Patents by Inventor Robert G. Grable

Robert G. Grable 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: 4874197
    Abstract: A retractable porch for use on motor homes, travel trailers and mobile homes is mounted for movement between erected and collapsed positions. In a first embodiment, a porch frame supports a porch platform and has side members which terminate in attachment struts. A pair of spaced parallel frame rails are secured to the vehicle frame, beneath a door, on the underside of the vehicle. The frame rails are formed from tubular members dimensioned to receive the porch attachment strut members. A pair of porch side railings are secured along perpendicular edges of the porch frame by hinges for movement between a collapsed horizontal position and an erected vertical position. A pair of vertically extending tubular sockets on a side wall of the vehicle for receive the porch attachment strut members during transportation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Inventor: Robert G. Grable