Patents by Inventor Melvin J. Koliba

Melvin J. Koliba 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).

  • Chock device for a transporting vehicle
    Patent number: 4217831
    Abstract: A chock device that is releasably connected to a railway freight car floor supported apertured bar which forms a part of a transporter and includes a lock head that is insertable into a complimentary hole in the bar and can be rotated to a locked position after which the lock head is raised upwardly through a camming arrangement so as to maintain the chock device in firm engagement with the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Melvin J. Koliba, Clarence D. Oakes, Jr., Larry P. Napel
  • Chock device for a transporter
    Patent number: 4200046
    Abstract: A chock device that is releasably connected to a floor supported apertured bar which forms a part of a transporter and includes a lock head that is insertable into a complimentary hole in the bar and can be rotated into a locked position after which the lock head is raised upwardly by an axially movable wedge member so as to maintain the chock device in firm engagement with the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Melvin J. Koliba, Larry P. Napel