Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Dubois
Jean-Marc Dubois 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).
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Patent number: 7748330Abstract: A heavy load support made of plastic includes at least a rectangular bottom part with a leg part into which the fork of a forklift engages and which is provided with props located at least in the four corner areas of the bottom part. Metallic U-shaped profiled rails that are open towards the outside are provided between the props along the bottom edge of the load support. The props can be removably fixed to the bottom face of the bottom part of the load support and are provided with a support area for the corner areas of the bottom part as well as an edge which rises vertically from the support area and encloses the edges of the load support at a right angle, pegs being molded onto the free final leg surfaces of the edge to accommodate and fix the U-shaped profiled strips.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Georg Utz Holding AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Jürgen Straub, Christian Mathews, Thomas Feilner
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Patent number: 7721891Abstract: A nest and stack container system is provided. The system comprises a plurality of containers in various sizes, allowing the stacking of smaller sized containers on a larger sized container. Alternatively, the large container may be stacked on at least two adjacently-arranged small containers. The inventive nest and stack containers allow flexible handling of various sizes of storage containers. Individual containers can be stacked and nested among each other, and in combination, stacks of containers can be formed in any desired sequence of large and small containers, with individual containers each being placed in a slip-proof manner on top of another container.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: George Utz Holding AGInventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Publication number: 20090249985Abstract: A load carrier has a rectangular bottom part and feet disposed at least in the corner regions of the bottom part. A groove for accommodating a load-securing belt is provided above the feet, encircling the bottom part. The front edge of each corner foot projects beyond the related bottom corner edge, and a nub-like elevation is provided on this projecting front edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: JEAN-MARC DUBOIS, JUERGEN STRAUB, CHRISTIAN MATHEWS
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Publication number: 20090188412Abstract: A pallet for storage and transport of goods consists of an upper deck that serves as a standing surface for the goods, standing feet that can be assembled onto the underside of the upper deck, and accommodation channels formed into the upper deck, for affixing at least one reinforcement strip. The upper deck is divided into at least two rectangular partial regions, and each partial region has an accommodation channel for a reinforcement strip, which is disposed in the diagonal of the partial region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Publication number: 20090145339Abstract: A flat pallet for handling and storing articles includes two identical boards. Each board has at least one length side which is provided with a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism includes a grip element and a receiving element of a configuration complementing the grip element. The grip element is spaced from a first transverse side of the board by a distance which corresponds to a distance of the receiving element from a second transverse side of the board, wherein the grip element of one board is constructed for engagement in the receiving element of the other board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Georg Utz Holding AGInventors: JEAN-MARC DUBOIS, DOUWE HOEKSTRA, MARCO MARTI
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Publication number: 20090050639Abstract: A storage container, particularly made of plastic, for storing goods, particularly in high-shelf warehouses, consists of a container bottom and side walls that rise from this container bottom. Openings that pass through the container bottom are provided in the bottom. The openings are disposed in depressions, the upper edges of which form the standing surface plane for the goods to be stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Publication number: 20090007824Abstract: The invention relates to a heavy load support that is made of plastic and comprises at least a rectangular bottom part with a leg part into which the fork of a forklift engages and which is provided with props located at least in the four corner areas of the bottom part. Metallic U-shaped profiled rails that are open towards the outside are provided between the props along the bottom edge of the load support. The inventive heavy load support is characterized in that the props can be removably fixed to the bottom face of the bottom part of the load support and are provided with a support area for the corner areas of the bottom part of the load support as well as an edge which rises vertically from the support area and encloses the edges of the load support at a right angle, pegs being molded onto the free final leg surfaces of the edge in order to accommodate and fix the U-shaped profiled strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2005Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Jurgen Straub, Christian Mathews, Thomas Feilner
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Publication number: 20080256777Abstract: A method subsequently reinforces injection-molded transporters such as plastic pallets, which have support feet disposed on their underside, at least at the corners, and a groove for inserting a reinforcement profile between two support feet that stand diagonally opposite one another, and the two ends of the groove are formed by pockets shaped to correspond to the profile cross-section, disposed in the region of the support foot assigned to the groove end, in each instance. After completion of the pallet, the distance between the two pockets is increased via elastic deformation of the pallet. Afterwards, the reinforcement profile is laid into the groove, and one end of the profile is laid into one of the pockets. Thereafter, the deformation is canceled out and the pallet returns to the relaxed original state, and in this connection the other end of the reinforcement profile also dips into the corresponding pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Patent number: 7416092Abstract: The present invention relates to a stackable and collapsible transport box. The transport box comprises a base plate, two shorter side walls which are mutually opposite and collapsible in a lower first plane connected to the base plate via hinge joints and two shorter side walls which are mutually opposite and collapsible in a higher second plane, also connected to the base plate via hinge joints. The base plate comprises a plurality of supporting pillars arranged as tube elements beneath the base plate and arranged as angle elements above the base plate. The angle elements are provided with step-like arrangements so that the angle elements may receive tube elements of another similar or identical transport box in the collapsed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: George Utz Holding AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Marc Emmenegger, Boris Schab
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Patent number: 7267227Abstract: The present invention relates to a nest stackable and interlocking container. The nest stackable and interlocking container comprises a base plate, four side walls, and an upper peripheral edge integrally formed on the side walls, wherein at least one bow is pivotably held in the edges. The bow protrudes into the open interior of the container in an extended position and is received in the edges in a retracted position. The bow comprises two elbow-shaped end areas, which are respectively guided in a semi-circular groove arranged in the side walls of the container. Latching positions are provided in the groove so that the bow may be latched in various positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: George UTZ Holding AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
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Publication number: 20070075077Abstract: A large load carrier having a rectangular, palette-like floor part and lengthwise and crosswise side walls that rise from the floor part. Either the lengthwise side walls or the crosswise side walls have contact points for several frames disposed one above the other, in the region against the other side walls, as carriers for the inserts (layers) that carry the goods to be transported. The side walls can be folded on top of one another towards the inside, and the frames are releasably mounted in the contact points.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Christian Mathews, Jurgen Straub
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Publication number: 20070068941Abstract: A container for transport and for storage of objects, consisting of a floor part and two lengthwise and crosswise walls that stand opposite one another, in each instance, which project vertically from the floor part, and can be collapsed onto one another about hinges disposed in the floor region. The hinge of at least one of the side walls is configured in such a manner that its hinge parts, which interact with one another, can be separated from one another and connected with one another, respectively, in a defined position relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Publication number: 20070034540Abstract: A nest and stack container system is provided. The system comprises a plurality of containers in various sizes, allowing the stacking of smaller sized containers on a larger sized container. Alternatively, the large container may be stacked on at least two adjacently- arranged small containers. The inventive nest and stack containers allow flexible handling of various sizes of storage containers. Individual containers can be stacked and nested among each other, and in combination, stacks of containers can be formed in any desired sequence of large and small containers, with individual containers each being placed in a slip-proof manner on top of another container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Georg Utz Holding AGInventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Patent number: 7137522Abstract: A collapsible storage and transport container made of plastic, has a bottom, lengthwise and crosswise side walls that rise vertically from it, opposite one another in pairs, in the operating position, and a top end frame connected with the side walls in articulated manner, in the region of their top edge. The lengthwise side walls are mounted on the bottom and on the end frame, in articulated manner, about longitudinal axes that run parallel to one another and to the plane of the bottom, and can be folded about a center longitudinal axis. The crosswise side walls are structured in one piece, in each instance, and are arranged to pivot about a crosswise axis that is parallel to the plane of the bottom, after a lock has been released, from their upright position into a horizontal collapsed position. The crosswise side walls are mounted to pivot in the region of the bottom, and are provided, at their free top edge, with devices to secure them in place with a positive lock, on the top end frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Georg Utz Holding AGInventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
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Patent number: 7066477Abstract: The invention provides a transport dolly for the transport of cuboid boxes and stackable transport containers in which the upper side is used as a bearing surface for the items to be transported. The transport dolly comprises a substantially rectangular support floor which is rollable on wheels and comprises anti-slip devices. An extendable additional element is provided on each of the two transverse ends of the support floor, which additional element can be flipped outwardly by 180°. The lateral extension of the additional elements produces an enlargement of the bearing surface of the support floor. Upwardly projecting stop edges are shaped on the upper edge of the two longitudinal sides of the support floor.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: George Utz Holding AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
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Publication number: 20050006861Abstract: The invention provides a transport dolly for the transport of cuboid boxes and stackable transport containers in which the upper side is used as a bearing surface for the items to be transported. The transport dolly comprises a substantially rectangular support floor which is rollable on wheels and comprises anti-slip devices. An extendable additional element is provided on each of the two transverse ends of the support floor, which additional element can be flipped outwardly by 180°. The lateral extension of the additional elements produces an enlargement of the bearing surface of the support floor. Upwardly projecting stop edges are shaped on the upper edge of the two longitudinal sides of the support floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: GEORGE UTZ HOLDING AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
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Publication number: 20040206656Abstract: The present invention relates to a nest stackable and interlocking container. The nest stackable and interlocking container comprises a base plate, four side walls, and an upper peripheral edge integrally formed on the side walls, wherein at least one bow is pivotably held in the edges. The bow protrudes into the open interior of the container in an extended position and is received in the edges in a retracted position. The bow comprises two elbow-shaped end areas, which are respectively guided in a semi-circular groove arranged in the side walls of the container. Latching positions are provided in the groove so that the bow may be latched in various positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
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Publication number: 20040200833Abstract: The present invention relates to a stackable and collapsible transport box. The transport box comprises a base plate, two shorter side walls which are mutually opposite and collapsible in a lower first plane connected to the base plate via hinge joints and two shorter side walls which are mutually opposite and collapsible in a higher second plane, also connected to the base plate via hinge joints. The base plate comprises a plurality of supporting pillars arranged as tubular elements beneath the base plate and arranged as angular elements above the base plate. The angular elements are provided with step-like arrangements so that the angular elements may receive tubular elements of another similar or identical transport box in the collapsed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: GEORGE UTZ HOLDING AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Marc Emmenegger, Boris Schwab
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Patent number: 6798143Abstract: A cathode plate of a flat display screen of the type including a set of electron emission cathode conductors, organized in columns, a set of electron extraction grid conductors, organized in rows, and a peripheral protection area, surrounding an active area taking part in the display, to prevent propagation of secondary electrons out of the perimeter of the protection area.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Pixtech S.A.Inventors: Thierry Frayssinet, Bernard Bancal, Jean-Marc Dubois, Mathias Richter
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Patent number: D493282Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Georg Utz Holding, AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab