Patents by Inventor Berthold Sonnenberg

Berthold Sonnenberg 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).

  • Patent number: 4421448
    Abstract: A self-dumping produce bin adapted to be transported on a pair of forks pivotally mounted on the free ends of a pair of tractor mounted front end loader arms movable between raised and lowered positions, the forks being arranged to permit a bin carried by them to be movable between a produce bin lifting position, a produce bin carrying position, and a produce bin dumping position. A door in the front of the bin is self closing when the bin is moved from its produce dumping position to its produce transporting position. A bin door opening mechanism is mounted on the bin and actuable automatically by a gravity operated door tripping mechanism mounted on one of said pair of forks, when said produce bin is moved by the arms from its produce carrying position to its produce dumping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Inventor: Berthold Sonnenberg