Patents by Inventor Bruce SCOW

Bruce SCOW 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).

  • Furniture piece with plastic spacers for drawer slides
    Patent number: 11925261
    Abstract: A molded plastic spacer for securing a drawer slide to a cabinet panel. The plastic spacer may have one or more lugs extending orthogonally from a cabinet panel contact face and configured to interface with corresponding recesses in the cabinet panel. The one or more lugs may further include a tapered central bore capable of receiving a pin. Driving the pin through the bore causes the lug to expand such that a ribbed exterior surface of the lug engages with the cabinet panel and secures the plastic spacer in place. Each of the one or more lugs having space above the respective pin for robotically driving the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Scow, Eric Kramer
  • FURNITURE PIECE WITH PLASTIC SPACERS FOR DRAWER SLIDES
    Publication number: 20220192375
    Abstract: A molded plastic spacer for securing a drawer slide to a cabinet panel. The plastic spacer may have one or more lugs extending orthogonally from a cabinet panel contact face and configured to interface with corresponding recesses in the cabinet panel. The one or more lugs may further include a tapered central bore capable of receiving a pin. Driving the pin through the bore causes the lug to expand such that a ribbed exterior surface of the lug engages with the cabinet panel and secures the plastic spacer in place. Each of the one or more lugs having space above the respective pin for robotically driving the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce SCOW, Eric KRAMER