Patents by Inventor Thomas Rathbun

Thomas Rathbun 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).

  • Automatic storage system for vehicles
    Patent number: 9181722
    Abstract: An automatic vehicle storage system includes an adjustable, self-guided vehicle satellite for moving a vehicle between a pick-up and drop-off bay, a vehicle carriage, and a storage bay. The vehicle carriage is typically movable along and by a vehicle crane, which carries the vehicle to a desired storage bay, where the vehicle satellite then moves the vehicle. Once the vehicle is in the storage bay, the satellite and returns back to the carriage at the vehicle crane. The vehicle storage system is also capable of rotating the vehicle, such that the vehicle is forward-facing in the pick-up and drop-off bay when it is retrieved by the user, and to facilitate the simultaneous operation of side-by-side cranes within a storage facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Criterion Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Rathbun, Jonathan Ertle, Michael Andrew McGovern, Jonathan Mark Rathbun, Michael William Timmer, David Jon Schroeder, Randall David Miller
  • AUTOMATIC STORAGE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20120251276
    Abstract: An automatic vehicle storage system includes an adjustable, self-guided vehicle satellite for moving a vehicle between a pick-up and drop-off bay, a vehicle carriage, and a storage bay. The vehicle carriage is typically movable along and by a vehicle crane, which carries the vehicle to a desired storage bay, where the vehicle satellite then moves the vehicle. Once the vehicle is in the storage bay, the satellite and returns back to the carriage at the vehicle crane. The vehicle storage system is also capable of rotating the vehicle, such that the vehicle is forward-facing in the pick-up and drop-off bay when it is retrieved by the user, and to facilitate the simultaneous operation of side-by-side cranes within a storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CRITERION MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Rathbun, Jonathan Ertle, Michael Andrew McGovern, Jonathan Mark Rathbun, Michael William Timmer, David Jon Schroeder, Randall David Miller