Patents by Inventor Marcus Marinus Gerardus KROOT

Marcus Marinus Gerardus KROOT 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).

  • Poultry container side panel, poultry container and assembly of a poultry container and at least one such side panel
    Patent number: 11622542
    Abstract: A poultry container side panel for releasable connection to a container for holding live poultry. The poultry container has a rectangular screen with aperture, a sideward protruding foot, and at least one coupling. The coupling features a stationary support connected to the rectangular screen and a displaceable locking element moveable between a coupling position and a release position. The poultry container provides a side wall with a rectangular aperture for receiving a poultry container side panel as well as for the assembly of such poultry container side panel and such poultry container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Anthonius Theresia Petrus Hetterscheid, Marcus Marinus Gerardus Kroot, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens
  • Container base, container segment, container cover and container assembly for holding live poultry and method for loading and unloading such a container assembly
    Patent number: 11026405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container base for holding live poultry, a container segment for holding live poultry that can be stacked onto such a container base, and a container cover as well as to a container assembly for holding live poultry, comprising such a container base and at least one such container segment placed on top of the container base. Furthermore the invention also relates to a method for loading the container assembly according the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING B.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Marinus Gerardus Kroot, Marc Johan Halfman, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria Claessens, Wilbert Hiddink, Nicky Wilhelmus Johannes Hendrikus De Jong
  • POULTRY CONTAINER SIDE PANEL, POULTRY CONTAINER AND ASSEMBLY OF A POULTRY CONTAINER AND AT LEAST ONE SUCH SIDE PANEL
    Publication number: 20200045938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a poultry container side panel for releasable connection to a container for holding live poultry, having a rectangular screen with apertures; a sideward protruding foot and at one coupling, which coupling comprises a support stationary connected to the rectangular screen and a displaceable locking element moveable between a coupling position and a release position. The invention also provides a poultry container for holding live poultry, with a side wall having a rectangular aperture for receiving a poultry container side panel as well as to the assembly of such poultry container side panel and such a poultry container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hendrikus Anthonius Theresia Petrus HETTERSCHEID, Marcus Marinus Gerardus KROOT, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS
  • POULTRY CONTAINER COVER, POULTRY CONTAINER, AND POULTRY CONTAINER ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING LIVE POULTRY
    Publication number: 20190246609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for a poultry container for holding live poultry, comprising: two substantially parallel guides; plural longitudinal supports, on opposite sides moveable connected to the guides; a flexible cover sheet, connected to the longitudinal supports; wherein the parallel guides are provided with preferred holding locations for preferred positioning of the longitudinal supports onto the guides. The invention also relates to a poultry container including such a cover as well as to a poultry container assembly of plural stacked poultry containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jeroen VERGELDT, Marcus Marinus Gerardus KROOT, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS
  • Container Base, Container Segment, Container Cover and Container Assembly for Holding Live Poultry and Method for Loading and Unloading Such a Container Assembly
    Publication number: 20170303514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container base for holding live poultry, a container segment for holding live poultry that can be stacked onto such a container base, and a container cover as well as to a container assembly for holding live poultry, comprising such a container base and at least one such container segment placed on top of the container base. Furthermore the invention also relates to a method for loading the container assembly according the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Marcus Marinus Gerardus KROOT, Marc Johan HALFMAN, Roger Pierre Hubertus Maria CLAESSENS, Wilbert HIDDINK, Nicky Wilhelmus Johannes Hendrikus DE JONG