Patents by Inventor Shawn Patrick Ries

Shawn Patrick Ries 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).

  • Apparatus for lateral cable pulling and pipe replacement
    Patent number: 11796115
    Abstract: A compact, open path cable pulling apparatus, having a low center of gravity, composed of two detachable, single person hand-portable components, and useful in either a vertical or horizontal configuration. The apparatus is competent to pull cable horizontally through space underground with a pulling force in the range of at least about 20 to 100 tons using low pressure flow hydraulics and has utility in the cable pulling industries, including in the drilling and horizontal directional drilling industries, and as part of a method for pulling cable through space, including pulling cable through space in the pipe bursting and trenchless pipe replacement industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Roddie, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Herrick, Shawn Patrick Ries