Patents by Inventor Brandon M. D'Emidio

Brandon M. D'Emidio 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).

  • Shipping platform
    Patent number: 8850993
    Abstract: A system may include structural components, and joining areas on the structural components where fasteners connect the structural components into a shipping platform. The system may also include a wrap positioned on each selected joining area of selected structural components where the fasteners connect the selected structural components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
  • Low friction shipping platform
    Patent number: 8813658
    Abstract: A system may include a bottom deck to a shipping platform. The system may also include a component affixed to the bottom member opposite the shipping platform's top to lower static coefficient of friction between the component and a floor the shipping platform in its load bearing usage position is resting on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
  • T3 for a shipping platform
    Patent number: 8800456
    Abstract: A system may include a bottom deck to a shipping platform. The system may also include a block joined to the bottom deck, and a top deck joined to the block. The system may further include a T3 panel carried by the top deck that is structurally different from the top deck and does not extend to two ends of the top deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
  • Pallet system
    Patent number: 8667905
    Abstract: A method to improve a pallet may include joining into a pallet four C-brackets, a pallet-deck, a first bottom-deck member, and a second bottom-deck member where two of the four C-brackets insides face two of the other four C-brackets' insides. The method may also include sizing a port to receive load-handling equipment tines formed by the four C-brackets, the pallet-deck, the first bottom-deck member, and the second bottom-deck member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: David P. Anderson, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Daniel J. Lantz, John Thomas Storteboom
  • Separble block shipping platform
    Patent number: 8651028
    Abstract: A shipping platform system may include a top deck, and a top block joined to the top deck. The system may also include a bottom deck, and a bottom block joined to the bottom deck. The system may further include a joint that yields under a predetermined load that joins the top block to the bottom block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Chep Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
  • PALLET SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140026790
    Abstract: A method to improve a pallet may include joining into a pallet four C-brackets, a pallet-deck, a first bottom-deck member, and a second bottom-deck member where two of the four C-brackets insides face two of the other four C-brackets' insides. The method may also include sizing a port to receive load-handling equipment tines formed by the four C-brackets, the pallet-deck, the first bottom-deck member, and the second bottom-deck member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: David P. Anderson, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Daniel J. Lantz, John Thomas Storteboom
  • T1 lead-board for a shipping platform
    Patent number: 8627773
    Abstract: A system may include a bottom deck to a shipping platform, and a block joined to the bottom deck. The system may also include a top deck joined to the block. The system may further include a T1 lead-board structurally different from the top deck fastened to an edge of the top deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: CHEP Technology Pty Limited
    Inventors: John Thomas Storteboom, Oivind Brockmeier, Brandon M. D'Emidio, Timothy R. Proulx, Gregory S. Burkett, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Kenneth M. Brandt
  • SHIPPING PLATFORM DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110147248
    Abstract: A shipping platform display system may include a covering material adjacent a shipping platform. The system may also include a first position where the covering material obstructs a side of the shipping platform to improve the shipping platform's appearance and/or relay information to an observer. The system may further include a second position where the covering material does not obstruct the side of the shipping platform to permit the shipping platform to be moved by a shipping platform mover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Brandon M. D'Emidio, John Thomas Storteboom