Patents by Inventor George A. Kovacs, Jr.

George A. Kovacs, 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: 8376672
    Abstract: A securing device for securing several pipes during storage and transport has pipe securing bodies that in an operating position are positioned above and below each pipe layer. The pipe securing bodies have a top side and a bottom side with oppositely positioned, spaced-apart recesses for pipes. A clamping arrangement is arranged at both end faces of the pipe securing bodies and clamps the pipe securing bodies to a clamped unit. The clamping arrangement has a first hook and a second hook at opposite ends. A lever device is arranged between the first and second hooks and acts on the hooks so as to transfer them with a leverage force from a released position, in which the securing device can be mounted and demounted, into an operating position. A relative spacing of the first and second hooks in the operating position is smaller than in the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Thread Guard Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: George A. Kovacs, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120093608
    Abstract: A securing device for securing several pipes during storage and transport has pipe securing bodies that in an operating position are positioned above and below each pipe layer. The pipe securing bodies have a top side and a bottom side with oppositely positioned, spaced-apart recesses for pipes. A clamping arrangement is arranged at both end faces of the pipe securing bodies and clamps the pipe securing bodies to a clamped unit. The clamping arrangement has a first hook and a second hook at opposite ends. A lever device is arranged between the first and second hooks and acts on the hooks so as to transfer them with a leverage force from a released position, in which the securing device can be mounted and demounted, into an operating position. A relative spacing of the first and second hooks in the operating position is smaller than in the released position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: THREAD GUARD TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: George A. Kovacs, JR.
  • Patent number: 7857007
    Abstract: A two-part protector for a pipe end provided with an external thread or internal thread has a substantially cylindrical thread part of plastic material that covers the thread of the pipe end and further has a sleeve of metal that is also substantially cylindrical and supports the threaded part rearwardly. The threaded part and the sleeve engage one another lockingly by locking projections and locking cutouts. The sleeve, with a terminal edge that is leading when realizing the locking action, is pressed at least near the locking recesses tightly against the threaded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Thread Guard Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: George A. Kovacs, Jr.