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).

  • Patent number: 7748330
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Georg Utz Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Jürgen Straub, Christian Mathews, Thomas Feilner
  • Patent number: 7721891
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: George Utz Holding AG
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Publication number: 20090249985
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: JEAN-MARC DUBOIS, JUERGEN STRAUB, CHRISTIAN MATHEWS
  • Publication number: 20090188412
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Publication number: 20090145339
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Georg Utz Holding AG
    Inventors: JEAN-MARC DUBOIS, DOUWE HOEKSTRA, MARCO MARTI
  • Publication number: 20090050639
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Publication number: 20090007824
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Jurgen Straub, Christian Mathews, Thomas Feilner
  • Publication number: 20080256777
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Patent number: 7416092
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: George Utz Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Marc Emmenegger, Boris Schab
  • Patent number: 7267227
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: George UTZ Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
  • Publication number: 20070075077
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Christian Mathews, Jurgen Straub
  • Publication number: 20070068941
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Publication number: 20070034540
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Georg Utz Holding AG
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Patent number: 7137522
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Georg Utz Holding AG
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Dubois
  • Patent number: 7066477
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: George Utz Holding AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
  • Publication number: 20050006861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: GEORGE UTZ HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
  • Publication number: 20040206656
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab
  • Publication number: 20040200833
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: GEORGE UTZ HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Marc Emmenegger, Boris Schwab
  • Patent number: 6798143
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Pixtech S.A.
    Inventors: Thierry Frayssinet, Bernard Bancal, Jean-Marc Dubois, Mathias Richter
  • Patent number: D493282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Georg Utz Holding, AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Boris Schwab