Patents by Inventor Val L. Johnson

Val L. Johnson 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).

  • Publication number: 20080134623
    Abstract: A method of delivering a necessary amount of a component for a cementitious product to a construction site, depositing the component into a container, using the component to make the cementitious product, and then retaining residual component and material resulting from rinsing the mixing equipment. In its preferred embodiment, an empty plastic container is delivered to the site, the deliverable component is sand, and the cementitious product is stucco. The amount of sand that is needed for stucco is determined and delivered to the plastic container via conveyor belts from sand trucks sitting in the street. The sand is used to mix the stucco in mixers present at the construction site, as known in the art. Once the stucco is mixed, the mixing equipment is rinsed with water and the washout effluent is deposited in the now-empty plastic container. The plastic container is then sealed and picked up with a crane sitting in the street and emptied at an accepted waste facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Val L. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080135566
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing and removing construction debris at a construction site. The apparatus comprises a base having low side walls and side boards mated therewith to form a construction debris container. The base is preferably molded plastic having collapsible side board stabilizers molded therein. The side boards are preferably conventional sheets of plywood. In the preferred embodiment, the base is delivered to a construction site and the side boards are disposed inside the side walls and secured together with a joiner to form a substantially rigid construction debris container. Once the container is filled with construction debris, the debris is removed from the container using relatively lightweight equipment such as a grapple. The construction debris container is then disassembled and removed from the construction site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Val L. Johnson