IP Library Granted Patent US 12,311,821
Granted Patent B2
US 12,311,821 · App. 17/328,660 · Granted May 27, 2025

Promotional vehicle with adjustable showroom

Inventor: Lawrence W. Borden (Conshohocken, PA)
Assignee: Aardvark Studios, LLC
B60P3/0255B62D39/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,311,821
App. No.
17/328,660
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle has a first showroom enclosure at a first side of the vehicle body and a second showroom at an opposite side of the vehicle body. A storage area is provided between the first and second showroom and can be accessed by a door at the rear of the vehicle body, or at access panels located at the first and/or second sides of the vehicle body.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a body having one or more panels defining a space; and

a showroom located within the space, said showroom having at least one interior showroom panel defining a display area of said showroom, said at least one interior showroom panel movable between a first position defining a first showroom size, and a second position defining a second showroom size different than the first showroom size.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , said showroom further having a showroom front side panel, a showroom rear side panel, and a showroom access panel.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said showroom front side panel comprises a portion of said truck body front panel.

4. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said showroom rear side panel comprises a portion of said truck body rear panel.

5. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said showroom rear side panel comprises a separate panel than said truck body rear panel and is connected to said truck body left side panel or said truck body right side panel.

6. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said at least one interior showroom panel is a showroom back interior panel, and said showroom back interior panel, showroom front side panel, showroom rear side panel and showroom access panel form a complete enclosure and said display area is contained within the complete enclosure.

7. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said showroom access panel is movable between a closed position in which said display area cannot be accessed and an open position in which said display area can be accessed.

8. A vehicle body comprising:

one or more panels forming a space; and

a showroom enclosure contained within the space, said showroom enclosure having at least one vertical wall movable between a first position defining a first showroom size and a second position defining a second showroom size different than the first showroom size.

9. The truck body of claim 8 , further comprising a storage area located within the space.

10. The truck body of claim 8 , further comprising a storage access panel movable between an open position to grant access to the storage area and a closed position to block access to the storage area.

11. A vehicle body comprising:

one or more panels defining a space;

a showroom having walls defining a display area, said four walls including a first wall comprising an access panel movable between an open position that grants access to said display area and a closed position that denies access to said display area, and a second wall movable between a first position defining a first showroom size, and a second position defining a second showroom size different than the first showroom size.

12. The truck body of claim 11 , wherein said second wall comprises a back interior wall.

13. The truck body of claim 12 , wherein said back interior wall is at a rear of said showroom opposite said first wall in the closed position.

14. The truck body of claim 11 , further comprising a storage area located within the space, said back interior showroom panel separating said showroom from a storage area.

Assignments (2)
CONVERSION Recorded Nov 1, 2024
From: AARDVARK EVENT LOGISTICS, INC.
To: AARDVARK STUDIOS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069289/0727 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: BORDEN, LAWRENCE WAYNE
To: AARDVARK EVENT LOGISTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 056978/0742 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16246900 · Jan 14, 2019
Related Publication 20210276476A1 · Sep 9, 2021
References Cited (182)
US 2733094A · Carlton · 1956 [cited by examiner]
US 3258019A · Bellas · 1966 [cited by applicant]
US 3308845A · Bellas · 1967 [cited by applicant]
US 3338423A · Wellman, Jr. · 1967 [cited by applicant]
US 3492042A · Nachtigall, Jr. · 1970 [cited by applicant]
US 3534997A · Mitchell, Jr. · 1970 [cited by applicant]
US 3620564A · Wenger · 1971 [cited by examiner]
US 3670718A · Brendgord · 1972 [cited by applicant]
US D230351S · Hamel · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 3802103A · Neff · 1974 [cited by applicant]
US 4019773A · Vehling · 1977 [cited by applicant]
US D246360S · Hafer · 1977 [cited by applicant]
US D247290S · Arnot, Jr · 1978 [cited by applicant]
US 4232488A · Hanley · 1980 [cited by applicant]
US 4270319A · Spasojevic · 1981 [cited by applicant]
US 4601509A · Ellis, Sr. · 1986 [cited by applicant]
US 4639031A · Truckenbrodt · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US D292196S · Dooley · 1987 [cited by applicant]
US D300012S · Boice, Jr. · 1989 [cited by applicant]
US 4958874A · Hegedus · 1990 [cited by applicant]
US D314164S · Barber · 1991 [cited by applicant]
US 5310209A · Holman · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5375899A · Wright · 1994 [cited by applicant]
US 5383703A · Irvine, III · 1995 [cited by applicant]
US D371330S · Wright · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US D371527S · Wright · 1996 [cited by applicant]
US 5706616A · Fernandez · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US D400124S · Mason · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5833293A · Ludwig · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5833294A · Williams · 1998 [cited by applicant]
US 5918924A · Cowan · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US D413838S · McDaniel · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US D426493S · Mertins · 2000 [cited by applicant]
US 6182795B1 · Boerer · 2001 [cited by applicant]
US 6189244B1 · Johnson · 2001 [cited by examiner]
US 6585305B2 · Nazginov et al. · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 6686305B1 · Beall · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US D491844S · Poulin · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 6997495B1 · Groezinger · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US D533115S · Delamour · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 7198313B2 · Baum · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US D551128S · Renard · 2007 [cited by examiner]
US 7287349B1 · MacDonald et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 7364050B2 · Guard · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 7621576B2 · Cote · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 7942461B2 · Cohen · 2011 [cited by examiner]
US 7950728B2 · Plavetich · 2011 [cited by examiner]
US D650310S · Varotsos · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US D652353S · Cohen · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US D653993S · Cohen · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8141304B2 · Shen · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US D656866S · Wise · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 8220854B2 · Cohen · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US D678823S · Cohen · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8387856B1 · Lachance · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8485285B2 · Ferrigni · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8506301B2 · Jaszlics · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 8636208B2 · Urban · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US D701470S · Cohen · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US D701471S · Cohen · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8690215B2 · Cohen · 2014 [cited by examiner]
US 8955897B1 · Miller · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US D736675S · Cohen · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9458621B2 · Calafatis · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9469236B2 · Nicholson · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9481283B2 · Cohen · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9520012B2 · Stiernagle · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US D782938S · Cohen · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9700761B2 · Beaver · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 9750999B2 · Monaco · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US D809430S · Orlovich · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 9896017B1 · Requejo · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US D832138S · Cavalieri · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 10160370B2 · Borden · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 10269273B1 · Borden · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US D847695S · Borden · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10339514B2 · Natarajan · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 10874117B2 · Tollefson · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 10926687B2 · Tadros · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 10980247B2 · Tollefson · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 11014484B1 · Borden · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US D926084S · Borden · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 11352079B1 · Cash · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 11707160B2 · Klein · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US D1008093S · Walöen · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US D1009710S · Elsner · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1009712S · Kamdron · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1010514S · Elsner · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1010515S · Leishman · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1015205S · Stanners · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1024850S · Borden · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1024888S · Belcher · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1025836S · Borden · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1028794S · Wang · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1029691S · Wisler · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1030558S · Jin · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US D1035491S · Lee · 2024 [cited by applicant]
US 20020153747A1 · Ropp · 2002 [cited by examiner]
US 20030038494A1 · Nazginov · 2003 [cited by applicant]
US 20040256872A1 · Piper · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20060248763A1 · Tarabella · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070156005A1 · Baum · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070290587A1 · Jeansonne · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080030427A1 · Lanham · 2008 [cited by applicant]
US 20090019747A1 · Rosa · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090066106A1 · Liu · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090195008A1 · Braswell · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100036707A1 · Gilchrist · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100043264A1 · Johnson, Jr. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20100269419A1 · Gyory · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20110313811A1 · Urban · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120255240A1 · Shen · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120303458A1 · Schuler, Jr. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20140157685A1 · Fagan · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20150315776A1 · Duncan · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20160128886A1 · Merino · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160159267A1 · Dixon · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20170096091A1 · Johnson · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170158108A1 · Elbaz · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20170232880A1 · Peterson · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20180020823A1 · Holmes · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180186272A1 · Borden · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180272825A1 · Eagleton · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20190251883A1 · Borden · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20200086805A1 · Strasser, Jr. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20210276476A1 · Borden · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20220023118A1 · Borden · 2022 [cited by applicant]
US 20220396193A1 · Gallery · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US 20230150415A1 · Murphy · 2023 [cited by examiner]
CA 2369334A1 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
CN 201824993U · 2011 [cited by applicant]
CN 210947910 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
CN 111593909A · 2020 [cited by applicant]
DE 3446490A1 · 1985 [cited by applicant]
DE 19541655A1 · 1996 [cited by applicant]
DE 202016102009U1 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
EM 0020150240001 · 2012 [cited by applicant]
EP 0009945A1 · 1980 [cited by applicant]
EP 0070563A1 · 1983 [cited by applicant]
EP 1234519A2 · 2002 [cited by applicant]
EP 1635312A1 · 2006 [cited by applicant]
EP 2446870A2 · 2012 [cited by applicant]
EP 3520759A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
FR 766934A · 1934 [cited by applicant]
FR 917441A · 1947 [cited by applicant]
FR 2904138A1 · 2008 [cited by applicant]
GB 652823A · 1951 [cited by applicant]
GB 2097341A · 1982 [cited by applicant]
JP 6900097B1 · 2021 [cited by applicant]
KR 200439760Y1 · 2008 [cited by applicant]
KR 20160011517 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
KR 20160115172A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
KR 102161495B1 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
WO 2011105094A1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
WO 2011158736A1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
WO 2011160167A1 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
WO 2013078162A1 · 2013 [cited by applicant]
Aardvark Event Logistics. “Look Book” Custom Marketing Vehicle Look Book. Printed Nov. 13, 2017. https://aardvarkmobiletours.com/look-book. 5 pages. [cited by applicant]
The Aardy—100% Electric Promo Sampling Vehicle. Printed Nov. 9, 2017. Download from Facebook. 19 pages. [cited by applicant]
“To the Bookmobile! The Library on Wheels of Yesteryear.” Oct. 8, 2013 printed Sep. 13, 2017. http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/10/08/to-the-bookmobile-the-library-on-wheels-of-yesteryear/ 14 pages. [cited by applicant]
Aardvark Mobile Tours Home Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mobiletours/photos/a.135812687238/10155435076532239/?type=3&theater Feb. 22, 2018 (Year: 2018). [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, All Above campaign, 2 pages, 2014. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Bare Escentuais campaign, 3 pages, 2010. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, BlackBerry campaign, 2 pages, 2011. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Cellular South campaign, 1 page, 2009. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Disney campaign, 1 page, 2011. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Glade campaign, 4 pages, 2012. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Samsung campaign, 2 pages, 2016. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Subway campaign, 2 pages, 2012. [cited by applicant]
Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, Verizon campaign, 3 pages, 2014. [cited by applicant]
Conshohocken, Published Jun. 4, 2020 [online], [retrieved on Jan. 20, 2023]. Retrieved from the Internet: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2020/06/04/aardvark-mobile-health-conshohocken-covid-19.html (Year:… [cited by applicant]
https://twitter.com/brian_rebello Posted Sep. 14, 2016 (Year: 2016). [cited by applicant]
https://www.aardvarkmobiletours.com/look-book/#! Retrieved Nov. 28, 2017 (Year: 2017). [cited by applicant]
https://www.facebook.com/mobiletours/photos/a.135812687238.109513.29817547238/10155116314087239/?type=3&theater Posted Oct. 23, 2017 (Year: 2017). [cited by applicant]
https://www.streamcompanies.com/portfolio-piece/aardvark-event-logistics/ Available Jan. 2017 (Year: 2017). [cited by applicant]
Machine Translation of KR10-2016-0115172, Jun. 14, 2017, http://engpat.kipris.or.kr/pmt/patent/patentRTT.jsp. [cited by applicant]
Roughneck mobile showroom—Two Point Zero https://news.cision.com/two-point-zero/i/roughneck-mobile-showroom, c1534112 Posted Aug. 21, 2014 (Year: 2014). [cited by applicant]
T Aardy Vehicle by Aardvark Event Logistics, T-Mobile campaign, 4 pages, 2015. [cited by applicant]
Wren Kitchens on X Our mobile showroom is getting comfy https://twitter.com/WrenKitchens/status/566179181667426304 Posted Feb. 13, 2015 (Year: 2015). [cited by applicant]
Mobile Public Toilets Bangkok. 2024. Alamy. https://www.alamy.com/mobile-public-toilets-bangkok-image65365925.htm. [cited by applicant]
Mobile Health Clinic drives care access. Feb. 24, 2022. Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/ transforming-healthcare/mobile-health-clinic-drives-care-access. [cited by applicant]
This cute little electric truck is a mobile vaccine unit. Mar. 8, 2021. Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/90611887/ this-cute-little-electric-truck-is-a-mobile-vaccine-unit. [cited by applicant]