Patents by Inventor James M. Braden

James M. Braden 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).

  • Precast concrete panels and support pedestals constructed therefrom
    Patent number: 5131201
    Abstract: A composite elevated storage tank is constructed utilizing precast concrete panels for a pedestal which supports a steel storage tank. The precast concrete panels are poured in a controlled environment not subject to the difficulties inherent with sitecast concrete construction. A simple and practical method of attaching the panels to each other as well as to the foundation and steel tank ensures the concrete pedestal behaves as a shell to sustain all loads. This method, which uses cast in plates welded together at vertical joints and vertical aligned threaded rods for horizontal joints, serves to reduce the length of time required to construct a composite elevated tank and also reduces the construction costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Larson, Maurice D. Reimers, Nelson D. Smith, James M. Braden
  • Precast concrete panels, support pedestals constructed therefrom and an associated method
    Patent number: 5029426
    Abstract: A composite elevated storage tank is constructed utilizing precast concrete panels for a pedestal which supports a steel storage tank. The precast concrete panels are poured in a controlled environment not subject to the difficulties inherent with sitecast concrete construction. A simple and practical method of attaching the panels to each other as well as to the foundation and steel tank ensures the concrete pedestal behaves as a shell to sustain all loads. This method, which uses cast in plates welded together at vertical joints and vertical aligned threaded rods for horizontal joints, serves to reduce the length of time required to construct a composite elevated tank and also reduces the construction costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Larson, Maurice D. Reimers, Nelson D. Smith, James M. Braden