Patents by Inventor Darrell Oltman

Darrell Oltman 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: 11279554
    Abstract: A molded container assembly includes a pallet, a molded container, and a plurality of connection systems. The pallet supports the molded container thereon and includes stacking alignment structure for stacking the pallet on another molded container assembly. The molded container includes a tank portion, several leg supports, several buttresses, and several horizontally extending ribs. The tank portion includes several curved sidewalls and a fill opening. The leg supports include lower and upper sections that extend above the fill opening for spacing a pallet stacked on top of the molded container above the fill opening. The upper sections include pallet engaging structure for engaging pallets of at least two different types. The horizontally extending ribs minimize outward deflection due to hydrostatic loading and/or pressurization. The connection systems include washers that allow for shrinkage and expansion between the molded container and the pallet in a number of directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Snyder Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Herbert H. Spann, Darrell Oltman, Colin James Suiter
  • Publication number: 20210032016
    Abstract: A molded container assembly includes a pallet, a molded container, and a plurality of connection systems. The pallet supports the molded container thereon and includes stacking alignment structure for stacking the pallet on another molded container assembly. The molded container includes a tank portion, several leg supports, several buttresses, and several horizontally extending ribs. The tank portion includes several curved sidewalls and a fill opening. The leg supports include lower and upper sections that extend above the fill opening for spacing a pallet stacked on top of the molded container above the fill opening. The upper sections include pallet engaging structure for engaging pallets of at least two different types. The horizontally extending ribs minimize outward deflection due to hydrostatic loading and/or pressurization. The connection systems include washers that allow for shrinkage and expansion between the molded container and the pallet in a number of directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SNYDER INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Herbert H. Spann, Darrell Oltman, Colin James Suiter
  • Patent number: 10370146
    Abstract: A container for holding and dispensing fluids used in vehicles includes spaced-apart front and back walls; spaced-apart left and right side walls; and spaced-apart top and bottom walls; the front and back walls, left and right side walls, and top and bottom walls together defining an enclosed fluid-containing inner chamber. Two sets of through walls are molded between the front wall and the back wall of the container to define a pair of aligned, circular-shaped, horizontally-extending through-holes between the front wall and the back wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Snyder Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nick Eitzmann, Darrell Oltman
  • Publication number: 20160130080
    Abstract: A container includes a hollow container body and a container connector including a central outlet, an annular groove, and an annular rib. The container and container connector are formed of a molded thermoplastic material or any other suitable material. The annular groove allows the container connector to bend outwardly due to internal pressure of the container without the central outlet warping outwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Herbert Spann, Darrell Oltman
  • Patent number: 7195284
    Abstract: A flexible synthetic resin coupling is provided which is substantially self-sustaining in an initial configuration but provides sufficient resiliency and flexibility to absorb substantial loading, thereby accommodating relative movement between pipes and/or tanks to which it is connected. The coupling includes a conduit having two ends with a coupling positioned at at least one of the ends. The conduit is configured to have a total curvature of at least 270°, and may be configured to have a central axis of the flowpath defined by the passage within the conduit lie in a serpentine configuration in a single plane or alternatively to loop and lie in more than one plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Snyder Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Darwin Garton, Darrell Oltman
  • Publication number: 20060012174
    Abstract: A flexible synthetic resin coupling is provided which is substantially self-sustaining in an initial configuration but provides sufficient resiliency and flexibility to absorb substantial loading, thereby accommodating relative movement between pipes and/or tanks to which it is connected. The coupling includes a conduit having two ends with a coupling positioned at at least one of the ends. The conduit is configured to have a total curvature of at least 270°, and may be configured to have a central axis of the flowpath defined by the passage within the conduit lie in a serpentine configuration in a single plane or alternatively to loop and lie in more than one plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Darwin Garton, Darrell Oltman