Patents by Inventor Lee Alan Johnson

Lee Alan Johnson 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: 6116552
    Abstract: A tank support for supporting a plastic product tank on a frame includes a plastic shell having a hollow interior and a base member nested in the hollow interior of the plastic shell. The base member is mounted to the frame, and a rod couples the base member to the plastic shell. By way of example, the plastic shell may be rotational molded in such a way that the plastic shell has a supporting surface which is complementary to a supported surface of the product tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Deere Company
    Inventor: Lee Alan Johnson
  • Patent number: 5992699
    Abstract: A plastic product tank for containing product under pressure has a lower funnel portion including a product outlet and an upper container portion having a product-containing capacity substantially greater than the lower funnel portion. The lower funnel portion and upper container portion are in substantially gas-tight communication with each other and the upper container portion of the tank includes side walls formed by a plurality of substantially planar surfaces adjacent to each other. Each interior angle between adjacent side walls of the upper container portion is greater than ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Lee Alan Johnson, Ronald Lee Pratt
  • Patent number: D427206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Lee Alan Johnson, Ronald Lee Pratt