Patents by Inventor George H. Eckerdt

George H. Eckerdt 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).

  • Publication number: 20090283360
    Abstract: A handicap assister includes an upright support extending upward to a ceiling from a floor mount for a base and a rotating foot platform. The upright support can include a pole telescoped within a sleeve arranged on an axis of rotation of the platform. A hand grip region or handle is arranged at about eye level to a person sitting next to the platform so that a user can place feet on the platform and use the hand grip to rise from a seated position to a standing one, can then rotate around the upright support, and can use the hand grip to help lower back into a seated position. This allows movement between a bed and a wheelchair and between a wheelchair and a bed or toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 7601052
    Abstract: A key destroyer preferably deploys an angle grinder fitted with a grinding chamber, cover, and insertion tube through which a key can be inserted to be destroyed. The key is gripped in a holder that can slide key foremost through the support tube so that the coded portion of the key can pass through a safety wall at the inner end of the support tube and engage a rotating abrasive disk that grinds away the coded portion of the key. The head of the destroyed key can then be retained as evidence that a particular copy of a key no longer exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Key Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Publication number: 20090242678
    Abstract: A key destroyer preferably deploys an angle grinder fitted with a grinding chamber, cover, and insertion tube through which a key can be inserted to be destroyed. The key is gripped in a holder that can slide key foremost through the support tube so that the coded portion of the key can pass through a safety wall at the inner end of the support tube and engage a rotating abrasive disk that grinds away the coded portion of the key. The head of the destroyed key can then be retained as evidence that a particular copy of a key no longer exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: KEY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Publication number: 20090237207
    Abstract: A web accessed security box includes a web server that can communicate with a web browser to control access and account for asset events that occur when the box is used. A personal identifier must be satisfied to open a drawer of the box. A latching system uses both an access solenoid for normal opening and closing in response to the personal identifier, and an emergency release solenoid having a separate power supply to open the box when the access solenoid is disabled. Several features make the box secure against weather and tampering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: KEY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: George Mastrodonato, George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 7128350
    Abstract: This disengageable strike has a strike annexed to a strike member that is slideably mounted to a strike base. The strike member and strike base are, in turn, mounted to a door frame or door opposite a slam latch. In a first position, the strike engages the latch to prevent the door from opening. An electrically disengageable inhibitor prevents manual movement of the sliding strike from the first position. However, when the inhibitor is disengaged, the strike can be manually moved/slid using an actuator (in the form of a handle annexed to the strike member) to a second position where it does not engage the latch to prevent the door from opening. A biasing spring biasing the strike and strike member towards the first position helps to return it to the first position after the actuator is released. Further, one portion of a sensor for a signal generator is mounted to the strike member such that it is opposite the other portion in the door or frame only when the strike is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Key Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 7051563
    Abstract: This Door Key Retention Security System guarantees that a key used to enable operation of a powered door is retained or locked in the invention until the door is, once again, closed. Thus, it requires a person who has authorized access to the key to insert the key and properly turn it in order for a door to be opened. Then, while the door is open, the key is locked in the mechanism and cannot be removed. When the need for the door to be open is ended, the door can be closed and the key removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Key Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Publication number: 20040189021
    Abstract: This disengageable strike has a strike annexed to a strike member that is slideably mounted to a strike base. The strike member and strike base are, in turn, mounted to a door frame or door opposite a slam latch. In a first position, the strike engages the latch to prevent the door from opening. An electrically disengageable inhibitor prevents manual movement of the sliding strike from the first position. However, when the inhibitor is disengaged, the strike can be manually moved/slid using an actuator (in the form of a handle annexed to the strike member) to a second position where it does not engage the latch to prevent the door from opening. A biasing spring biasing the strike and strike member towards the first position helps to return it to the first position after the actuator is released. Further, one portion of a sensor for a signal generator is mounted to the strike member such that it is opposite the other portion in the door or frame only when the strike is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Publication number: 20040160130
    Abstract: This Door Key Retention Security System guarantees that a key used to enable operation of a powered door is retained or locked in the invention until the door is, once again, closed. Thus, it requires a person who has authorized access to the key to insert the key and properly turn it in order for a door to be opened. Then, while the door is open, the key is locked in the mechanism and cannot be removed. When the need for the door to be open is ended, the door can be closed and the key removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 5794993
    Abstract: A tamper-evident ring is made from a split ring made of a strong resilient material and terminated by male and female fittings. The two fittings can be connected to form a continuous ring of the type that allows keys to slide entirely around the ring. One of the two fittings is breakable to prevent the ring from being reclosed and to provide a visual indication that the ring has been reopened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Key Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 4137740
    Abstract: A mount for several keys is secured in a convenient place to support the keys in a row dependent from tags that identify the keys. A support strip long enough to mount all the keys has the hook part of a two-part hook-and-loop pile fastener on a front face and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a rear face, with a manually removable release sheet covering the adhesive layer. The key tags are each cut from resin material joined to the loop part of the two-part hook-and-loop fastener so that the loop part is arranged on a rear face of each of the key tags, and the front faces of the key tags have a front surface suitable for indicia to identify the keys. Each of the key tags has a die-cut hole near an edge and a key ring in the hole to support keys connectable to the rings to be dependent from the tags. The tags are releasably attachable to the support strip to mount the keys in a way that makes the front surfaces of the tags visible, and the keys are usable while connected to the tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt
  • Patent number: 4072033
    Abstract: A key holder uses a resin support sheet or body, preferably in the form of a molded resin case having two portions hingedly joined together. Several strips each formed as one part of a two-part hook-and-loop pile fastener are secured to the inside of the case or to the resin support sheet to be approximately perpendicular to the hinge line and parallel with each other. A substantial number of key tags are cut from a strip of extruded resin joined to the other part of the two-part hook-and-loop fastener, and the key tags are preferably die cut to have a hole for receiving a key ring to support a key. Several of the key tags are attachable to each of the strips to support a number of keys in a row along each of the strips. The key tags are preferably formed from the loop portion of the fastener, and resilient foamed resin material is preferably used in the case to hold the keys in place when the case is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Inventor: George H. Eckerdt