Patents by Inventor John E. Ankerman

John E. Ankerman 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: 4474842
    Abstract: An improved, waterproofed, non-slip, non-skid kraft lumber wrap for covering milled lumber as stacked for shipment on flatbed railroad cars and having a printed application of a high friction material which is applied in the form of a plurality of groups of generally quarter-circular area shapes, the shapes in each group being spaced apart in transverse directions to form a unitary pattern of predetermined total area size which, when repeated on predetermined centers over the central upper side area of the wrap will, when in use, provide an overall non-skid surface for the top surface of the wrap covered lumber stack where workmen are likely to walk during loading and unloading operations, the circular area shapes of each pattern being so arranged that in the overall application of the pattern onto the lumber wrap, the area of an average sized worker's foot, as he walks on the covered lumber stack, will always be in contact with a portion of at least two of the circular shapes comprising the overall applicati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: The Cromwell Paper Company
    Inventor: John E. Ankerman