Patents by Inventor Scott L. Danforth

Scott L. Danforth 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).

  • High speed, reduced clearance lift
    Patent number: 9415979
    Abstract: A high speed, reduced clearance lift has a lift platform that is raised and lowered by operation of a telescoping hydraulic ram that has at least three telescoping sections, such that, the retracted height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is minimized while the deployed height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is such that the lift platform is lifted the height needed to, for example, lift a device out of the hull of a watercraft. To better stabilize the lift platform both in the retracted and deployed positions, locks, preferably in the form of actuated locking pins, interface with receivers mounted in a frame in which the lift platform travels. In such, when the locking pins are extended into the receivers, the lift platform and any payload resting on the lift platform are held steady without the need for hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NAUTICAL STRUCTUTRES INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Baumann, Robert Bolline, Scott L. Danforth, Sunthorn Ingersoll
  • High Speed, Reduced Clearance Lift
    Publication number: 20160068374
    Abstract: A high speed, reduced clearance lift has a lift platform that is raised and lowered by operation of a telescoping hydraulic ram that has at least three telescoping sections, such that, the retracted height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is minimized while the deployed height of the telescoping hydraulic ram is such that the lift platform is lifted the height needed to, for example, lift a device out of the hull of a watercraft. To better stabilize the lift platform both in the retracted and deployed positions, locks, preferably in the form of actuated locking pins, interface with receivers mounted in a frame in which the lift platform travels. In such, when the locking pins are extended into the receivers, the lift platform and any payload resting on the lift platform are held steady without the need for hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: NAUTICAL STRUCTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Baumann, Robert Bolline, Scott L. Danforth, Sunthorn Ingersoll