Patents by Inventor Richard Thomas Peek

Richard Thomas Peek 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).

  • WASTE CONTAINER WITH IMPROVED LOWER GRAB BAR
    Publication number: 20190300280
    Abstract: The specification discloses a waste container including a lower grab bar having a self-adjusting length to accommodate flexure of the container and to ease installation of the grab bar in the container. The grab bar includes an outer tube, a plunger slidably received within the outer tube, and a spring within the tube. The spring biases the plunger outwardly with respect to the tube, so that the grab bar has a compressed position and an uncompressed/expanded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Peek, Jeffrey Eric Totten, Brian Gary Parker
  • Seating structure having flexible support surface
    Patent number: 7472962
    Abstract: A seating structure includes a plurality of boss structures arranged in a pattern and a plurality of web structures joining adjacent boss structures within the pattern. At least some of the web structures are spaced apart such that they define openings therebetween. Adjacent rows of said web structures are spaced or staggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Carmel Caruso, Steven Jerome Caruso, John Fredric Aldrich, Andrew Keith Hector, Thomas William Granzow, Dean Thomas Miller, Richard Thomas Peek, Benjamin Booth Edinger, Chad D. Aerts
  • Seating structure having flexible support surface
    Patent number: 7455365
    Abstract: A seating structure includes a plurality of boss structures arranged in a pattern and a plurality of web structures joining adjacent boss structures within the pattern. At least some of the web structures are non-planar and at least some adjacent web structures are spaced apart such that they define openings therebetween. In another aspect, the seating structure includes a plurality of boss structures arranged in a pattern and defining a support surface and a plurality of web structures joining adjacent boss structures within the pattern. At least some adjacent web structures are spaced apart and shaped such that they define substantially non-circular openings therebetween when viewed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the support surface. A reinforced frame is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Carmel Caruso, Steven Jerome Caruso, John Fredric Aldrich, Andrew Keith Hector, Thomas William Granzow, Dean Thomas Miller, Richard Thomas Peek