Patents by Inventor Walter U. Uebelacker

Walter U. Uebelacker 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 moving and handling heavy objects
    Patent number: 4609090
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for minimizing the work required for moving, handling, and rolling heavy boxes and the like having a center of gravity. The apparatus incorporates a ramp contoured to the locus of points described by the surfaces of the workpiece as that workpiece rotates about its center of gravity, as that center of gravity is horizontally translated while simultaneously maintained at constant vertical elevation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Inventors: George V. McIlvaine, Thompson A. Baker, Walter U. Uebelacker