Patents by Inventor Robert L. Whaley

Robert L. Whaley 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: 4266820
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for securing a container to a truck chassis is provided and includes a manually reciprocating locking member movable in a piston-like fashion through a housing from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position within a slot of a corner casting in an adjacent container. The reciprocating member is also rotatable and includes an eccentric locking pin to adjust the location of the locking pin to compensate for dimensional variations and to enable the locking pin search for the locking slot of a corner casting by moving between several positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert L. Whaley, James L. Day
  • Patent number: 4047748
    Abstract: A chassis lock to secure a container body to a trailer chassis includes a bolt comprising upper and lower telescoping sections, the upper section having a head member received in a cavity in the container body and shaped so that rotating the head bolt locks the body to the chassis. The head member is rotated through the lower portion which is vertically displaceable and lockable in two rotatably different positions by a plate welded thereto that locks into a slot in the chassis in those two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert L. Whaley, James L. Day
  • Patent number: D309377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Bardes Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Taylor, Robert L. Whaley