Patents by Inventor Paul J. Machado

Paul J. Machado 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: 7494019
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention disclose a shelving system having one or more support posts with a plurality of shelf connectors connected to the side of the support post. The connectors can be rigidly secured to the posts and/or can extend through the post and have a portion protruding from both lateral sides of the post. One or more shelves can attach to one or more of the shelf connectors at a variety of heights and extend in a variety of directions with respect tot the support post. These shelves can have a plurality of fingers for connection with laterally-extending support pins mounted to the support posts. Some embodiments also employ shelf brackets having bearing surfaces to distribute load from the shelves tot the vertical support posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Kessell, Paul J. Machado, Francis Aloysius Kelly, Bruce W. Hosker, Michael D. Potter, Bobby L. Salter, Peterjohn R. C. Walters