Patents by Inventor Dennis J Dick

Dennis J Dick 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: 6619906
    Abstract: An add on adapter for converting an attachment coupler on a skid steer vehicle from hand operated latching and unlatching to power operated latching and unlatching when connecting and disconnecting work implements or accessories to the attachment coupler of the vehicle. The adapter is a substantially rectangular box shaped housing having a front and a back wall defining a relatively thin interior compartment with the back wall having rearwardly extending members to attach the housing to a front wall of the attachment coupler of the vehicle. Inside the housing is a vertically mounted pair of latch pins which are moveable longitudinally by hydraulic actuators between a retracted or unlatched position and an extended to latched position. A forwardly extending lip at the top of the front wall engages a rearwardly extending flange on a work implement to be attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Dennis J Dick
  • Publication number: 20020127090
    Abstract: An add on adapter for converting an attachment coupler on a skid steer vehicle from hand operated latching and unlatching to power operated latching and unlatching when connecting and disconnecting work implements or accessories to the attachment coupler of the vehicle. The adapter is a substantially rectangular box shaped housing having a front and a back wall defining a relatively thin interior compartment with the back wall having rearwardly extending members to attach the housing to a front wall of the attachment coupler of the vehicle. Inside the housing is a vertically mounted pair of latch pins which are moveable longitudinally by hydraulic actuators between a retracted or unlatched position and an extended to latched position. A forwardly extending lip at the top of the front wall engages a rearwardly extending flange on a work implement to be attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Dennis J. Dick
  • Patent number: 6390765
    Abstract: A power operated apparatus to latch an attachment to a loader arm of a skid steer vehicle having an attachment frame with a pair of spaced apart latch pins slidably mounted on the frame to move between a latched and an unlatched position to either lock in place or release a loader attachment to the attachment frame. Each latch pin is operatively connected to an axially slidable piston rod of a hydraulic actuator which moves the latch pin between a latched and an unlatched position in response to manipulation of controls by an operator in the vehicle cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Dennis J Dick