Patents by Inventor Walter B. Zahn

Walter B. Zahn 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: 20230064081
    Abstract: A bicycle storage unit has a support base with parallel, horizontal first and second base frame bars spaced apart from each other; and vertical, parallel support posts extending perpendicularly from the base bottom frame bars, for suspending bicycles in a double row along the length of the unit. Adjacent support posts in a first and second set of support posts are spaced apart on the first and second side, respectively, to allow at least part of a bicycle to be passed therebetween for suspending from one of the support posts in the second and first set, respectively. One of the first set of support posts is positioned on the first base frame bar at a first post location that is across the space between the first side and the second side from a second post location on the second base frame bar between adjacent support posts in the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Avenue Marketing Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter B. Zahn, Doris Baumgaertner
  • Patent number: 11203883
    Abstract: A system for computer-based bicycle storage control provides reserving storage compartments of varied volumes in a bicycle storage container based on dimensional specifications of the bicycle to be stored, and the storage volume of the storage compartment. The storage container interior chamber has a turntable with a rotatable platform to align compartments with the container door, which has an adjustable door width to allow a bicycle access into and out of the compartment but limit or prevent access to compartments adjacent to the accessed compartment when the door is aligned with the selected compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Avenue Marketing Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter B. Zahn, Thomas Buchheister
  • Publication number: 20200080333
    Abstract: A system for computer-based bicycle storage control provides reserving storage compartments of varied volumes in a bicycle storage container based on dimensional specifications of the bicycle to be stored, and the storage volume of the storage compartment. The storage container interior chamber has a turntable with a rotatable platform to align compartments with the container door, which has an adjustable door width to allow a bicycle access into and out of the compartment but limit or prevent access to compartments adjacent to the accessed compartment when the door is aligned with the selected compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Avenue Management Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter B. Zahn, Thomas Buchheister