Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Wochnick

Patrick A. Wochnick 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: 7152832
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a pipe including a base member having a pipe encircling support attached thereto. In one embodiment, an elongate flexible strap having opposed first and second ends is secured to the base member. The strap has ratchet teeth formed along one side thereof and latching mechanism on the strap adjacent one end through which the other end and a portion of the strap may move longitudinally. The latching mechanism includes a pawl yieldably biased toward the path of the strap to engage the ratchet teeth permitting movement of the strap in one direction and inhibiting movement in the opposite direction. The apparatus may include a supplementary connector adapted to be secured to a support structure, the supplementary connector having an opening formed therein adapted to receive and hold the base member therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Inventor: Patrick A. Wochnick
  • Publication number: 20050017133
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a pipe including a base member having a pipe encircling support attached thereto. In one embodiment, an elongate flexible strap having opposed first and second ends is secured to the base member. The strap has ratchet teeth formed along one side thereof and latching mechanism on the strap adjacent one end through which the other end and a portion of the strap may move longitudinally. The latching mechanism includes a pawl yieldably biased toward the path of the strap to engage the ratchet teeth permitting movement of the strap in one direction and inhibiting movement in the opposite direction. The apparatus may include a supplementary connector adapted to be secured to a support structure, the supplementary connector having an opening formed therein adapted to receive and hold the base member therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Patrick Wochnick
  • Patent number: 6685144
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a pipe including a base member having a pipe encircling support attached thereto. In one embodiment, the support includes a pair of opposed arcuate flexible gripping arms forming an arc of a circle into which the pipe may be inserted to grip the pipe and a holding clamp having a pair of opposed laterally spaced holding arms which fits around the outside of the gripping arms. In another embodiment, an elongate flexible strap having opposed first and second ends is secured to the base member. The strap has ratchet teeth formed along one side thereof and a latching mechanism on the strap adjacent one end through which the other end and a portion of the strap may move longitudinally. The latching mechanism includes a pawl yieldably biased toward the path of the strap to engage the ratchet teeth permitting movement of the strap in one direction and inhibiting movement in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Patrick A. Wochnick