Todd R Mendenhall
Engineers in Riverton, UT

6338682, Jan 15, 2002

Feb 3, 2000

09/497386

H. Andrew Torchia - Barrington Hills IL
Todd R. Mendenhall - Riverton UT
Frank M. Rowe - Bensenville IL

PuttGolf.com, LLC - Rosemont IL

A63B 6936

473160

An artificial putting green provides an architected green lie adjustable by a user in accordance with the true contouring elements available on a real golfing green. A user actually stands on the green itself, and may position himself or herself above or below the cup with an intervening swell or rise between the user and a cup. A break to the left or the right may be provided between the cup and the deck. The deck may actually be canted from side to side. Moreover, the deck may be elevated front to back or back to front. Accordingly, by independent adjustment of multiple feet, the deck may be a proper part of the green as will be encountered in actual practice on a real green. Multiple contours from left-to-right and right-to-left may be adjusted in the intervening distance between a user and the cup.

2006000, Jan 12, 2006

Aug 18, 2005

11/206670

Fred Smith - Alpine UT, US
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US

A01C 17/00

239666000, 239665000, 239672000, 239682000, 239687000

A spreader for distributing a material on a surface. In certain embodiments, the spreader may include a disk rotatable about an axis and having an upper surface extending substantially radially from the axis. A driver may operably connect to the disk to provide rotation about the axis. A paddle may secure to the upper surface of the disk and rotate therewith. The paddle may be aligned to rotationally engage particulate material directed thereto and generate a centrifugal acceleration therein. A controller may limit the centrifugal release of the particulate material from the apparatus.

7309205, Dec 18, 2007

Jul 28, 2004

10/900548

Kevin Richard McCrory - Chilliwack, CA
Gary Wayne Teichrob - Chilliwack, CA
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US
Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US

TY-Crop Manufacturing Ltd. - Rosedale

B65G 67/02, B65G 67/42

414809, 414369, 414372, 414371

A trailer unloading system anchors one or more trailers to a deck, with, or without tractor attached. The sides of the trailers are free to pivot from a top, longitudinal, pivot axis once unlatched from the edge of the trailer floor. The deck tilts the trailers sideways, the doors swing free, and the load discharges. The deck returns to level, the sides latch to support the floor and the trailers are ready to be reloaded.

7066514, Jun 27, 2006

Aug 24, 2001

10/362210

Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US
Todd R. Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US

Wayne Engineering Corporation - Cedar Falls IA

B65F 3/06

294106, 294 88, 294 871, 414408

An apparatus and method for gripping containers, each having a circumference, for dumping material in a material collection vehicle including more than one gripping mechanisms, wherein each of the gripping mechanisms can engage a container around at least one-half of the circumference of the container. In one embodiment, the gripping mechanism is attached to a base member and includes an outer gripping member pivotally attached to the base member and an inner gripping member pivotally attached to the base member and an actuating mechanism for moving at least one gripping member toward the other gripping member.

2009006, Mar 12, 2009

Nov 17, 2008

12/272610

Gerald F. Martin - Somerset PA, US
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US
Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US

COLLECTECH DESIGNS, L.L.C. - Somerset PA

B65F 3/06

414408

An apparatus for collecting refuse, the apparatus comprising a vehicle having a frame formed as two substantially parallel members and a hopper secured to the frame. First and second bins may be connected by respective first and second dumping mechanisms to opposite, exterior sides of the hopper. The first and second dumping mechanisms may selectively and independently move respective first and second bins between stowed positions substantially below the hopper and dumping positions above the hopper. The width between the exterior extremes of the first and second bins when both are in stowed positions may substantially be defined by a summation of the width of the first bin, the distance between the outer extremes of the frame, and the width of the second bin.

7341157, Mar 11, 2008

Nov 29, 2005

11/288954

Methody W. Slobogean - White Rock, British Columbia, CA
Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US
Nathan H. Morrill - Draper UT, US

B66C 23/00

212250, 254386

A crane comprising a boom formed as an elongate tubular structure and a line assembly to extend a line from a least one end of the boom. The line assembly may include a first bank of sheaves, a second bank of sheaves, a line reeved around the first and second banks of sheaves, and an extension mechanism controlling the distance between the first and second banks of sheaves. The second bank of sheaves and at least a portion of the extension mechanism being enclosed within boom.

7350636, Apr 1, 2008

Sep 28, 2005

11/237151

Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US
Todd R. Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US
Hadi C. Boustani - Bethesda MD, US

Chutes International Manufacturing, LLC - White Plains MD

B65G 11/16

193 33, 193 34

A door assembly for a chute system comprising a door pivotally connected to a frame assembly mountable around an opening in a chute system. The door is manufactured from stainless steel and is free of welds. The door includes an automatic closer mounted to its interior surface and being directly connected to the frame assembly at one end and to the door at the other end. When the door is opened, the closer moves with the door out of the opening to the chute system, thereby increasing the usable space for inserting articles into the chute. The closer does not intrude into the interior of the chute when the door is in a closed position. The door may also include a deflector plate mounted proximate the door hinge to protect the hinge and prevent debris from articles inserted into the chute from dropping into the gap between the door and frame and interfering with the action of the hinge.

6059371, May 9, 2000

Jun 9, 1998

9/094213

Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT
Tim E. Grosland - Pleasant Grove UT
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT

Load Hog Industries, Inc. - Aliquippa PA

B60P 116

298 1A

A hinge for enabling the bed of a pick up truck to pivot is comprised of a lower hinge member having a first pin receiving portion and an inwardly extending portion adapted for connection to a truck frame. An upper hinge member has a second pin receiving portion, an inwardly extending portion adapted for connection to a truck bed, and an outwardly extending portion adapted for connection to a bumper. A pin is sized to fit within the first and second pin receiving portions for pivotally connecting the upper and lower hinge members. A portion of the upper hinge member forms a pseudo-frame to which the truck's bumper can be connected. A method of installing a hinge between a truck frame and a truck bed is also disclosed.

7452175, Nov 18, 2008

Aug 10, 2004

10/915266

Gerald F. Martin - Somerset PA, US
Todd Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US
Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US

Collectech Designs, L.L.C. - Somerset PA

B65F 3/20

414408, 414470

An apparatus for collecting refuse, the apparatus comprising a vehicle having a frame formed as two substantially parallel members and a hopper secured to the frame. First and second bins may be connected by respective first and second dumping mechanisms to opposite, exterior sides of the hopper. The first and second dumping mechanisms may selectively and independently move respective first and second bins between stowed positions substantially below the hopper and dumping positions above the hopper. The width between the exterior extremes of the first and second bins when both are in stowed positions may substantially be defined by a summation of the width of the first bin, the distance between the outer extremes of the frame, and the width of the second bin.

7472937, Jan 6, 2009

May 15, 2006

11/434370

Fred P. Smith - Alpine UT, US
Todd R. Mendenhall - Riverton UT, US

Wayne Engineering Corporation - Cedar Falls IA

B65F 3/04

294106, 294 871, 294 88, 414408

An apparatus and method for gripping containers, each having a circumference, for dumping material in a material collection vehicle including more than one gripping mechanisms, wherein each of the gripping mechanisms can engage a container around at least one-half of the circumference of the container. In one embodiment, the gripping mechanism is attached to a base member and includes an outer gripping member pivotally attached to the base member and an inner gripping member pivotally attached to the base member and an actuating mechanism for moving at least one gripping member toward the other gripping member.