Patents by Inventor Ralph DeFalco

Ralph DeFalco 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: 5355813
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein an improved load-and-roll-style pallet for carrying a coil of sheet material, such as sheet steel. The pallet includes a generally rectangular body having a top and a bottom surface, a front and a back, and a pair of sides. A coil-receiving well or depression is provided in the top surface and extends between the front and back ends for cooperating in restraining the coil. Various fittings, straps and chains are used to further secure the coil to the pallet. Tubular structures on either side of the well that extend between the front and back end and open to the back end define a pair of forklift tine-receiving or lift-receiving pockets that straddle the depression and can be used to lift the pallet. The pallet can be lifted and tilted so that the bottom surface is lifted and the rollers engage the surface on which the pallet is rolled to position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: C.M.I. Freight Trans Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Darnell, Ralph DeFalco
  • Patent number: 4834000
    Abstract: A rollable pallet for insertion into an open end of a container compartment or a semi-trailer compartment. The pallet includes a rectangular frame having a flat base plate adapted to rest on the floor of the container compartment. The front end of the frame is elevated and a roller which also rests on the floor is mounted thereon to provide support for the frame and to provide a pivot about which the frame is tilted when the rear end of the frame is lifted. When tilted the pallet is rollable on the floor of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Inventors: James Darnell, Ralph Defalco
  • Patent number: 4532973
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein an upwardly acting overhead door which is adapted to be rolled along an L-shaped track between a substantially vertical closed position and a substantially horizontal storage position. The door includes a plurality of adjacent laterally-extending door panel sections in edge-to-edge arrangement and hinge sets for interconnecting adjacent panel sections along adjacent lateral edges.Each of the hinge sets includes a male member and a female member. The male member is secured to the lower edge of the upper adjacent door section and the female member is secured to the upper edge of the lower of said adjacent door section. The male and female members define a hinge knuckle which interconnects the male and female members, and thus hingedly interconnects the door sections along the lateral edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Inventor: Ralph DeFalco