Patents by Inventor John P. Hanlon, Jr.

John P. Hanlon, Jr. 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: 4098533
    Abstract: An article moving attachment, and the like, including a grapple member adapted for engaging, for example, base runners of skids or pallets, or other articles, and being selectively connectable to power actuated means such as a line, through which a skid or an article can be moved from an initial position of perhaps difficult access to a subsequent position providing ready access to facilitate removal from a carrier, or unloading by a lift fork truck, and the like. The attachment includes mechanism coactable with the grapple member whereby a grappling force is directly proportional to the weight of an article being moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Inventor: John P. Hanlon, Jr.