Patents by Inventor Lance Hampel

Lance Hampel 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: 20070182205
    Abstract: A cab for a vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, a tractor, or small construction vehicle, is constructed of twin-sheet plastic panels that can be easily assembled, preferably with snap-together interlocking features. One of the panels can be a door panel having a door hinged to a door frame to control passage through a doorway. Both the door and the door frame have spaced apart hinge knuckles that interleave along a hinge axis to allow the door to pivot about a hinge pin. The door and door frame can be molded in a single twin-sheet panel. The two walls of the panel are fused together along the outer periphery of the panel door portion and the inner periphery of the panel door frame portion. The door is separated from the door frame by cutting the each of the walls along a door perimeter between the door and door frame portions of the molded panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventor: Lance Hampel
  • Publication number: 20070102840
    Abstract: Thermoplastic parts are made of predominantly single unit thickness but with marginal areas of increased thickness by molding two parts in a common mold having overlapping mold portions. Two thicknesses of thermoplastic material are molded together in the areas of increased thickness at opposite ends of the common mold and the parts are separated from one another by trimming such that each part has an area of increased solid wall thickness and an area of reduced thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventor: Lance Hampel
  • Publication number: 20060070905
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a first cover and a first bearer. The first cover includes sidewalls and a first plurality of ribs defined in the sidewalls. The first load bearer is positioned in a first pair of the first plurality of ribs and defines a first support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventor: Lance Hampel
  • Publication number: 20050140176
    Abstract: A cab for a vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, a tractor, or small construction vehicle, is constructed of twin-sheet plastic panels that can be easily assembled, preferably with snap-together interlocking features. One of the panels can be a door panel having a door hinged to a door frame to control passage through a doorway. Both the door and the door frame have spaced apart hinge knuckles that interleave along a hinge axis to allow the door to pivot about a hinge pin. The door and door frame can be molded in a single twin-sheet panel. The two walls of the panel are fused together along the outer periphery of the panel door portion and the inner periphery of the panel door frame portion. The door is separated from the door frame by cutting the each of the walls along a door perimeter between the door and door frame portions of the molded panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Lance Hampel