Patents by Inventor William P. Hearne, Jr.

William P. Hearne, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 6202434
    Abstract: A portable cooling trailer for cooling produce at the harvest site, where the produce may be cooled by either forced air refrigeration, where cooled air is drawn through the produce and recycled through a heat exchanger, or hydro cooling, where chilled water is sprayed onto the produce, recaptured and recycled through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: William P. Hearne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6010417
    Abstract: A wooden baseball bat made of plural wood sections bonded together to form a unitary member. The bat is composed of a longitudinally extending central member which is cross-or X-shaped in cross-section transverse to the longitudinal axis, the central member defining four quadrants which are filled with longitudinally extending wedge-shaped members, with the external surface of the bat being circular in transverse cross-section and defining a barrel, handle and knob portion, with the barrel and handle generally tapering so as to diminish in diameter toward the knob. The central member is formed of plural wood pieces arranged such that the grain extends generally radially outward on each arm. Each of the wedge-shaped members is likewise cut and arranged such that grain plane extends generally radially outward. Preferably the central member is made of hickory wood and the wedge-shaped members are made of ash wood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Young Bat Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher T. Young, William P. Hearne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5564287
    Abstract: A portable produce cooling apparatus capable of cooling produce loaded into a number of transport vehicles simultaneously is disclosed, the apparatus having a number of ports with air egress means, forced air means and air ingress means, the apparatus having a lower common warm air chamber and an upper common cold air chamber separated by a horizontally mounted air-to-water heat exchanger means, such that warm air from each of the transport vehicles enters the lower common warm air chamber, passes upward through the heat exchanger means, into the upper common cold air means, and out the individual air egress means into the transport vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignees: William P. Hearne, Jr., Packaged Refrigeration Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Hearne, Jr., Stan Badenhop