Patents by Inventor Wallace Bolton

Wallace Bolton 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).

  • Fiberglass roof and rib plate
    Patent number: 10036251
    Abstract: A bearing plate and a nut and bolt arrangement for use as a rib or roof support for coal mines where the extracted coal is used for powder coal and has a specific gravity in the range of 1.5-1.9, preferably 1.7. The bearing plate has an outer reinforced area surrounding an inner reinforced area. The outer reinforced area has one or more endless rib members and the inner reinforced area has a plurality of legs, wherein the legs are spaced from one another and the first end of each leg encircles a bolthole in a center of the bearing plate to receive the bolt of the nut and bolt assembly. The bearing plate and the nut and bolt assembly are made of fiberglass reinforced plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mikel Sub, John G. Oldsen, Wallace Bolton
  • Fiberglass Roof and Rib Plate
    Publication number: 20130236250
    Abstract: A bearing plate and a nut and bolt arrangement for use as a rib or roof support for coal mines where the extracted coal is used for powder coal and has a specific gravity in the range of 1.5-1.9, preferably 1.7. The bearing plate has an outer reinforced area surrounding an inner reinforced area. The outer reinforced area has one or more endless rib members and the inner reinforced area has a plurality of legs, wherein the legs are spaced from one another and the first end of each leg encircles a bolthole in a center of the bearing plate to receive the bolt of the nut and bolt assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mikel Sub, John G. Oldsen, Wallace Bolton
  • Mine Support Having a Linearly Moveable and/or Pivoting End Plate
    Publication number: 20120027529
    Abstract: A mine support yieldable prop includes a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in an end of the prop to move into and out of the prop end to move a bearing plate toward or away from a mine roof, and/or a bearing plate pivotally mounted to the end of the prop to level the prop with uneven mine roofs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: FCI HOLDINGS DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Wallace Bolton, Demrey G. Brandon, Ben Mirabile, John G. Oldsen, John C. Stankus, Rodney Poland
  • Mine support having a linearly moveable and/or pivoting end plate
    Patent number: 8052352
    Abstract: A mine support yieldable prop includes a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in an end of the prop to move into and out of the prop end to move a bearing plate toward or away from a mine roof, and/or a bearing plate pivotally mounted to the end of the prop to level the prop with uneven mine roofs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Bolton, Demrey G. Brandon, Ben Mirabile, John G. Oldsen, John C. Stankus, Rodney Poland
  • Mine support having a linearly moveable and/or pivoting end plate
    Publication number: 20080240868
    Abstract: A mine support yieldable prop includes a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in an end of the prop to move into and out of the prop end to move a bearing plate toward or away from a mine roof, and/or a bearing plate pivotally mounted to the end of the prop to level the prop with uneven mine roofs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Wallace Bolton, Demrey G. Brandon, Ben Mirabile, John G. Oldsen, John C. Stankus, Rodney Poland