Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Charles Lee Thomason
  • Construction template
    Patent number: 8109394
    Abstract: A construction template mounted on a mobile platform. The template is useful in the assembly of racks made for storing barrels, typically barrels of distilled spirits in a warehouse. Beams that will be joined to form a rack are placed alongside upright positioning elements of the construction template. Beams are placed horizontally held by tabs on the construction template. Then the upright and horizontal beams are joined to form a rack assembly that is lifted and moved off the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Blincoe
  • Dough ball lifter
    Patent number: 8104808
    Abstract: For use to enhance operations in a mechanized doughmaking facility, a dough ball lifter is comprised of a pair of opposing surrounds, having cutaways to minimize contact between the surrounds and the dough ball, and which lifter preferably is attachable to a robotic arm to move the surrounds from open to closed positions, so that the dough ball can be lifted and placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Papa John's International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon M. Newlin
  • Bone fixation system
    Patent number: 6342055
    Abstract: A novel apparatus for securing the head of a screw in a bone plate is disclosed in which bone fasteners or screws snap-fit into an undercut of fastener receiving openings of the bone plate. The bone fasteners or screws are designed such that they may be removed or repositioned from the snap-fit undercuts with the aid of a driver instrument. An embodiment is also disclosed in which a fusion cage is utilized in connection with bone plate and fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Theken Surgical LLC
    Inventors: Lukas G. Eisermann, Randall R. Theken
  • Pressure driver for pilings
    Patent number: 5040927
    Abstract: Apparatus that mounts on a standard construction vehicle, such as a crawler or a backhoe. The apparatus drives piles, including sheet piles, that typically are used for bulkheading and earth fortification. A hydraulic cylinder with a downward extendable piston is fixed on a leader and the hydraulic pressure drives the piles. The apparatus is self-erecting and transportable on the construction vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Inventor: Norman E. Wickberg
  • Retaining wall member
    Patent number: 4863315
    Abstract: A polymeric retaining wall member with interlocking means along its edges that are universally mateable to like members, such that a plurality of like members can be interlocked to form a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventor: Norman E. Wickberg
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D434662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Demptos Glass Company LLC
    Inventor: Ralph Colonna
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D434985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Demptos Glass Company LLC
    Inventor: Ralph Colonna