Patents by Inventor DENNIS L. MERRILL

DENNIS L. MERRILL 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).

  • MATERIAL MOVING DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080310948
    Abstract: A material moving device is beneficial for manufacturing. The material moving device has a tower assembly, a vertical trolley assembly adapted to travel up and down the tower assembly, a horizontal trolley assembly adapted to travel back and forth along the vertical trolley assembly, and a material pickup assembly connected to the horizontal trolley assembly. The trolleys are adapted to move the material pickup assembly relative to the tower assembly to thereby move materials for manufacturing on to and off of a work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: ARDEN L. BORGEN, DENNIS L. MERRILL