Patents by Inventor Robert L. Dayton

Robert L. Dayton 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: 5897755
    Abstract: A cathodic protection test station device has a terminal board integrally formed with a base plate. A removable housing locks onto the base plate and covers the terminal board and the base plate. A tab formed in the base plate extends into a recess formed in the housing defining a locking position. A tool may be inserted in an access slot formed in the housing to deflect the tab and remove the housing. A plurality of first wedge members are symmetrically disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate. The first wedge members have an inclined surface that slidably engages an inclined surface of a plurality of second wedge members. A bolt extends through the base plate and the first and second wedge members to a nut held in a non-rotating manner in the second wedge member. As the bolt rotates, the nut moves towards a head of the bolt and urges the first and second wedge members axially together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Carsonite International Corporation
    Inventors: Roger D. Star, Robert L. Dayton
  • Patent number: 5540604
    Abstract: The steering of a human powered pontoon aquatic vehicle is improved by arranging the pontoons in three articulated sections. The forward and aft pontoon sections are rotated in reciprocal directions with the forward sections being rotated in the direction of the desired turn. The vehicle includes a support frame attached to the forward and aft pontoon sections upon which a seat is mounted. A central frame member attached to the central pontoon is shifted laterally with respect to the support frame in order to rotated the forward and aft pontoon sections. The forward and aft pontoon sections are connected to the central pontoon section by interlocking hinges which permits convenient disassembly of the vehicle for transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Water Sports International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert L. Dayton