Patents by Inventor Stephen D. Alm

Stephen D. Alm 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).

  • Transporting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5779431
    Abstract: An apparatus mountable to a transporting vehicle chassis for transporting another vehicle including a platform pivotally mounted to the chassis which includes a deck for carrying the vehicle, and a carriage located on and movable along the platform. A telescoping boom is connected to the carriage, and has a free end with a vehicle lift device, which engages the vehicle to be transported. Power actuators are provided to move the platform from a loading position to a transport position, and for moving the carriage and for raising or lowering the vehicle lift mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Vulcan International, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Alm, Andrew J. Alm, John M. Cullum
  • Transporting apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5529454
    Abstract: An apparatus mountable to a transporting vehicle chassis for transporting another vehicle including a platform pivotally mounted to the chassis which includes a deck for carrying the vehicle, and a carriage located on and movable along the platform. A telescoping boom is connected to the carriage, and has a free end with a vehicle lift device, which engages the vehicle to be transported. Power actuators are provided to move the platform from a loading position to a transport position, and for moving the carriage and for raising or lowering the vehicle lift mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventors: Stephen D. Alm, Andrew J. Alm, John M. Cullum