Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Bayer

Thomas E. Bayer 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).

  • Hand rail coupler system
    Patent number: 5615968
    Abstract: A staging system has a hand rail coupler system with an inner coupling tube which interconnects two coaxially aligned hand rail sections. A pair of opposed coupler clamps are aligned over the interconnected hand rail sections. A studded knob extends through the opposing coupler clamps and the inner coupling tube and is connected to a nut. Rotation of the studded knob acts to tighten the coupler clamps to hold the hand rail sections in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Werner Co.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Verenski, Thomas E. Bayer
  • Method and apparatus for making hook to rail connection for scaffolds or the like
    Patent number: 4561165
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making hook-to-rail connections for scaffolds or the like, namely a method of securing an offset hook to a rail or beam of generally I-shape by inserting an arcuate plate of such ductility as to be deformable upon extension thereof to fill spacing between the flanged ends of the rail or beam and the hook and to secure the hook to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: R. D. Werner Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bayer