Patents by Inventor Lonnie B. Whatley, Jr.

Lonnie B. Whatley, 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: 5273180
    Abstract: A tank leakage containment system which includes an open-topped containment tank of rectangular parallelepiped configuration, thus having a bottom, parallel end walls and parallel side walls. A pair of spaced saddle subassemblies project upwardly from the bottom wall and support a cylindrical fluid storage tank. The cylindrical storage tank has a capacity substantially less than the capacity of the open-topped containment tank, and lifting lugs are secured to the exposed upper side of the storage tank. The containment tank has skids mounted on the lower side thereof to facilitate movement across the ground, and has a towing bar extending across at least one end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Spade Leasing, Inc.
    Inventor: Lonnie B. Whatley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5058924
    Abstract: A transport tank for storing and dispensing a liquid which includes a forward liquid compartment and a rearwardly positioned equipment storage compartment. The liquid compartment is of substantially right parallelepiped configuration. The equipment storage compartment is of inverted L-shaped configuration and includes a forwardly extending upper portion which projects above the level of the roof of the liquid compartment. This configuration allows the tank to be more utilitarian without in any way interfering with its over-the-road transport when it is empty. The equipment storage compartment has a rear wall, and is accessed by at least one door in the rear wall. It is separated from the liquid storage compartment by a vertically extending rear partition wall and a horizontally extending shelf member which extends between and interconnects the rear partition wall and the roof of the liquid compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Spade Leasing, Inc.
    Inventor: Lonnie B. Whatley, Jr.