Patents by Inventor Bobby McKinney
Bobby McKinney 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).
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Patent number: 11479406Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame arm can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Publication number: 20210053757Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame arm can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Patent number: 10745197Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame arm can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Publication number: 20190308811Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame arm can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Patent number: 10239689Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame arm can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Publication number: 20180327183Abstract: A multi-use garbage truck has an ability to not only to front load containers of garbage into a hopper in a refuse collection body, but also an ability to swap out the forks, if not arm connection assemblies, or even entire frame arms, to be replaced with one of a plurality of attachments which connect to at least one, if not both frame arms with attachments for various uses such as snow plow, leaf blower, street sweeper, bucket, grapple, etc. Furthermore, an ability to independently operate the left frame arm relative to the right frame aim can now be provided so that the left frame arm can utilize and perform one function and the right frame arm provide another or at least be independently operable from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Shane Peek, Richard Ford, Chad Gentry, John Smith, Bobby McKinney, John Bedwell, Brian Parker, Ken Beaver
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Patent number: 7066705Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle includes a chassis and a storage container that is detachably mounted on the chassis. The storage container has a rear wall with an opening therein and a sweep panel that is mounted in the rear wall. The sweep panel is movable between an open position which exposes the opening in the rear wall of the container and a closed position which covers the opening in the rear wall of the container. The refuse collection vehicle also includes a rear tailgate assembly that has a hopper which is adapted to receive refuse and a packer assembly which is adapted to cooperate with the sweep panel to move refuse from the hopper of the tailgate assembly into the storage. A method for loading refuse in a storage container and a storage container that is useful in practicing such method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: The Heil CompanyInventors: Mark A. Keller, Bobby McKinney, Marcel G. Stragier, Gary Flerchinger, Henry M. Hund, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040091345Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle includes a chassis and a storage container that is detachably mounted on the chassis. The storage container has a rear wall with an opening therein and a sweep panel that is pivotally mounted in the rear wall. The sweep panel is movable between an open position which exposes the opening in the rear wall of the container and a closed position which covers the opening in the rear wall of the container. The refuse collection vehicle also includes a rear tailgate assembly that is pivotally mounted to the chassis. The tailgate assembly has a hopper which is adapted to receive refuse and a packer assembly which is adapted to move refuse from the hopper of the tailgate assembly to the opening in the rear wall of the storage container when the sweep panel of the storage container is in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Gary Flerchinger, Mark A. Keller, Bobby McKinney, Henry M. Hund, Marcel G. Stragier
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Patent number: 6595569Abstract: A gate assembly for closing an open end of a storage compartment that is defined by a pair of side walls includes an upper member that is mounted on the side walls of the storage compartment so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position. The gate assembly also includes a lower member having a top side and a bottom side. The top side is pivotally attached to the upper member along a generally horizontal axis. The gate assembly also includes a cam that is attached to one of the side walls of the storage compartment and a follower that is adapted to interact with the cam. The cam and follower are mounted and arranged with respect to a side wall of the storage compartment and the lower member so that as the upper member is moved from the open position to the closed position, interaction between the cam and follower will cause the lower member to pivot about the generally horizontal axis so that its bottom side moves toward the open end of the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: The Heil CompanyInventor: Bobby McKinney
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Patent number: 6485244Abstract: A dual track handling assembly is provided for refuse collection equipment having a hopper for receiving refuse, which hopper is defined in part by a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls. The assembly includes a pair of lower tracks, each of which is mounted on a sidewall in a generally parallel disposition to the other. The assembly also includes a pair of upper tracks each of which is mounted on a sidewall in a generally parallel disposition to the other. The pair of lower tracks define a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the pair of upper tracks. The assembly also includes a pair of lower track shoes which move in the lower tracks and a pair of upper track shoes which move in the upper tracks. The assembly also includes a carrier having a lower track end that is attached to a lower track shoe, an upper track end that is attached to an upper track shoe, and a lower side that is substantially parallel to the tracks within which said lower and upper track shoes are received.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: The Heil CompanyInventor: Bobby McKinney