Patents by Inventor John E. Herlitz

John E. Herlitz 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: 4540213
    Abstract: A motor vehicle cargo loading floor has a plurality of parallel slats extending longitudinally from a rear access opening. The slats, which normally serve as cargo skids, have their aft ends hinged to the floor about a common transverse axis adjacent the access opening. The forward ends of the slats are secured by a transverse cross-rail with support means adjacent each end of the rail. The hinged slats and cross-rail define a rack which may be pivoted upwardly and secured in a canted position by the support means free ends being secured to either side of the access opening. The canted rack defines a plurality of cargo receiving spaces which, upon the access door being closed, maintains cargo placed in the rack spaces in an upright manner during operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Herlitz, Carl A. Cameron
  • Patent number: D356758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Robert S. Ackerman, David Smith, John E. Crain, John E. Herlitz, Lance R. Wagner
  • Patent number: D360606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Steven N. Holmes, Robert S. Ackerman, Ricardo Z. Aneiros, Joel Baccus, Ernest J. Barry, John D. Bucci, John E. Crain, Steven W. Ferrerio, John E. Herlitz, Robert N. Hubbach, David C. McKinnon, Donald A. Renkert, Lance R. Wagner, K. Neil Walling
  • Patent number: D370876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Santoro, William A. Dayton, John E. Herlitz, Darrel L. Morley
  • Patent number: D394829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Hubbach, William L. Chergosky, Ernest J. Barry, John E. Herlitz, K. Neil Walling, Steven W. Ferrerio