Patents by Inventor Toby Austin

Toby Austin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240317364
    Abstract: There is provided a pin structure for use in lashing a shipping container to a support. The pin structure has a base and a projection extending from the base. The pin structure is insertable into an internal cavity of a shipping container corner casting compliant with ISO 1161:2016 and is thereafter manipulatable so that the projection extends to an exterior of the corner casting via an aperture through a wall of the corner casting while the base remains in the internal cavity. Also disclosed is a lock device for locking together first and second shipping containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Toby AUSTIN-FRASER
  • Publication number: 20240239454
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method (200) of assembling a vessel overboard discharge assembly (600), the method (200) comprising: inserting (210) a tubular insert (500) into an overboard discharge pipe (300) so that a space (400) is defined between the tubular insert (500) and the overboard discharge pipe (300): blocking (221) an outboard opening (401) into the space (400) at an outboard end (301) of the space (400): and providing (280) in the space (400) an adhesive (450) and/or chocking material (450) for adhering and/or chocking the tubular insert (500) in the overboard discharge pipe (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jorn KAHLE, Toby AUSTIN-FRASER
  • Publication number: 20230265771
    Abstract: Disclosed is a scrubber outlet assembly, the scrubber outlet assembly comprising a pipe having an inner surface, wherein the inner surface has a first portion made from a first electrically conductive material, a second portion made from a second electrically conductive material dissimilar to the first electrically conductive material, and a region comprising at least a part of the first portion and at least a part of the second portion. The scrubber outlet assembly comprises a barrier located inwardly of the inner surface of the pipe. The scrubber outlet assembly defines a flow path through the pipe along which washwater is flowable from a scrubber in use, and the barrier fluidically isolates the region from the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Toby AUSTIN-FRASER, Jorn KAHLE
  • Patent number: D469581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Toby Austin