Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Carlisle

Joseph B. Carlisle 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).

  • Method of assembling a platform to support a tree and rootball for tree relocation
    Patent number: 9497906
    Abstract: A method of removing a tree and rootball includes the steps of excavating around the rootball, driving a plurality of pipes through a lower portion of the rootball to expose first ends on one side of the rootball and second ends on the other side of the rootball, disposing a first slotted beam across the topsides of the first ends of the plurality of pipes, disposing a second slotted beam across the topsides of the second ends of the plurality of pipes, interlacing a first lacing member with the first ends of the plurality of pipes and a first plurality of cross members, interlacing a second lacing member with the second ends of the plurality of pipes and a second plurality of cross members, and pulling the first and second lacing members taut to secure the first and second slotted beams to the pipes to create a platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ENVIRONMENTAL TREE & DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Cox, Mark A. Merit, Joseph B. Carlisle
  • METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PLATFORM TO SUPPORT A TREE AND ROOTBALL FOR TREE RELOCATION
    Publication number: 20160113217
    Abstract: A method of removing a tree and rootball includes the steps of excavating around the rootball, driving a plurality of pipes through a lower portion of the rootball to expose first ends on one side of the rootball and second ends on the other side of the rootball, disposing a first slotted beam across the topsides of the first ends of the plurality of pipes, disposing a second slotted beam across the topsides of the second ends of the plurality of pipes, interlacing a first lacing member with the first ends of the plurality of pipes and a first plurality of cross members, interlacing a second lacing member with the second ends of the plurality of pipes and a second plurality of cross members, and pulling the first and second lacing members taut to secure the first and second slotted beams to the pipes to create a platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas P. Cox, Mark A. Merit, Joseph B. Carlisle