Patents by Inventor Erick Flinn

Erick Flinn 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: 8628283
    Abstract: A seed transporter for transporting seeds in their seed boxes having a frame with an upper surface for supporting the seed box. The frame has upstanding members that extend upwardly from the frame and are adapted for contacting opposite sides of the seed box and for restraining movement of the seed box when the seed box is located between the upstanding members. The upstanding members include a draw bar that is slidingly retained within the upstanding members. The draw bar includes a catch affixed to the draw bar adapted for catching a retention surface on the seed box. The draw bar is movable between a first and second position. The first position locates the catch above the retention surface and the second position locates the catch beyond the retention surface on the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Par-Kan Company
    Inventor: James Erick Flinn
  • Publication number: 20040108232
    Abstract: A method for storing a disk comprising providing a disk having a disk opening, providing a disk storage container having a base with a disk recess and a hub generally concentrically disposed in the disk recess, and disengaging an end side of a lid from a rear channel of an upright rear wall attached to said base. The method for storing additionally comprises sliding opposed sides of the lid in side channels of opposed upright side walls attached to the base and to the upright rear wall, passing the hub of the disk recess through the disk opening of the disk, and resting the disk on a bottom of the disk recess for storing the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Philip Ford, Allen F. Thomas, Mark Gough, Erick Flinn