Patents by Inventor Frank A. Kohlhaas

Frank A. Kohlhaas 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: 5941178
    Abstract: A pallet assembly comprising an apertured single deck member with a number of leg members configured as hollow truncated cones, the pallet being readily assembled and disassembled. The legs include a peripheral flange to support the deck member and a number of vertically extending locking tabs with engagement lips adapted to either seat on the upper surface of the deck or be embedded into the interior of the deck to secure the leg to the deck. An annular locking ring is positioned in the interior of the leg to force the locking tabs outwardly against the deck. The pallets may be nested in a vertical stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Inventor: Frank A. Kohlhaas
  • Patent number: 5921188
    Abstract: A nestable, single deck member pallet having a pair of notches on one edge, the notches sized greater than the width of forklift tines and passing completely through the deck member in the vertical direction, and preferably having a pair of notches each on two opposing edges of the deck member, where the notches are asymmetrically positioned on the edges such that the notch pairs of multiple pallets, when properly oriented, are not vertically aligned, allowing the tines of a forklift to be inserted to lift a single pallet from a stack of pallets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Inventor: Frank A. Kohlhaas
  • Patent number: 5862760
    Abstract: A pallet assembly comprising in combination a single deck member and multiple leg members, the leg members being threadingly attached to said deck member either directly or within aperture insert members. The leg members comprise a hollow interior formed by a bottom and side wall, preferably circular in cross-section, with a peripheral flange to support the deck member and an annular, threaded aperture ring corresponding to circular apertures within the deck member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Inventor: Frank A. Kohlhaas