Patents by Inventor Harold J Erbs

Harold J Erbs 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: 6148736
    Abstract: A molded single unit laboratory vertically integrated service and storage system may be affixed to a laboratory work surface area. The unit includes a plurality of supporting struts with each strut having a foundation securable to the laboratory work surface area or to another unit. The unit includes a shelf member having an outer edge with a lip portion which is in horizontal alignment with the outer surfaces of a plurality of foundations to abate lodging of the unit shelf member storage surface completely against a permanent wall, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventor: Harold J. Erbs
  • Patent number: 6138583
    Abstract: A modular shelving system that includes framework which provides structural integrity and distribution of electrical wiring, communication, data transmission and other services, and brackets and shelves which may be interlocked for stability purposes. The shelves exhibit increased strength to provide greater shelf spans between framework supports. The shelving system is suitable for universal application in laboratories, clean rooms and other rooms, and may also constitute a self-standing structure on which a room may be built.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Harold J. Herbs
    Inventors: Mark D Mahone, Harold J Erbs
  • Patent number: 6049921
    Abstract: An outlet assembly is provided for securement into a receiving profile defined upon the bottom surface of a sink for laboratory or like usage. A sleeve is contoured such that an upper lip provides a sloping surface toward the interior of the sleeve with the lip being contoured slopingly toward the interior of the sleeve for further gravitational urging of liquid into the interior of the sleeve. The lower surface of the lip is contoured to receive a lock-nut which includes a grooveway configuration to enhance the securement of a locking-nut relative to the sink or a gasket disposed between the lock-nut and the lower face of the sink. The sleeve may include a contoured receiving profile for a filtering disk which is selectively placeable within the sleeve and which includes a series of fluid flow passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Laboratory Tops Inc.
    Inventor: Harold J. Erbs
  • Patent number: 6016579
    Abstract: A liquid drain apparatus for incorporation within a counter top intended for use within tops for laboratories and hospitals, or the like. The drain profile provides a series of ribs and valleys within a base horizontally angled from a higher outboard end to a deeper inboard end so that liquid drainage will collect through the drain profile and be directed toward a draining receptacle included or placeable in the drain profile. The draining receptacle, which may be used independent of the drain profile, includes a cylindrical body and a basket having a series of ports and slots to permit maximum drainage flow as the basket fills with entrapped solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventor: Harold J. Erbs
  • Patent number: 5918432
    Abstract: A modular shelving system that includes framework which provides structural integrity and distribution of electrical wiring, communication, data transmission and other services, and brackets and shelves which may be interlocked for stability purposes. The shelves exhibit increased strength to provide greater shelf spans between framework supports. The shelving system is suitable for universal application in laboratories, clean rooms and other rooms, and may also constitute a self-standing structure on which a room may be built.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventors: Mark D Mahone, Harold J Erbs
  • Patent number: D420748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventors: Kelli Strickland, Harold J. Erbs