Patents by Inventor Karen Dufault

Karen Dufault 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: 6283697
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a mobile bin device having a mobile bin with a first conveyor extending along the bottom of the bin beneath a bin opening to convey material in the bin to one end of the bin. A second belt conveyor has one end pivotally mounted to the one end of the bin to pivot relative to the bin upward and downward and to one side or the other. The second conveyor is slidably mounted in its pivotal mounting to side longitudinally in the mounting to along the one end of the bin beneath the one end of the first conveyor to shorten or lengthen the distance from the outer end of the first conveyor to the outlet end of the second conveyor at the one end of the bin. Power devices are provided to power the upward and downward movement of the second conveyor and the longitudinal movement of the second conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Karen Dufault, Wayne A. Pierce
  • Patent number: 6220531
    Abstract: The invention is a mobile bin with two conveyors with each mounted on a main frame and with the main frame having wheels for rotatably supporting the vehicle along the ground. The bin has an opening along its bottom and the first belt conveyor is mounted beneath the opening in the bin and its remote ends extend to the opposite ends of the bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Karen Dufault, Wayne A. Pierce
  • Patent number: 5833012
    Abstract: The invention comprises a scraper and drag attachment for a tractor. The attachment has a main frame with a hitch at it forward end for attachment to a tractor. A scraper is fixed to the main frame behind the hitch and a first pivotal frame is pivotally mounted to the main frame behind the scraper. A pair of wheel frames each having a wheel rotatably mounted thereon are individually pivotally mounted to the main frame behind the scraper and laterally adjacent one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventors: Kevin J. Pierce, Michael J. Pierce, Karen Dufault, Wayne A. Pierce