Patents by Inventor Ralph F. Mantela

Ralph F. Mantela 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).

  • Resilient tie-down device
    Patent number: 4606687
    Abstract: A tie-down device interposed between a hook adapted to be connected to a vehicle frame and a chain adapted to be connected to a transporter and characterized in that the tie-down device includes a webbing which is encapsulated in a rubber jacket with the webbing being folded so as to provide a pair of longitudinally spaced loop portions one of which is formed by the overlapped and sewn together ends of the webbing and is connected through a spool member to the hook and the other of which is connected through a spool member to the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph F. Mantela, Thomas L. Savich
  • Resilient tie-down device
    Patent number: 4573842
    Abstract: A resilient tie-down device interposed between a hook connected to a vehicle frame and a chain connected to a transporter and characterized in that the resilient tie-down device includes a strap which is pretensioned and encapsulated in a rubber jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph F. Mantela, Charles J. Brady, Thomas M. Johnson, Hugh W. Larsen, Thomas L. Schallhorn
  • Method for making a resilient tie-down device
    Patent number: 4434124
    Abstract: A method of making a resilient tie-down device which includes the steps of providing a strap made of woven material, forming a loop portion in each end of the strap, and pretensioning and encapsulating the strap within a jacket of elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph F. Mantela