Patents by Inventor Charles R. Thunell

Charles R. Thunell 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: 4278395
    Abstract: A method of stocking a building under construction with wallboard panels, and apparatus. A stack of horizontal panels is delivered to the building site by truck, and removed by a fork lift truck, and then placed on a pallet provided with transverse rollers. The pallet, loaded with the stack of horizontal panels, is lifted to an upper floor, and a self-propelled transporter vehicle on that floor is placed adjacent the pallet. The stack is transferred as a unit to the transporter, which then delivers the stack to a desired location on the floor of the building, the stack of horizontal panels being discharged as a unit from the transporter.The pallet has three sets of rollers, longitudinally spaced, so as to provide between each two sets a passage which is upwardly facing, unobstructed, and which will receive one of the tines of a fork lift truck. One of the rollers is powered from a source of energy carried on the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: Fairfax Investment Corp.
    Inventor: Charles R. Thunell