Patents by Inventor Gary G. Formhals

Gary G. Formhals 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: 4265429
    Abstract: A mount is provided for support from one side of the lower end portion of an inclined elongated tubular auger conveyor housing. A first vertically elongated jack base section is provided and a second vertically elongated jack section is guidingly supported from the base section for vertical adjustment relative thereto. Manually operable jack structure is operatively connected between the first and second jack sections for effecting vertical adjustment of the second section relative to the first section and the second section includes a lower end portion projecting downwardly below the first section and provided with support wheel structure thereon for engagement with the ground. Support structure is provided and pivotally supports the first section from the mount for adjustable angular displacement of the first section relative to the mount about a horizontal axis disposed generally normal to a vertical plane containing the conveyor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Inventor: Gary G. Formhals
  • Patent number: 4252198
    Abstract: A support member for stationary support from a tractor forward of a ground wheel thereof and an elongated front to rear extending mount has its front end supported from the support member for pivotal movement of the mount between a predetermined rearwardly and downwardly inclined operative position with the rear end at an elevation lower than the support member and a raised inoperative position with the rear end elevated above the aforementioned operative position. An elongated inclined ground engaging and levelling member has its upper end oscillatably supported from the rear end of the mount for free oscillation relative to the mount between a first operative ground engaging limit position with the inclined member rearwardly and downwardly inclined and a second limit position with the inclined member similarly forwardly and downwardly inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Inventor: Gary G. Formhals