Patents by Inventor Erin Herman

Erin Herman 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).

  • Publication number: 20120024738
    Abstract: A transportable apparatus has a main body configured to be transported in a horizontal orientation, and then raised to a vertical orientation in a working position. A base is mounted on the bottom end of the main body such that the main body rests on the base in the working position, and such that the base is carried at a rear end of the main body when the main body is in a horizontal transport position supported on. The base is rotatable about a vertical base axis such that the main body can be rotated with respect to the base about the base axis. A frame and wheels can be pivotally attached to the main body to transport the main body and then be stored in a vertical orientation along a wall of the man body in the working position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Alvin Herman, Erin Herman
  • Publication number: 20100196130
    Abstract: A transportable apparatus has a main body in a working position with a bottom end resting on the ground. The bottom end of a frame is pivotally attached to the main body above the bottom end of the main body and the frame is aligned with a side of the main body. An actuator pivots the frame downward about the pivot axis to a transport position where the frame extends substantially horizontally away from the main body. Wheels support the frame and a hitch at a top end of the frame is adapted for connection to a tow vehicle when the frame is in the transport position. When the frame is connected to a tow vehicle, the actuator can be operated to pivot the main body downward about the pivot axis to a lowered transport position where the main body rests on the frame for transport on the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Claude Lavoie, Erin Herman, Alvin Herman
  • Publication number: 20080073895
    Abstract: A portable storage tank apparatus includes a tank shell mounted on wheels to be towed to a work site and adapted to be supported at the work site store granular material. An outlet opening has a gate to discharge stored material from the shell. A front loading conduit has an interior end at a top portion of an interior of the tank shell, and an exterior end located near the front end of the tank shell, and a rear loading conduit has an interior end at a top portion of the interior of the tank shell, and an exterior end located near the rear end of the tank shell. The exterior ends of the loading conduits are adapted for connection to a discharge pipe of a pneumatic conveyor to receive an air stream carrying granular material. Multiple tank compartments and a pneumatic conveyor unloading circuit can be provided as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sand Castle Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Herman, Claude La Voie, Erin Herman