Patents by Inventor Gilbert B. Espejo

Gilbert B. Espejo 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).

  • Plastic pallet assembly and method of assembling same
    Patent number: 6173657
    Abstract: A plastic pallet assembly having a load member with a flat load surface and a plurality of pillars depending therefrom wherein the pillars are shaped to conform to grooves in a plastic base member wherein the grooves are lined with an electromagnetic thermoplastic bonding material and thereafter subjected to an electromagnetic field to cause the thermoplastic electromagnetic bonding material to flow and subsequently set and secure the load and base members together thereby forming the plastic pallet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Ashland, Inc.
    Inventor: Gilbert B. Espejo