Patents by Inventor Methody W. Slobogean

Methody W. Slobogean 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).

  • Enclosed-reeving, live-line boom
    Patent number: 7341157
    Abstract: A crane comprising a boom formed as an elongate tubular structure and a line assembly to extend a line from a least one end of the boom. The line assembly may include a first bank of sheaves, a second bank of sheaves, a line reeved around the first and second banks of sheaves, and an extension mechanism controlling the distance between the first and second banks of sheaves. The second bank of sheaves and at least a portion of the extension mechanism being enclosed within boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Inventors: Methody W. Slobogean, Fred P. Smith, Todd Mendenhall, Nathan H. Morrill