Patents by Inventor Theodore Tvetene

Theodore Tvetene 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).

  • Sod stacker
    Publication number: 20050058527
    Abstract: A towable sod stacker having a pallet holder for holding a stack of sod, a conveyor for receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of cut sod slabs and a sod pickup and transport mechanism for lifting the plurality of cut sod sections from the conveyor and vertically placing the sod slabs in any of four positions on the pallet to provide an alternately stacked pallet of sod slabs with the towable stacker conveyor laterally displaceable to permit an operator to on-the-go dump a spoiled sod slab from the conveyor
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Theodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene, Michael Tvetene, Gregg Tvetene
  • Sod stacker
    Patent number: 6783318
    Abstract: A towable sod stacker having a pallet holder for holding a stack of sod, a conveyor for receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of cut sod slabs and a sod pickup mechanism for lifting the plurality of cut sod sections from the conveyor and vertically placing the sod slabs in any of four positions on the pallet to provide an alternately stacked pallet of sod slabs with the towable stacker conveyor laterally displaceable to permit an operator to on-the-go dump a spoiled sod slab from the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventors: Theodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene, Michael Tvetene, Gregg Tvetene
  • Sod stacker
    Publication number: 20040037683
    Abstract: A towable sod stacker having a pallet holder for holding a stack of sod, a conveyor for receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of cut sod slabs and a sod pickup mechanism for lifting the plurality of cut sod sections from the conveyor and vertically placing the sod slabs in any of four positions on the pallet to provide an alternately stacked pallet of sod slabs with the towable stacker conveyor laterally displaceable to permit an operator to on-the-go dump a spoiled sod slab from the conveyor
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Theodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene, Michael Tvetene, Gregg Tvetene
  • Bi-directional vehicle
    Patent number: 6050367
    Abstract: A load stabilizing bi-directional vehicle having a steerable front and a steerable rear wheel and a pair of lateral wheels for maintaining the balance of the bi-directional vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventors: Theodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene, Michael Tvetene, Gregg Tvetene