Patents by Inventor Kristen Karl Hedstrom

Kristen Karl Hedstrom 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: 7878127
    Abstract: A pallet includes a cargo layer for supporting different size cargo cases. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, with each end deck board having a first width. Spaced apart intermediate deck boards are positioned in a pattern between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards for providing deck coverage for the different size cargo cases. The pattern is defined by two pairs of first and second intermediate deck boards, with each intermediate deck board in each pair having a second width. Each pair of intermediate deck boards is adjacent one of the end deck boards. A pair of third intermediate deck boards is between the two pairs of intermediate deck boards, with each third intermediate deck board having a third width. A fourth intermediate deck board is between the pair of third intermediate deck boards, and has the second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Kristen Karl Hedstrom
  • Patent number: 7516705
    Abstract: A pallet includes a cargo layer and a base layer. The base layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and a pair of spaced apart connector boards orthogonal to the pair of spaced apart end deck boards, with each connector board and each end deck board having respective ends. A strength plate is coupled to each respective end of the connector boards in the base layer. Spaced apart support blocks are between the base and cargo layers, and form a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. First fasteners couple the cargo layer to an upper surface of the support blocks. Second fasteners couple the base layer to a lower surface of the support blocks so that the ends of the connector boards and the corresponding strength plates are coupled to a first area of the lower surface of the support blocks, and so that the ends of the end deck boards are coupled to a second area of the lower surface of the support blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Kristen Karl Hedstrom
  • Patent number: 7487730
    Abstract: A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and a pair of spaced apart connector boards orthogonal to the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Spaced apart support blocks are coupled between the base and cargo layers and form a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. Each support block includes a stepped top surface having a first level for receiving an end deck board and second level for receiving a connector board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventor: Kristen Karl Hedstrom
  • Publication number: 20080101907
    Abstract: A device for improving a forklift operator's field of view may include a frame sized for attachment between forks of a forklift lift-carriage and the frame having a first end, a second end, and a middle portion narrower than the first end and the second end The device may further include an opening within the frame to improve the forklift operator's field of view with the opening defined by the first end, the second end, and the middle portion The device may yet further include a pallet-stop carried by the frame having a top, a bottom, and a side that reduces in dimension between the bottom of the pallet-stop to the top of the pallet-stop. The side may align with the opening to improve the forklift operator's field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: CHEP International, Inc
    Inventors: Kristen Karl Hedstrom, Matthew Carlisle Phelps, Terry Chalon Hutson
  • Patent number: 7185436
    Abstract: A peeler apparatus is provided having an ergonomic handle and a blade that can be rotated relative to the handle to accommodate different peeling styles. The blade can be rotated in order to position the blade in a variety of positions relative to the handle. Such positions include perpendicular, parallel left, parallel right, 45 degree left, and 45 degree right positions. Variations of the peeler can be provided which enable rotations of 180 degrees, 360 degrees, and/or other angles as desired. A user-operable knob cooperatively engaged with a yoke permits the yoke and a blade secured to the yoke to rotate relative to the handle in response to rotation of the knob. A peeler having a blade fixed at approximately 45 degrees relative to the handle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Tycom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Phillip Murphy, Belinda Martinez, Christopher Lawrence Hawker, Takayuki Matsuo, Patrick Joseph Bertke, Steven Andrew Sauer, Catherine Healy Shaw, Kristen Karl Hedstrom