Patents by Inventor Frank Anthony Kohlhaas

Frank Anthony 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).

  • Low vibration, high strength pallet
    Patent number: 6026754
    Abstract: A nestable, single deck member pallet having a pair of sheet members separated by a perimeter frame member and multiple ring support members positioned in apertures cut into the deck member, hollow leg members connected to the ring members, and vibration damping material substantially filing the interior space of the deck member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Frank Anthony Kohlhaas
  • Pallet assembly
    Patent number: 5745973
    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. 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: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Frank Anthony Kohlhaas
  • Nestable pallet assembly
    Patent number: 5730067
    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: April 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Inventor: Frank Anthony Kohlhaas
  • Rack and pallet storage system
    Patent number: 5720399
    Abstract: A combination rack and pallet storage system, where the pallets have a single upper deck member and depending legs, where for a pallet deck member of width D.sub.w and a rack support framework having an interior distance or opening R.sub.w, the outer leg edge of each of the outermost legs is positioned from the edge of the deck member by a distance of G, where G is determined by the following calculation: ##EQU1## where SF is a safety factor representing the minimum required overhang distance of the deck member on the support framework, and CF is a clearance factor representing the minimum amount of clearance required between the outer leg edge of the outermost legs and the inner edge of the support framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventor: Frank Anthony Kohlhaas