Patents by Inventor Gene Ralph Klett

Gene Ralph Klett 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).

  • High strength earth working penetration tooth
    Patent number: 3959901
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with a unitary high strength earth working tooth useful with excavator buckets, scrapers, rippers and the like. The tooth is integrally formed and includes a proximal end for attachment to an earth working machine and a distal end for penetrating soil. The proximal end includes a generally isosceles trapezoidal upper portion, a generally isosceles trapezoidal lower portion, and a pair of generally isosceles trapezoidal sides, each side extending from an edge of said upper portion to an edge to said lower portion, a closure interconnecting the shorter bases of said upper portion, said lower portion and said two sides, and a pair of aligned holes, one through each of said sides generally on the bisecting axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventor: Gene Ralph Klett