Patents by Inventor William Vernon Lancon, III

William Vernon Lancon, III 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).

  • Apparatus and related methods of tarping a flatbed trucking payload
    Patent number: 8876187
    Abstract: Generally disclosed is a device for simply and inexpensively tarping the payload of any truck bed without placing the tarper, the tarp, or the payload in danger of injury. In a preferred embodiment, the disclosed device generally comprises: (1) a rolled or bunched tarp that is installed on a first portable and adjustable riser; (2) a cable and cable crank installed on a second portable and adjustable riser; (3) wherein the cable may be attached to the tarp so that cranking the cable crank will unroll or unbunch the tarp and suspendedly draw the same toward the second riser; and (4) wherein the risers are removable from the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventors: John Rodriguez, Jr., William Vernon Lancon, III
  • Apparatus and related methods of tarping a flatbed trucking payload
    Publication number: 20140225393
    Abstract: Generally disclosed is a device for simply and inexpensively tarping the payload of any truck bed without placing the tarper, the tarp, or the payload in danger of injury. In a preferred embodiment, the disclosed device generally comprises: (1) a rolled or bunched tarp that is installed on a first portable and adjustable riser; (2) a cable and cable crank installed on a second portable and adjustable riser; (3) wherein the cable may be attached to the tarp so that cranking the cable crank will unroll or unbunch the tarp and suspendedly draw the same toward the second riser; and (4) wherein the risers are removable from the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: John Rodriguez, JR., William Vernon Lancon, III