Patents by Inventor Brian S. Clarke

Brian S. Clarke 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: 11973366
    Abstract: Describes is a battery booster for jumpstarting a vehicle having an external battery. The battery booster comprising a set of electrical conductors, a power supply configured to supply a starting current to jump start the vehicle via the set of electrical conductors, a boost switch positioned in-line between the power supply and a set of battery clamps on one of the set of electrical conductors; and at least one processor configured to output a control signal to close the boost switch as a function of one or more parameters of the power supply, the external battery, or the vehicle. The set of electrical conductors are configured to couple with the external battery or with an engine that is electrically coupled with the external battery via the set of battery clamps. The set of electrical conductors comprises a positive electrical conductor and a negative electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schumacher Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Clarke, Brian F. Butler, Xiao Ping Chen, Barry O'Dell, Ronald Walkup, John S. Whiting
  • Patent number: 10842270
    Abstract: A safety device for preventing objects from falling out of a storage rack is provided. The safety device includes four mounting brackets configured to be coupled to a pair of vertical members defining the storage rack, a pair of horizontally disposed top and bottom guide cables for stretching between a corresponding pair of mounting brackets of the four mounting brackets coupled to the pair of vertical members, and a pair of vertical slide bars for slidably mounting to the top and bottom guide cables at opposite left and right sides at a front of one bay in the storage rack. A curtain netting is attached at left and right edges thereof to respective ones of the pair of the vertical slide bars and to the top and bottom guide cables. Storage racks and methods of protecting objects stored on storage racks are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL CORDAGE EAST, LTD.
    Inventor: Brian S. Clarke
  • Publication number: 20200093268
    Abstract: A safety device for preventing objects from falling out of a storage rack is provided. The safety device includes four mounting brackets configured to be coupled to a pair of vertical members defining the storage rack, a pair of horizontally disposed top and bottom guide cables for stretching between a corresponding pair of mounting brackets of the four mounting brackets coupled to the pair of vertical members, and a pair of vertical slide bars for slidably mounting to the top and bottom guide cables at opposite left and right sides at a front of one bay in the storage rack. A curtain netting is attached at left and right edges thereof to respective ones of the pair of the vertical slide bars and to the top and bottom guide cables. Storage racks and methods of protecting objects stored on storage racks are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Brian S. Clarke
  • Patent number: 7448836
    Abstract: A netting system is operatively connected to opposing walls of a compartment to contain a load within the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: D B Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Clarke, David S. Denny, Edward T. Mehl
  • Patent number: 6609621
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Sinco, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
  • Publication number: 20020153340
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes at least one shelf supported by vertical posts, and a net having opposite sides connected to respective posts so that the net spans at least one edge of the shelf and an associated area above the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl
  • Publication number: 20020148799
    Abstract: A shelf assembly includes vertical posts and horizontal shelf supports that are configured and arranged to define at least one shelf space extending upward beyond upper distal ends of the posts. Net supports are connected to the posts in a manner that supports the net in a position spanning at least one edge of the shelf space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Denny, George H. Merritt, Lance F. Swartwout, Brian S. Clarke, Edward T. Mehl