Patents by Inventor James Vidmar

James Vidmar 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: 5913781
    Abstract: A landscape timber connecting system for use with landscape timber or the like includes first and second interlocking members. The first and second members each have a bracket shaped to engage an end of a first landscape timber, and in a preferred embodiment, a hinge component. The hinge components are adapted to align with each other and form a channel along a common, substantially vertical pivot axis. A hinge pin shaped to be inserted in the channel along the common pivot axis and extend downwardly into ground beneath the system such that the first and second members can be pivotally positioned relative to each other about the common pivot axis to position associated engaged landscape timbers at a selected angle relative to each other, and the hinge pin anchors and fixes the system to the ground. In an alternate embodiment, the members slidably engage to form a straight, non-pivoting joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James Vidmar, Peter Rimback
  • Patent number: 5901526
    Abstract: A landscape timber connecting system for use with landscape timber or the like, and includes a first member and a second member. The first member having a bracket that is shaped to engage an end of a first landscape timber, and a first hinge component. The second member having a bracket that is shaped to receive an end of a second landscape timber, and a second hinge component. The second hinge component is adapted to align with the first hinge component along a common, substantially vertical pivot axis. A hinge pin is shaped to engage the first and second hinge components along the common pivot axis and extend downwardly into ground beneath the system such that the first and second members can be pivotally positioned relative to each other about the common pivot axis to position associated engaged landscape timbers at a selected angle relative to each other, and the hinge pin anchors and fixes the system to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James Vidmar, Peter Rimback
  • Patent number: D386364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D386366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D386367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D386368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D386652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D387252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rimback, James Vidmar
  • Patent number: D393127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: James Vidmar