Patents by Inventor John W. Rickards

John W. Rickards 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: 7647732
    Abstract: A device for releasably fastening up to four adjacent slab corners to a support wall or ceiling. The device is positioned at a common point of adjacency of a number of slabs. A locking disk having a quadrant notch is rotatively mounted orthogonally to the surface of the slabs, and engages or disengages slots cap in the thickness of the slabs according to the angular orientation of the disk. The device is capped by a decorative rosette having an appendage projecting loop bracket shaped and dimensioned to accommodate a bud vase. The device is particularly indicated for fastening slabs used to cover adjacent funerary crypts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventors: John W. Rickards, Dan Davis
  • Patent number: 6564514
    Abstract: A device for releasably fastening a cover slab to the opening of a crypt or niche extending back from a vertical support wall. Each device is positioned at a common point of adjacency of a plurality of slabs. Each device has a rotatively mounted locking plate for engaging slots in the sides of each of the slabs. The plate has a cutaway sized and dimensioned to allow for the passage of one of the slabs through the cutaway when the cutaway is rotated into proper alignment. A keyed tool may be used for turning the plate indicating the positioning of the cutaway. The plate is mounted to allow minor axial, pitch and yaw movement and is biased toward an axially perpendicular orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: John W. Rickards
  • Patent number: 5953865
    Abstract: A device for releasably fastening a cover slab to the opening of a crypt or niche extending back from a vertical support wall. Each device is positioned at a common point of adjacency of a plurality of slabs. Each device has a rotatively mounted locking plate for engaging slots in the sides of each of the slabs. The plate has a cutaway sized and dimensioned to allow for the passage of one of the slabs through the cutaway when the cutaway is rotated into proper alignment. Keyed tool means for turning the plate indicated the positioning of the cutaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: John W. Rickards
  • Patent number: D579173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: John W. Rickards
  • Patent number: D595475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventor: John W Rickards
  • Patent number: D610774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Inventor: John W. Rickards
  • Patent number: D621574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventor: John W. Rickards
  • Patent number: D651374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: John W. Rickards