Patents by Inventor Melvin Leon Lamoreaux

Melvin Leon Lamoreaux 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).

  • Publication number: 20080048375
    Abstract: A threaded-rod-driven, mechanically-actuated, portable truss press for repairing truss joints has a c-clamp body with a yoke, and upper and lower arms. A drive rod travel housing with an internally-threaded opening is attached to the upper arm of the c-clamp body. A threaded drive rod with a drive nut attached to the upper end transverses the travel housing. An upper platen is attached to the lower end of the drive rod. A lower platen is attached to the lower arm of the c-clamp body. The drive rod is mechanically actuated using either a pneumatic, electric, or battery-powered impact wrench with a properly-sized socket attached. When the drive rod is actuated in a clock-wise direction the upper platen moves towards the lower platen with sufficient force to compress the teeth of metal connector plates into the wooden members of a truss joint placed between the platens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Fortuss Builder's Supply Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Harold Rolfe, Melvin Leon Lamoreaux, Vincent Gerard Merten