Patents by Inventor Eric Hoover

Eric Hoover 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: 20240237571
    Abstract: An apparatus for injecting liquid manure into the ground in a manner to reduce the odors associated with the use of manure as a fertilizing agent includes a plurality of injector units mounted on a transvers beam. Each injector unit includes an opener disk to form a trench in the ground and a distribution pipe oriented to place liquid manure into the opened trench. Most injector units also include a containment disk that displaces soil on the ground from the formation of the trench by the adjacent injector unit. Each said opener disk being mounted on a machined spindle that enable the opener disk to be oriented in multiple slant angles. Each said distribution pipe terminating in an asymmetrically-shaped boot having a vertical side and a slanted side to define a narrowed discharge opening that directs liquid manure into the trench opened by the operation of the corresponding opener disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Hoover
  • Patent number: 8782995
    Abstract: We provide a method and apparatus for creation of temporary storage solutions. These may include, for example, one or more collapsible storage containers. These containers may be moved, optionally with many containers on a single transport unit, to a site in need of storage. The containers may be assembled on-site on an as-needed basis. Following assembly and use of the containers they may be disassembled and moved, optionally by single transport unit, to a new location in need of temporary water storage. Although not limited by the type of material that is stored, typical containers may store, for example, sand, water, gravel, carbon dust, or other solid or liquid substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Enviro Storage Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Hoover, Kevin Keisel