Patents by Inventor Mike Tikal

Mike Tikal 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).

  • Truck restraint
    Patent number: 7056077
    Abstract: A truck restraint has a carriage movable in a vertical direction along a track between a first lowered position and a second operative position. A fluid actuator moves the carriage along the track between the first and second positions. The actuator is operable, with the hook in the first position, to cause relative rotation between the hook and the track so that the hook is moved from a downwardly inclined position to a generally horizontal position, prior to movement from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Pentalift Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Pedersen, Jason Fowler, Mike Tikal
  • Truck restraint
    Publication number: 20030170097
    Abstract: A truck restraint has a carriage movable in a vertical direction along a track between a first lowered position and a second operative position. A fluid actuator moves the carriage along the truck between the first and second positions. The actuator is operable, with the hook in the first position, to cause relative rotation between the hook and the track so that the hook is moved from a downwardly inclined position to a generally horizontal position, prior to movement from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Pedersen, Jason Fowler, Mike Tikal