Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Yaeger

Stephen A. Yaeger 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).

  • Docking apparatus
    Patent number: 5451133
    Abstract: A docking assembly (200) for docking with a vehicle (108), the vehicle having a nonrigid docking member (70) having an apparatus for positioning (124, 126, 128, 130, 132) mounted thereon. The docking assembly has a frame (202) to which is mounted a positioning slot (222) having flared walls (224) for guiding therein and securing thereto the apparatus for positioning of the vehicle to thereby dock the vehicle to the docking assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Fredric Salsburg, William E. Roberts, Stephen A. Yaeger
  • Apparatus for transporting a load
    Patent number: 5413450
    Abstract: In a vehicle (10) of the type having a first frame (12), apparatus for driving and turning the vehicle (18,24), and apparatus for loading, carrying, and unloading a load (110), and wherein the apparatus for loading, carrying, and unloading a load is mounted on a second frame (78) having an underside having a seating surface (72) thereon, the improvement comprising:a third frame (54), supported by the first frame, for supporting the second frame on the seating surface and having mounted thereon a plurality of biasing elements (64) for contacting the second frame to thereby allow limited off-vertical movement of the apparatus for loading, carrying, and unloading a load with respect to the third frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Fredric Salsburg, William E. Roberts, Stephen A. Yaeger, Robert B. Overbeek