembly has a roller axle carrying a hull roller at each end. The assemblies are mounted so that their axles are in pivotable elevated transverse orientation above the side rails so as to provide hull conforming support for a boat. A keel assembly having a central keel roller of significant axial length in at the water end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Patent number: 6637975
    Abstract: The watercraft ramp has a watercraft-supporting assembly with a water end and a shore end. It is formed of a laterally spaced pair of U-shaped rails equipped with hull-supporting roller wheels mounted in the U-shape. A transverse footprint brace is mounted under the rails at the water end and a transverse footprint stabilizer bar is mounted under the rails at the shore end. A winch support beam is mounted to the stabilizer bar so as to upward cantilever out beyond the shore end of the rails in an angular relationship closer to parallel than perpendicular to the rails. The components in unassembled condition can be shipped and then assembled by a customer-user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Patent number: 6592291
    Abstract: The new boat ramp has a ladder-style frame having C-shaped elongated lateral side rails held in spaced apart parallel condition by C-shaped cross support beams. One end of the frame is a water end and the other end is a shore end. At least six hull roller assemblies are mounted on the side rails in laterally paired relationship across from each other and in longitudinally spaced relationship. One lateral pair is at the water end. Each assembly has a roller axle carrying a hull roller at each end. The assemblies are mounted so that their axles are in pivotable elevated transverse orientation above the side rails so as to provide hull conforming support for a boat. A keel assembly having a central keel roller of significant axial length in at the water end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Publication number: 20030101920
    Abstract: The new boat ramp has a ladder-style frame having C-shaped elongated lateral side rails held in spaced apart parallel condition by C-shaped cross support beams. One end of the frame is a water end and the other end is a shore end. At least six hull roller assemblies are mounted on the side rails in laterally paired relationship across from each other and in longitudinally spaced relationship. One lateral pair is at the water end. Each assembly has a roller axle carrying a hull roller at each end. The assemblies are mounted so that their axles are in pivotable elevated transverse orientation above the side rails so as to provide hull conforming support for a boat. A keel assembly having a central keel roller of significant axial length in at the water end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell
  • Publication number: 20020141826
    Abstract: The watercraft ramp has a watercraft-supporting assembly with a water end and a shore end. It is formed of a laterally spaced pair of U-shaped rails equipped with hull-supporting roller wheels mounted in the U-shape. A transverse footprint brace is mounted under the rails at the water end and a transverse footprint stabilizer bar is mounted under the rails at the shore end. A winch support beam is mounted to the stabilizer bar so as to upward cantilever out beyond the shore end of the rails in an angular relationship closer to parallel than perpendicular to the rails. The components in unassembled condition can be shipped and then assembled by a customer-user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventor: Robert D. Foxwell