Patents by Inventor Dean A. Hecker

Dean A. Hecker 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).

  • Publication number: 20140034771
    Abstract: A tarp deploying apparatus includes a frame assembly that is adapted for being attached to a lifting device, such as a forklift. A roller assembly extends laterally from the frame assembly. A tarp may be loaded onto the roller assembly by rolling the tarp onto a roller body. The tarp may be deployed in a desired position on a load of cargo on a flatbed trailer. The tarp is deployed on the cargo by driving the forklift alongside of the flatbed trailer and allowing the tarp to unroll off the roller body being pulled off the roller body by the weight and friction of the tarp on the load. The roller body may include hooks that help in loading the tarp onto the roller body, and allow the tarp to automatically fall off of the roller body during deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERTS & DYBDAHL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Dean Hecker, Mark Anthony Corso, Scott Leroy Messamaker
  • Patent number: 6006767
    Abstract: A joint for forming a seal between a warewasher and the bottom of a generally rectangular, vertically movable door housed in the warewasher to inhibit release of moisture into the ambient atmosphere. The door has an outer face and is shaped to cover a generally rectangular opening in the warewasher. The joint includes a sill located along the bottom edge of the opening having a downwardly angled surface to retain moisture in the warewasher and an upper assembly located along the lower edge of the outer face including a handle shaped to mate with the sill. The upper assembly further includes a downwardly extending saddle shaped to cover the interface between the handle and the sill to facilitate the retention of moisture in the warewasher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dean A. Hecker, Walter L. DeBrosse