Patents by Inventor J. Daniel Hankey

J. Daniel Hankey 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).

  • Front load refuse container and lift pocket assembly
    Patent number: 10781040
    Abstract: A front load refuse container made according to this invention has its four walls integrally formed out of a single piece of sheet metal. To form the walls, the single sheet is welded along a single vertical seam to form a circular-shaped ring. The circular-shaped ring is subjected to a swedging process that produces a rectangular-shaped ring with rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Front load refuse container and lift pocket assembly
    Patent number: 10011424
    Abstract: A front load refuse container made according to this invention has its four walls integrally formed out of a single piece of sheet metal. To form the walls, the single sheet is welded along a single vertical seam to form a circular-shaped ring. The circular-shaped ring is subjected to a swaging process that produces a rectangular-shaped ring with rounded corners. The container includes a lift pocket, formed from a single sheet, that defines half-hexagon-shaped prong receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Front load refuse container and lift pocket assembly
    Patent number: 8875932
    Abstract: A front load refuse container made according to this invention has its four walls integrally formed out of a single piece of sheet metal. To form the walls, the single sheet is welded along a single vertical seam to form a circular-shaped ring. The circular-shaped ring is subjected to a swaging process that produces a rectangular-shaped ring with rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Tarping system for truck mounted containers
    Patent number: 7669911
    Abstract: A tarping system for removably covering the open top of a container resting on a platform of a truck frame, or directly on the truck frame, includes a cover support structure extending upwardly from the pivoted platform, a tarping frame displaceably secured to the cover support structure, a covering medium secured to the tarping frame and dimensioned to protectably cover the container open top, a power system extending between the cover support structure and the tarping frame for raising the tarping frame and thereby the covering medium above the container open top to permit the container to be removed from the truck frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Lift pocket for a refuse container
    Patent number: D792046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Lift pocket for a refuse container
    Patent number: D866109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey