Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Hall

Daniel J. Hall 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).

  • Patent number: 5588711
    Abstract: A container 10 for use in the transportation of goods mounted or mountable on a load carrying vehicle 12. The container 10 includes a floor 18 and a pair of opposed side walls 20, 22 each of which is supported for displacement about a pivotal axis adjacent its upper edge. The side wall 20 is hingedly connected adjacent its lower edge to the floor 18. The container 10 includes displacement means 16 for displacing the floor 18 and the side walls 20, 22 between a rest position in which goods can be contained within the container and a discharge position in which goods contained within the container can be discharged therefrom. In addition, the container 10 includes friction reducing floor support means in the form of rollers supporting the floor 18 to facilitate displacement thereof between its rest and discharge positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: John Daniel Containers (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Daniel J. Hall
  • Patent number: 5423292
    Abstract: At least one elongated strap with a plurality of cross-members extending transverse to the elongated strap and secured centrally to the elongated strap by stitching in a box pattern with a centrally-located X extending between opposite corners of the box. At the ends of the cross-members are rectangular metal or plastic rings which are secured in place on the cross-members by folding an end of the cross-members through the ring and stitching the end of the cross-member back onto itself. On an opposite side of the rectangular rings is a connection strap which passes through the ring and is secured by stitching on itself. The connection strap includes a VELCRO brand hook and loop type fastener which is passed around the wrist of a child and secures the child's wrist to the connection strap by the interconnection of the hook and loop fasteners. At one end of the elongated strap is a lead hook. At an opposite end of the elongated strap is a rectangular ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Daniel J. Hall