Patents Assigned to Itasca Plastics Inc.
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Patent number: 10995502Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a corner guard and a wall guard, and a method of installing the corner guard and a wall guard that reduces the installation time and provides an improved aesthetic appearance. A corner guard and a wall guard each includes an elongated cover member that is terminated at one end, or both ends, by an end cap. The end cap is sonically welded or otherwise adhered directly to the cover member rather than being attached separately to an underlying base member. The cover member with end cap can then be slid on or snapped onto the underlying base member together.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Itasca Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Eric A. Field, Matthew W. Field
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Publication number: 20190376299Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a corner guard and a wall guard, and a method of installing the corner guard and a wall guard that reduces the installation time and provides an improved aesthetic appearance. A corner guard and a wall guard each includes an elongated cover member that is terminated at one end, or both ends, by an end cap. The end cap is sonically welded or otherwise adhered directly to the cover member rather than being attached separately to an underlying base member. The cover member with end cap can then be slid on or snapped onto the underlying base member together.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Itasca Plastics, Inc,Inventors: Eric A. Field, Matthew W. Field
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Patent number: 9850664Abstract: A handrail system includes an elongated rail member; a plurality of attachment elements slidably carried on a back side of the elongated rail member; a plurality of brackets; and a plurality of pins wherein each pin is engageable through a distal end portion of a bracket to fix the attachment element to the bracket. According to the system, the brackets can be pre-mounted at spaced-apart positions onto a wall using fasteners, and then the rail member, with the carried attachment elements, can be mounted to the brackets by slidably adjusting the attachment elements along the rail member to register with the corresponding brackets. A pin is used at each attachment element/bracket pair to fix the attachment elements to the brackets and thus the rail member to the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Itasca Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Jorge M Pinheiro, Matthew F Barr
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Patent number: 9644836Abstract: A handrail system includes an elongated rail member, wherein the rail member includes a slot for carrying illumination elements, such as LED elements. The LED elements are provided in a light assembly that includes the LED's carried on a printed circuit board that is held by a lens member, the lens member being captured in the rail member slot. A cover the rail member can be co-extruded to have an opaque portion and a clear or translucent portion. The clear or translucent portion can overlie illumination elements. The opaque portion can cover the remainder of the rail member.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Itasca Plastics, IncInventors: Eric A. Field, Matthew W. Field
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Publication number: 20150102278Abstract: A handrail system includes an elongated rail member; a plurality of attachment elements slidably carried on a back side of the elongated rail member; a plurality of brackets; and a plurality of pins wherein each pin is engageable through a distal end portion of a bracket to fix the attachment element to the bracket. According to the system, the brackets can be pre-mounted at spaced-apart positions onto a wall using fasteners, and then the rail member, with the carried attachment elements, can be mounted to the brackets by slidably adjusting the attachment elements along the rail member to register with the corresponding brackets. A pin is used at each attachment element/bracket pair to fix the attachment elements to the brackets and thus the rail member to the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Itasca Plastics Inc.Inventors: Jorge M. Pinheiro, Matthew F. Barr