Patents by Inventor Elwood Bates

Elwood Bates 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: 8764373
    Abstract: The UTILITY CARRYALL provides a safe reliable and efficient lift and transport support for users in the agricultural industries. It can be coupled to all hydraulic front loaders and rear 3point hitches on utility, skid steer and industrial tractors. It also can be attached to a forklift on a rear hydraulic 3point hitch and front loader on utility farm and skid steer tractors. The front support rack 22 supports a multiple adjusting coupling system FIGS. 1,6. This system provides a capability for coupling the utility carryall to all varying widths of front loader lift arms on utility tractors. A uniquely designed profile providing a method for a new unified structural support system in combination with a new multiple adjusting coupling system, illustrated in FIGS. 1, 6. This new method of fabrication provides an interrelated multifunctional exchange between integral elements of both systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Elwood Bates
  • Patent number: 7798544
    Abstract: A latch assembly for securing a gate or door to a doorframe or post that comprises a keeper and a latch. The latch comprises a base member, first and second extension guides, first and second extension locks, a sliding bolt and a handle member. The handle member has a handle base having a first portion with one side attached to the sliding bolt and a wide tapering portion extending away from the opposite side of the handle base and defining an elongated slot, and a horseshoe shaped grip member having one end attached to the wide tapering portion and an opposite grip portion. The handle base and the wide tapering portion are sized and shaped so as to provide the grip portion closed to the sliding bolt to assure a smooth sliding movement of the sliding bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Elwood Bates
  • Publication number: 20080152469
    Abstract: The UTILITY CARRYALL provides a dependable lift and transport support for farms, ranches and other industries. The UTILITY CARRYALL can be coupled to the hydraulic front loader or rear hydraulic 3point hitch on utility tractors. The UTILITY CARRYALL can also be coupled on the front loaders of utility skid steer tractors or on the front loaders of industrial tractors. A further capability the UTILITY CARRYALL provides is being attached to a forklift on the rear hydraulic 3point hitch or front loader on utility farm tractors. Added features are provided for attaching the UTILITY CARRYALL to a forklift on the front loader of skid steer and industrial tractors as well as industrial forklifts. The front support rack 22 supports the multiple adjusting coupling system FIGS. 1,4. This system provides a capability for coupling the UTILITY CARRYALL to the varying widths of front loader lift arms on utility tractors. A unique method of design for a unified structural UTILITY CARRYALL FIGS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Elwood Bates