Patents by Inventor Mark A. Woolbright

Mark A. Woolbright 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).

  • Publication number: 20220377988
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Greenwall Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Publication number: 20220322611
    Abstract: A vertical growing system includes a frame assembly extending above a base surface, the frame assembly includes a support grid defining a longitudinal axis. The system further includes a propagation tray having a chamber for holding a plant therein and a mounting tray. The mounting tray is removably attached to the frame assembly and includes an interior surface sized to receive at least a portion of the propagation tray therein. The system further includes a positioning member sized to extend from the interior surface of the mounting tray to the propagation tray when the propagation tray is received within the mounting tray. The positioning member is shaped to orient the chamber at a first oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the support grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 11425868
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Greenwall Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Publication number: 20210084829
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 10947691
    Abstract: A retaining wall system includes a face panel having a first end beam and a second end beam extending in parallel to the first end beam. The face panel extends a height defined from the first end beam to the second end beam when the face panel is oriented in an upright position. The face panel further includes a backfill side and is configured to retain a backfill material on the backfill side of the face panel. The retaining wall system further includes a support leg having a bracket for receiving the first end beam therein and an extension platform transversely oriented to the height of the face panel when the first end beam is received within the bracket. The extension platform extends away from the bracket and is configured to anchor the face panel in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ERS Materials, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 10856471
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Publication number: 20200232178
    Abstract: A retaining wall system includes a face panel having a first end beam and a second end beam extending in parallel to the first end beam. The face panel extends a height defined from the first end beam to the second end beam when the face panel is oriented in an upright position. The face panel further includes a backfill side and is configured to retain a backfill material on the backfill side of the face panel. The retaining wall system further includes a support leg having a bracket for receiving the first end beam therein and an extension platform transversely oriented to the height of the face panel when the first end beam is received within the bracket. The extension platform extends away from the bracket and is configured to anchor the face panel in the upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 10584461
    Abstract: A retaining wall system includes a face panel having a first end beam and a second end beam extending in parallel to the first end beam. The face panel extends a height defined from the first end beam to the second end beam when the face panel is oriented in an upright position. The face panel further includes a backfill side and is configured to retain a backfill material on the backfill side of the face panel. The retaining wall system further includes a support leg having a bracket for receiving the first end beam therein and an extension platform transversely oriented to the height of the face panel when the first end beam is received within the bracket. The extension platform extends away from the bracket and is configured to anchor the face panel in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ERS MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Publication number: 20170138013
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter configured for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, a retaining wall system comprising a plurality of stacked courses of substantially horizontally-extending mesh tubes, each tube substantially filled with a plant growing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Conwed Plastics Acquisition Company V LLC DBA Filtrexx International
    Inventors: Mark WOOLBRIGHT, Rodney TYLER
  • Publication number: 20160262316
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 8745953
    Abstract: Retaining wall building blocks for receiving fill material during construction of a retaining wall, retaining walls constructed with the building blocks and methods of manufacture of the building block wherein the block comprises a cast cement body having a base, a generally upright face wall extending upward from the base, two generally upright side walls extending upward from the base and generally rearward of the face wall, the base, upright face wall, and side walls each having an inner and an outer surface, the side walls each having a top and a rearward most end, and a fill receiving cavity defined by base inner surface, side wall inner surfaces and face wall inner surface for receiving fill material, the fill receiving cavity having a volume wherein a ratio of the volume of the fill receiving cavity to the volume of the retaining wall building block is at least 0.75:1, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Smart Slope, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: 8272812
    Abstract: Retaining wall building blocks for receiving fill material during construction of a retaining wall, retaining walls constructed with the building blocks and methods of manufacture of the building block wherein the block comprises a cast cement body having a base, a generally upright face wall extending upward from the base, two generally upright side walls extending upward from the base and generally rearward of the face wall, the base, upright face wall, and side walls each having an inner and an outer surface, the side walls each having a top and a rearward most end, and a fill receiving cavity defined by base inner surface, side wall inner surfaces and face wall inner surface for receiving fill material, the fill receiving cavity having a volume wherein a ratio of the volume of the fill receiving cavity to the volume of the retaining wall building block is at least 0.75:1, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Smart Slope LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Publication number: 20100251649
    Abstract: Retaining wall building blocks for receiving fill material during construction of a retaining wall, retaining walls constructed with the building blocks and methods of manufacture of the building block wherein the block comprises a cast cement body having a base, a generally upright face wall extending upward from the base, two generally upright side walls extending upward from the base and generally rearward of the face wall, the base, upright face wall, and side walls each having an inner and an outer surface, the side walls each having a top and a rearward most end, and a fill receiving cavity defined by base inner surface, side wall inner surfaces and face wall inner surface for receiving fill material, the fill receiving cavity having a volume wherein a ratio of the volume of the fill receiving cavity to the volume of the retaining wall building block is at least 0.75:1, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Smart Slope, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Woolbright
  • Patent number: 5658098
    Abstract: A polymeric retaining wall building block comprising a base, a generally upright face wall extending upward from the base, and two generally upright side walls extending upward from the base and generally rearward of the face wall. A fill receiving cavity is defined by inner surfaces of the base, face wall, and side walls for receiving fill material, such as earth, during construction of a retaining wall. The base, face wall, and side walls each have a mean thickness which is less than approximately 10% of the width of the block to maximize the volume of the fill receiving cavity, the width of the block being defined by the distance between outer surfaces of the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Hercules Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: 5277012
    Abstract: A retaining wall building block comprises a face wall and two side walls extending rearwardly from the face wall from the opposite ends thereof with the face wall and two side walls being shaped and arranged such that the block has a generally C-shaped configuration as viewed from above. An ear projects outwardly from one of the side walls. A notch is provided in the other of the side walls for receiving the ear of a second building block of identical construction when the blocks are placed in side-by-side relation. The blocks may pivot relative to one another about a generally vertical axis such that a plurality of blocks of substantially identical construction may be selectively arranged in a variety of configurations ranging from a generally straight-line configuration, a generally convex configuration and a generally concave configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: D340996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: D347285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: St. Louis Retaining Wall Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: D360475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: D362077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright
  • Patent number: D372106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: St. Louis Retaining Wall Company
    Inventor: Mark A. Woolbright