Patents by Inventor Charles Ceccarelli

Charles Ceccarelli 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).

  • SIDE PULLER ACCESSORY FRAME FOR A CAR CARRIER AND FOR A TOW TRUCK
    Publication number: 20120269609
    Abstract: A side puller accessory frame for a tow truck having a cab and a truck frame mounts to the truck frame behind the cab. The accessory frame preferably includes two stiff legs, a wire rope winch mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truck that provides pulling force via a removable pivotable center sheave that directs the pulling force to sides or the rear of the truck as desired. The accessory frame may include a removable pivotable side sheave that may mount in a side sheave mounting tube. The side puller accessory frame makes a conventional car carrier with a roll back bed a recovery truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: RIMCO, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin
  • SIDE PULLER ACCESSORY FRAME FOR A CAR CARRIER AND FOR A TOW TRUCK
    Publication number: 20110204305
    Abstract: A side puller accessory frame for a tow truck having a cab and a truck frame mounts to the truck frame behind the cab. The accessory frame preferably includes two stiff legs, a wire rope winch mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truck that provides pulling force via a removable pivotable center sheave that directs the pulling force to sides or the rear of the truck as desired. The accessory frame may include a removable pivotable side sheave that may mount in a side sheave mounting tube. The side puller accessory frame makes a conventional car carrier with a roll back bed a recovery truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: RIMCO, Inc
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin
  • Side puller accessory frame for a car carrier and for a tow truck
    Patent number: 7950892
    Abstract: A side puller accessory frame for a tow truck having a cab and a truck frame mounts to the truck frame behind the cab. The accessory frame preferably includes two stiff legs, a wire rope winch mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truck that provides pulling force via a removable pivotable center sheave that directs the pulling force to sides or the rear of the truck as desired. The accessory frame may include a removable pivotable side sheave that may mount in a side sheave mounting tube. The side puller accessory frame makes a conventional car carrier with a roll back bed a recovery truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Rimco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin
  • Dolly dropdown box drawer for a tow truck
    Patent number: 7661777
    Abstract: A dolly dropdown box drawer is disposed below a bed or a frame of a tow truck along each side of the truck near a driver's cab for the storage and safeguarding of a pair of towing dollies with one on each side of the truck. Each drawer pulls out laterally and then tilts and arcs downward at the front end of the drawer to provide ready and convenient access to a towing dolly at a level below waist level of a tow truck driver who desires to use the towing dolly during a recovery operation conducted regarding a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Rimco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin, Curtis C. Hassell
  • Dolly dropdown box drawer for a tow truck
    Publication number: 20050248245
    Abstract: A dolly dropdown box drawer is disposed below a bed or a frame of a tow truck along each side of the truck near a driver's cab for the storage and safeguarding of a pair of towing dollies with one on each side of the truck. Each drawer pulls out laterally and then tilts and arcs downward at the front end of the drawer to provide ready and convenient access to a towing dolly at a level below waist level of a tow truck driver who desires to use the towing dolly during a recovery operation conducted regarding a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin, Curtis Hassell
  • Side puller accessory frame for a car carrier and for a tow truck
    Publication number: 20040228714
    Abstract: A side puller accessory frame for a tow truck having a cab and a truck frame mounts to the truck frame behind the cab. The accessory frame preferably includes two stiff legs, a wire rope winch mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truck that provides pulling force via a removable pivotable center sheave that directs the pulling force to sides or the rear of the truck as desired. The accessory frame may include a removable pivotable side sheave that may mount in a side sheave mounting tube. The side puller accessory frame makes a conventional car carrier with a roll back bed a recovery truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Ceccarelli, Steven Delaplain, Aaron Martin