Patents by Inventor Steven Peter Pappas

Steven Peter Pappas 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).

  • Method and apparatus for loading and/or unloading caskets
    Patent number: 10399477
    Abstract: A casket loading and/or unloading apparatus comprises a frame having an end adapted to be pivoted adjacent a rear edge of a bed of a transport vehicle for pivoting about a pivot axis generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the transport vehicle, and a motion generating device operable between the frame and the transport vehicle for pivoting the frame from a first generally vertical position to a second at least generally horizontal position. A vertically oriented casket in the transport vehicle can be secured to the frame, and the frame with the casket secured thereto can be pivoted from the first generally vertical position to the second at least generally horizontal position to facilitate unloading the casket from the transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall G. Obermeyer, Steven Peter Pappas, Christopher Carl Struewing, Melissa Kay Teer, Todd Michael Laughery, Richard Corby, William D. Tallant, Henry L. Trenkamp, Timothy James Krause
  • Method and Apparatus for Loading and/or Unloading Caskets
    Publication number: 20160375812
    Abstract: A casket loading and/or unloading apparatus comprises a frame having an end adapted to be pivoted adjacent a rear edge of a bed of a transport vehicle for pivoting about a pivot axis generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the transport vehicle, and a motion generating device operable between the frame and the transport vehicle for pivoting the frame from a first generally vertical position to a second at least generally horizontal position. A vertically oriented casket in the transport vehicle can be secured to the frame, and the frame with the casket secured thereto can be pivoted from the first generally vertical position to the second at least generally horizontal position to facilitate unloading the casket from the transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Randall G. Obermeyer, Steven Peter Pappas, Christopher Carl Struewing, Melissa Kay Teer, Todd Michael Laughery, Richard Corby, William D. Tallant, Henry L. Trenkamp, Timothy James Krause