Patents by Inventor Robert Calvin Hooper

Robert Calvin Hooper 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: 20080226434
    Abstract: An intermodal hopper container comprises a structural frame defining a rectangular volume suitable for stacking with conventional intermodal containers. The structural frame of the hopper container forms plural compartments therein. Each compartment has a hopper formed at a bottom end which tapers downwardly and inwardly to a gate member. A hatch opening at a top end of each compartment is selectively covered by a hatch cover. The compartment walls are formed of rigid structural materials fixed to and which form part of the structural frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Gordon O. Smith, Robert Calvin Hooper, Dennis M. Wray, Bryon Debaets