Patents by Inventor Richard A. Van Meter

Richard A. Van Meter 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: 4036466
    Abstract: A unitary concrete form installation of the flying deck type, preadjustable to selected dimensions and adapted to produce a horizontal building floor slab, comprises a deck formwork including a pair of deck supporting stringers, and scaffolding supporting the stringers and consequently the formwork, the scaffolding including spaced supporting posts disposed in quadrilateral relationship beneath the stringers, each post including elevator screw means for varying the effective length of the post, a shore head mounted on the upper end of each post and releasably secured to a stringer, pairs of cross braces of selected length extending between longitudinally and transversely spaced pairs of posts, and means for releasably securing the cross braces to the posts, thereby providing a form installation which may be transported as a single unit from one location to another for producing floor slabs in successive locations without dismantling the installation between locations and which may be dismantled following use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Symons Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Van Meter