Mark Douglas Howie

US Patent:

7040689, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Nov 26, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/723649

Inventors:

Jeffrey P. Few - Elkhart IN, US
Bernard F. Garceau - Vandalia MI, US
Mark D. Howie - Edwardsburg MI, US

Assignee:

Norco Industries, Inc. - Compton CA

International Classification:

B60R 27/00

US Classification:

296165, 296 2613

Abstract:

A slidable room assembly comprises a vehicle body having an opening formed in an exterior wall, and a reciprocable slideout unit or compartment disposed in the opening and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position. Sliding movement of the slideout unit is controlled by a drive mechanism that includes two sets of cabling. The drive mechanism includes a frame installed about the opening in the vehicle body. The frame includes a header, a sill and two pre-assembled jambs. The pre-assembled jambs have a plurality of pulleys with a plurality of cables pre-installed inside the jambs around the pulleys. One end of the cables, attached to the slidable room, is pre-strung through a cable extension hole. The other end of the cables extends out an end of the jamb.

US Patent:

7354088, Apr 8, 2008

Filed:

Apr 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/742176

Inventors:

Bernard F. Garceau - Vandalia MI, US
Jeffrey P. Few - Elkhart IN, US
Mark D. Howie - Edwardsburg MI, US

Assignee:

Norco Industries, Inc. - Compton CA

International Classification:

B60P 3/34

US Classification:

296 2601

Abstract:

A slidable room assembly comprises a vehicle body having an opening formed in an exterior wall, and a reciprocable slideout unit or compartment disposed in the opening and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position. Sliding movement of the slideout unit is controlled by means of a drive mechanism that includes two sets of cabling. The drive mechanism includes a frame installed about the opening in the vehicle body. The frame includes a header, a sill and two pre-assembled jambs. The pre-assembled jambs have a plurality of pulleys with a plurality of cables pre-installed inside the jambs around the pulleys. One end of the cables, attached to the slidable room, is pre-strung through a cable extension hole. The other end of the cables extends out an end of the jamb.

US Patent:

20190039694, Feb 7, 2019

Filed:

Aug 2, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/052872

Inventors:

- Elkhart IN, US
Mark HOWIE - Edwardsburg MI, US

International Classification:

B63B 27/14

Abstract:

A marine ladder includes a base and a stair assembly connected to the base. The stair assembly includes four telescoping assemblies, each having an outermost member and one or more telescoping members telescopingly extendable therefrom. A step is connected between the respective outermost members of the four telescoping assemblies. Further steps are connected between respective telescoping members of the four telescoping assemblies.

US Patent:

20180094695, Apr 5, 2018

Filed:

Oct 3, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/723388

Inventors:

- Elkhart IN, US
Mark HOWIE - Edwardsburg MI, US

International Classification:

F16G 11/02
F16M 13/02

Abstract:

A cable end fitting includes a disc-shaped head and a shank, with the shank configured for attachment to an end of a cable. The fitting may be used in combination with a bracket defining an opening shaped to permit engagement and disengagement of the fitting and the bracket when the fitting and the bracket are in a first relative orientation but not when the fitting and the bracket are in a second relative orientation.