Patents by Inventor F. Lyman Ennis

F. Lyman Ennis 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).

  • Automatic storage and retrieval system for motor vehicles and the like
    Patent number: 3984012
    Abstract: An automatic storage and retrieval system for motor vehicles has a plurality of elevators for conveying automobile support pallets to and from a plurality of tiers, the support pallets being moved off an elevator onto a cart by a transfer mechanism on the cart, and into storage stalls, under automatic sequence control by a programmable controller; the sequence of events being displayed on an interactive terminal together with storage location data, and recorded in programmable controller memory for later retrieval by automatic sequence upon command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Inventors: F. Lyman Ennis, Earl R. Collins