Patents by Inventor Merton C. Knapp

Merton C. Knapp 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: 4349225
    Abstract: Improvements in sheet gripping and handling devices; devices for gripping the vertical end edges of heavy, rigid sheet materials to facilitate and permit carrying thereof supported by the devices; handle devices engageable with the vertical end edges of heavy, rigid sheet material like sheet rock, enabling two men to comfortably and safely carry one or more sheets between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Inventors: Darryl L. Collins, Donna L. Collins, Merton C. Knapp, Evalyn L. Knapp
  • Patent number: 4335915
    Abstract: Load cover or tarpaulin holders, clips and receivers adapted to be used in association with the side panel mountings and retainers thereof of flat bed truck trailers; load cover or tarpaulin retainers, receivers and clips removably associated with flat bed truck trailer side panel mountings; devices for holding, on the side of a flat bed truck trailer outside the load area, an offloaded tarpaulin or load cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Inventor: Merton C. Knapp
  • Patent number: 4058412
    Abstract: A device for washing a can comprising a support for supporting the can on one of its lateral sides for sliding movement from a prepunch position to a punch position. A knife is positioned adjacent the support and has a cutting edge presented toward the bottom of the can so that the knife will destructively pierce the bottom of the can whenever the can is manually forced against the knife. The knife is shaped to provide a channel for liquid contents of the can to drain therefrom whenever the can is pierced by the knife. A spray nozzle is mounted with respect to the knife so as to protrude within the interior of the can whenever the knife pierces the can. A timing device causes the spray to spray the interior of the can throughout a 30-second cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Assignee: Green Hills, Inc.
    Inventors: Merton C. Knapp, Charles Rex Galloway