181 |
Vehicle mountable privacy screen |
US11827820 |
2007-07-13 |
US20080011435A1 |
2008-01-17 |
Benjamin Wild; James Weintre |
A vehicle mounted privacy screen comprising a screen panel, at least one removable attachment member associated with each of at least two opposed portions of the screen panel and a connection member that connects the screen panel to the removable attachment member. One removable attachment member is preferably attached to the top of the vehicle and another to the open door, with the privacy screen hanging from connection member or members. |
182 |
Sauna with infrared emitter |
US11767794 |
2007-06-25 |
US20070294819A1 |
2007-12-27 |
Andre Levesque |
A sauna comprises a radiant heating element for supplying heat to the interior of a sauna cabinet. A cover is disposed between the radiant heating element and the interior, and has multiple openings sized to prevent the insertion of a finger. |
183 |
Multi-Function Sauna |
US11465903 |
2006-08-21 |
US20070257500A1 |
2007-11-08 |
Andre L. Levesque |
A sauna which is convertible into a storage space when not in use as a sauna. The sauna is provided with a bench that is movable between a use configuration and a stowed configuration wherein the bench in stored within the sauna. The sauna has a hanging rod that is used to run electrical wiring from one wall of the sauna to another in addition to being useable to hang items. The sauna is provided with a door that automatically ventilates the interior of the sauna. The sauna can be installed in a recreational vehicle or mobile home. |
184 |
Hands free device for filling tanks |
US11652958 |
2007-01-12 |
US20070175541A1 |
2007-08-02 |
Andrew G. Ray |
The present invention relates to novel devices and methods of filling tanks designed for holding non-hazardous fluids, especially tanks on recreational vehicles. In a preferred embodiment, the tank to be filled is a water tank. The device of the present invention incorporates several novel and non-obvious features to create a device that permits the filling of tanks in a hands-free manner while keeping water waste to a minimum and preventing the damaging of tank, fill neck or other tank or fill components due to the over filling of the tank. |
185 |
Method and apparatus for waste evacuation |
US11557813 |
2006-11-08 |
US20070113871A1 |
2007-05-24 |
Douglas Swarts |
A method and apparatus for waste evacuation using an extendible and retractable hose for transferring the waste have been described. |
186 |
AIRCRAFT SINK WITH INTEGRATED WASTE DISPOSAL FUNCTION |
US10907625 |
2005-04-08 |
US20060225200A1 |
2006-10-12 |
Scott Wierenga |
A sink system includes a sink and a storage area receiving and storing matter from the sink. The storage area receives air from the bypass line during a flush. Also, matter from the storage area and sink is vacuumed through a common line during the flush. A valve limits an amount of air supplied by the bypass line such that increased suction is applied to the sink through the common line. The valve may be manually operated or operated by a controller. |
187 |
Recreational vehicle low temperature water supply warming system |
US11186966 |
2005-07-20 |
US07089955B1 |
2006-08-15 |
Grant T. Komro, Sr. |
The present recreational vehicle water warming and circulating system uses the heated water in the water heater to heat the on-board water supply when the outside air temperature drops below the freezing point of water. The system includes a holding tank for containing a majority of the on-board water supply, and heated and cold loops that supply heated and cold water to various fixtures in the recreational vehicle. When temperature sensors sense a potentially freezing condition, a control circuit opens one or more solenoid valves to open the one or both loops to return undispensed heated or cold water to the holding tank. The control circuit closes the solenoid valves when the potentially freezing condition is no longer detected by the temperature sensors. |
188 |
Hygiene apparatus and vehicle incorporating the same |
US10528882 |
2003-09-22 |
US20060163897A1 |
2006-07-27 |
James Shippen |
A hygiene apparatus (1) for use within the space within a vehicle (2) comprises a collapsible flexible membrane (3) substantially impermeable to air. The flexible membrane (3) is adapted in use to enclose a portion of the space within the vehicle (2) and to separate the portion of space enclosed by the flexible membrane (3) from a portion of the space within the vehicle provided outside the flexible membrane (3). |
189 |
Slide out pressure washer system |
US11005255 |
2004-12-06 |
US20060118149A1 |
2006-06-08 |
Nick Benson; Perry Benson |
A combination pressure washer unit and slide out tray assembly for a carriage such as a bus, trailer or the like which transports racing cars or other equipment needing a pressure wash after use. The system includes a slide out tray assembly that is mounted in a compartment on the side of the carriage. A low profile pressure washer is mounted on the tray assembly floor and can be readily accessed through the compartment opening, slid out for use, and returned to its stowed position within the side of the carriage after use for transport. |
190 |
Waste evacuation system for a vehicle |
US10921125 |
2004-08-18 |
US20060070660A1 |
2006-04-06 |
Douglas Swarts |
A waste evacuation system for a vehicle having an extendible and retractable hose for transferring the waste has been described. |
191 |
Recreational vehicle attachment to secure a sewage discharge hose |
US10642819 |
2003-08-19 |
US07013922B2 |
2006-03-21 |
Joseph Steven Thum |
A one-piece body attachment guides and secures the distal end of a recreational vehicle sewage discharge hose relative to the inlet of a relatively stationary sewage receptacle. Two vertical, spaced apart, parallel sidewalls and a rigidly connected end wall form a partially enclosed space that receives a horizontal portion of the hose, an immediately downstream ninety degree bent portion of the hose and an immediately downstream vertical straight portion of the hose. Abutments are rigid to the sidewalls to interfere with relative movement of the hose and attachment by being located above the bottom edge a distance substantially greater and/or substantially less than one-half the distance between the inner faces of the sidewalls, which are spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the hose. The detents are wedge shaped for first compressing the adjacent walls of the hose as the hose is relatively moved between the sidewalls and then the detents permit the hose to expand, to securely hold the hose and attachment inter-connected. The detents are preferably spaced from the end wall a distance greater than the diameter of the hose plus the radius of the bent portion. |
192 |
Waste water disposal system |
US10374749 |
2003-02-25 |
US06957668B1 |
2005-10-25 |
Roderick Highsmith |
A waste water disposal system includes a carousel that is driven to extend and retract a hose that is connected on one end to a dumping station and at a second end to pipes connecting to the black and gray water tanks of an RV. |
193 |
Hold down device |
US10828746 |
2004-04-20 |
US20050230571A1 |
2005-10-20 |
Jerome Kochanski |
Embodiments of the present invention provide a hold down device for holding down a discharge hose during draining consists of a container filled with a filling material, a handle, a filling hole, a plug, feet, and a hose recess. The use of a hold down device of the present invention prevents the dislodging of a discharge hose while draining a septic holding tank from a recreational vehicle thus preventing spillage of waste material by covering the discharge hose and a sewer fitting and holding the sewer fitting within a refuse hole of a dump receptacle. Additionally, a hold down device embodiment of the present invention is easy and convenient to use while maintaining the proper functionality of holding a discharge hose and sewer fitting down during draining of the holding tank. |
194 |
Sewage dump system for RV, marine and other mobile vehicles |
US11034033 |
2005-01-12 |
US20050150562A1 |
2005-07-14 |
Ronald Anderson |
The sewage dump system of this invention comprises an elongated housing adapted for support on a mobile vehicle, the housing having an elongated sewage hose storage compartment having a height slightly greater than the diameter of a storage hose and communicating at its open end with an adjoining space configured to contain a hose outlet fitting on the outlet end of the sewage hose, the storage hose being folded intermediate its ends for reception in the hose storage compartment for guidance therein between said folded condition within the compartment and an extended position with the hose fitting communicating with a sewage dump site. In one embodiment, a plurality of spaced rollers having concave peripheries are spaced apart along one longitudinal side of the storage compartment to facilitate guiding the storage hose during extension and retraction. In a second embodiment a yoke member having guide rollers on its spaced ends is connected to a line extending retractably from a rotary power source for movement between a position retracted within the hose compartment with the folded sewage hose and an extended position at the adjoining space for extending the sewage hose to a sewage dump site. |
195 |
Recreational vehicle attachment to secure a sewage discharge hose |
US10642819 |
2003-08-19 |
US20050039808A1 |
2005-02-24 |
Joseph Thum |
A one-piece body attachment guides and secures the distal end of a recreational vehicle sewage discharge hose relative to the inlet of a relatively stationary sewage receptacle. Two vertical, spaced apart, parallel sidewalls and a rigidly connected end wall form a partially enclosed space that receives a horizontal portion of the hose, an immediately downstream ninety degree bent portion of the hose and an immediately downstream vertical straight portion of the hose. Abutments are rigid to the sidewalls to interfere with relative movement of the hose and attachment by being located above the bottom edge a distance substantially greater and/or substantially less than one-half the distance between the inner faces of the sidewalls, which are spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the hose. The detents are wedge shaped for first compressing the adjacent walls of the hose as the hose is relatively moved between the sidewalls and then the detents permit the hose to expand, to securely hold the hose and attachment inter-connected. The detents are preferably spaced from the end wall a distance greater than the diameter of the hose plus the radius of the bent portion. |
196 |
RV sewage line stabilizing device |
US10444116 |
2003-05-23 |
US06786462B1 |
2004-09-07 |
Leslie N. Bland |
The RV sewage line stabilizing device is used to secure an elbow fitting, affixed to the end of an RV sewer hose, in place in a sewer receptacle. A bottom plate has a U-shaped collar formed in one end, and an open, three-sided box formed on the other end. The RV sewage line stabilizing device lays generally flat in close proximity to the ground, with the U-shaped collar fitting around the vertically extending portion of the elbow fitting. The U-shaped collar may rest on top of a flange formed around the elbow fitting, or a retaining strap may be secured over the horizontally extending portion of the elbow fitting to hold the elbow fitting down and in place. The open, three-sided box holds a brick, or other weights, in place to provide weight to secure and stabilize the elbow fitting, keeping the sewer hose in place. |
197 |
Recreational vehicle bumper device |
US10154345 |
2002-05-23 |
US06755451B2 |
2004-06-29 |
Mark L. Jones |
The recreational vehicle bumper device is an elongated tube having an outside, cross-sectional shape sized smaller than the inside cross-sectional shape of a recreational vehicle's bumper where the elongated tube fits inside the recreational vehicle bumper, and having an inside diameter sized large enough to receive and store a recreational vehicle's waste disposal hose. |
198 |
Hose support apparatus with footings |
US10229502 |
2002-08-28 |
US20040041060A1 |
2004-03-04 |
Dennis
W.
Smith |
Hose support with footings. A footing may add stability to a hose support that bears a hose that connects a vehicle to a sewer. The footing may include a cavity having dimensions sufficient to accommodate a bottom portion of a leg of a hose support arch. The footing is removably attached to the leg of the hose support arch and extends perpendicularly from the hose support to stabilize the hose support. The hose support may include a plurality of interconnected arches such that the hose support is extendable from a closed alignment to an open alignment. At least one footing is removably attached to a bottom portion of the legs of the interconnected arches to increase the lateral stability of the hose support. |
199 |
Vehicular and outdoor water-tank valve heating system |
US10397879 |
2003-03-26 |
US20040018010A1 |
2004-01-29 |
William
Garland
Latham |
A vehicle or stationary liquid, water or oil tank heater teaches that a hot fluid may be passed through a metal body placed in the water piping or in the vacuum piping, thereby melting any ice in the system and preventing further freezing. The system may be advantageously used with manifolds, valves, scrubbers, pipes or the water tank itself. The coolant flow path may be optimized for ease of production and/or efficient heat transfer. The invention may be used with an external source of hot liquid, or it may be used with a cuff which may slipped over any of a variety of devices in need of de-icing. |
200 |
Sewage system for vehicles |
US09881293 |
2001-06-13 |
US06607009B2 |
2003-08-19 |
Robert A. Schoellhorn; Mark A Bryan; Alan B. Christianson; Gerald R. Lacey |
A sewage system for vehicles that includes a waste hose that is extendable and retractable. |