Patents by Inventor Gerald T. Aldridge

Gerald T. Aldridge 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).

  • Flexible banding and instrument support system
    Patent number: 5098051
    Abstract: A flexible banding and instrument support system for use in securing a support, bracket, and any instrument to a utility pole, or the like, including a flexible band provided substantially surrounding a supporting pole, and capable of conforming to its outer surface, upon tightening, a series of connectors, usually in the form of an angle, J-clamp, U-clamp, or other extrusions cooperate with the band ends for securement by means of a bolt for contracting the band tightly around a pole, and thereby holding the instrument bracket firmly in place, while the bracket is formed of an extrusion that is capable of cooperating with fasteners for securing various instruments, such as electrical instruments, wiring, or the like, upon a utility pole, and thereby obviating the need for any drilled holes through the pole for supporting such instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Aluma-Form, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald T. Aldridge, Jerry L. Peters
  • Flexible banding and instrument support system
    Patent number: 4759521
    Abstract: A flexible banding and instrument support system for use in securing a support, bracket, and any instrument to a utility pole, or the like, including a flexible band provided substantially surrounding a supporting pole, and capable of conforming to its outer surface, upon tightening, a series of connectors, usually in the form of an angle, J-clamp, U-clamp, or other extrusions cooperate with the band ends for securement by means of a bolt for contracting the band tightly around a pole, and thereby holding the instrument bracket firmly in place, while the bracket is formed of an extrusion that is capable of cooperating with fasteners for securing various instruments, such as electrical instruments, wiring, or the like, upon a utility pole, and thereby obviating the need for any drilled holes through the pole for supporting such instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Aluma-Form, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald T. Aldridge, Jerry L. Peters
  • Flexible banding and instrument support system
    Patent number: 4635888
    Abstract: A flexible banding and instrument support system for use in securing a support, bracket, and any instrument to a utility pole, or the like, including a flexible band provided substantially surrounding a supporting pole, and capable of conforming to its outer surface, upon tightening, a series of connectors, usually in the form of an angle, J-clamp, U-clamp, or other extrusions cooperate with the band ends for securement by means of a bolt for contracting the band tightly around a pole, and thereby holding the instrument bracket firmly in place, while the bracket is formed of an extrusion that is capable of cooperating with fasteners for securing various instruments, such as electrical instruments, wiring, or the like, upon a utility pole, and thereby obviating the need for any drilled holes through the pole for supporting such instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Aluma-Form, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald T. Aldridge, Jerry L. Peters