Patents by Inventor Mark Kent Williams

Mark Kent Williams 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: 20200313411
    Abstract: In aspects of a cable stacker, the cable stacker includes a base for placement against a framing stud, and has dividers that extend perpendicular from the base. The dividers form cable slots between the dividers, and the cable slots accommodate cables that are guided in place between the dividers through open ends of the cable slots. The cable stacker can include cable separators that extend perpendicular from the dividers into the cable slots to separate the cables that are guided in place between the dividers. The cable stacker can also include cable retention tabs integrated with the dividers, where the cable retention tabs cover at least a portion of the open ends of the cable slots and retain the cables in the cable slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NSi Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Kent Williams
  • Patent number: 9751670
    Abstract: An improved twist off cable tie fastener having an elongate flexible strap defining a plurality of parallel adjacent transverse teeth. First end portion of elongate strap is tapered to a rounded tip for insertion through a channel defined in a dimensionally larger head portion carried at opposing end of the elongate strap. At least one angulated tooth carried by a flexing arm within the channel irremovably engages with the transverse teeth defined in the elongate strap. The head portion has two opposing and spaced apart wings to facilitate grasping and rotation by a user about a minor transverse axis of the elongate strap. Partial rotation of the wings concentrates strap fracturing forces at a position immediately adjacent to the head portion causing destruction of the cable tie fastener and allowing removal thereof without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: F. Balwyker Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kent Williams, Kenneth Garnet Fry, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170066577
    Abstract: An improved twist off cable tie fastener having an elongate flexible strap defining a plurality of parallel adjacent transverse teeth. First end portion of elongate strap is tapered to a rounded tip for insertion through a channel defined in a dimensionally larger head portion carried at opposing end of the elongate strap. At least one angulated tooth carried by a flexing arm within the channel irremovably engages with the transverse teeth defined in the elongate strap. The head portion has two opposing and spaced apart wings to facilitate grasping and rotation by a user about a minor transverse axis of the elongate strap. Partial rotation of the wings concentrates strap fracturing forces at a position immedately adjacent to the head portion causing destruction of the cable tie fastener and allowing removal thereof without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: F. BALWYKER INVESTMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kent Williams, Kenneth Garnet Fry, JR.
  • Patent number: 7934297
    Abstract: A twist off tamper-proof fastener having an elongate flexible strap defining a plurality of parallel adjacent transverse teeth in opposing planar surfaces. First end portion of elongate strap is tapered to a rounded tip for insertion through a “T” slot defined in a dimensionally larger head portion carried at opposing end of the elongate strap. A fixed tooth and plural angulated teeth carried by a flexing arm irremovably engage with the teeth defined in the elongate strap. The head portion is elliptic with opposing spaced apart rounded ends and opposing planar sides to facilitate grasping and twisting by a user, and for identifying indicia. A circumferentially extending notch is defined in the elongate strap immediately adjacent the head portion. Twisting the head portion creates shearing forces that are focused at the circumferential notch breaking the fastener and allowing removal without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Kent Williams, David Joe Williams, Kenneth Garnet Fry
  • Publication number: 20100071169
    Abstract: A twist off tamper-proof fastener having an elongate flexible strap defining a plurality of parallel adjacent transverse teeth in opposing planar surfaces. First end portion of elongate strap is tapered to a rounded tip for insertion through a “T” slot defined in a dimensionally larger head portion carried at opposing end of the elongate strap. A fixed tooth and plural angulated teeth carried by a flexing arm irremovably engage with the teeth defined in the elongate strap. The head portion is elliptic with opposing spaced apart rounded ends and opposing planar sides to facilitate grasping and twisting by a user, and for identifying indicia. A circumferentially extending notch is defined in the elongate strap immediately adjacent the head portion. Twisting the head portion creates shearing forces that are focused at the circumferential notch breaking the fastener and allowing removal without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Kent Williams, David Joe Williams, Kenneth Garnet Fry
  • Patent number: D721951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: F. Balwyker Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kent Williams, Kenneth Garnet Fry
  • Patent number: D805738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Kent Williams