Patents by Inventor Mark H. Steinke

Mark H. Steinke 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: 4513669
    Abstract: Shelving structure comprises a post having two flanges, a shelf having a top wall and side flanges, and several clips to attach each corner of each shelf to an associated post. Each clip has two perpendicular flanges, one pair of coplanar fingers extending from one flange and another pair of coplanar fingers extending from the other flange. Each finger carries a hook. The fingers are located in corresponding apertures in a post and the hook bears against the outer surface of the post. The shelf flanges fit between the clip and the associated post flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark H. Steinke
  • Patent number: 4408928
    Abstract: A rectangular channel member has coplanar spaced-apart wall portions defining a slot therebetween and each having a flange extending from the slot inwardly of the channel member and away from the other wall portion at an acute angle. A generally U-shaped connector is disposable within the channel member across the slot and includes rectangular recesses receiving the flanges therein. A threaded fastener engageable with the connector extends through the slot for engagement with a support member, tighening of the fastener causing deformation of the flanges by the connector for wedging the flanges in the connector recesses. The support member may constitute a bracket for coupling the channel member to another channel member, several different bracket constructions being disclosed for coupling to different types of channel members and for different orientations of the channel members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark H. Steinke
  • Patent number: 4352529
    Abstract: The system includes an elongated latching bar located behind the drawers and rotatable between latching and unlatching positions. A spring biases the latching bar to its latching position. A latching clip is mounted on each drawer and has a cam for engaging the latching bar and causing rotation thereof to its unlatching position as the drawer is closed. The latching clip has a keeper for receiving the latching bar as it rotates back to its latching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark H. Steinke
  • Patent number: 4300313
    Abstract: A fence or railing construction includes two vertical spaced-apart railing posts defining a gateway therebetween and each provided with an elongated vertical guide member which projects into the gateway. A gate is provided with vertical end posts in the form of channel members, the slots of which are dimensioned for respectively receiving therein the guide members, the gate being dimensioned so that the guide members can be inserted into the slots of the gate end posts only by vertical sliding movement. The railing posts and gate end posts are channel members of substantially identical transverse cross section. Two different forms of channel member are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark H. Steinke
  • Patent number: 4278361
    Abstract: A rectangular channel member has coplanar spaced-apart wall portions defining a slot therebetween and each having a flange extending from the slot inwardly of the channel member and away from the other wall portion at an acute angle. A generally U-shaped connector is disposable within the channel member across the slot and includes rectangular recesses receiving the flanges therein. A threaded fastener engageable with the connector extends through the slot for engagement with a support member, tightening of the fastener causing deformation of the flanges by the connector for wedging the flanges in the connector recesses. The support member may constitute a bracket for coupling the channel member to another channel member, several different bracket constructions being disclosed for coupling to different types of channel members and for different orientations of the channel members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark H. Steinke