Patents by Inventor Timothy L. Ciarfello

Timothy L. Ciarfello 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: 8491034
    Abstract: A recreation vehicle has forward and rearward ends, sides, and a roof. At least one of the laterally spaced sides is a functional side with a rectangular vertical side aperture. A slide-out room has forward and rearward ends, a floor, a ceiling, sides, and a roof. Supports are extendable through the side aperture and reciprocably couple the slide-out room and the recreational vehicle. A roof aperture of a size to permit movement of a user there through is formed in the roof of the slide-out room. A hatch covers the roof aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Timothy L. Ciarfello
  • Patent number: 7841644
    Abstract: A vehicle has a roof with a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall. The roof has a rearward section with small openings and a forward section with one large opening. A deck has an upper and a lower surface. The deck is located above the rearward section of the roof. Support members are vertically oriented and extend through the small openings in the roof. Each support member has a top and a bottom with each bottom coupled to the floor. Each top is coupled to the deck. The support members have a length to hold the entire deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof. The cross sectional area of each support member is a percentage of the cross sectional area of each small opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Timothy L. Ciarfello
  • Patent number: D488744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Inventor: Timothy L. Ciarfello