Patents Assigned to THE NORIX GROUP
  • Publication number: 20200260872
    Abstract: The intensive use furniture comprises one piece hollow body having a wood grain finish comprising a translucent first layer of plastic such as polyethylene of a first color having a relief portion wherein the translucent first layer comprises ridges and valleys with graduated transitions. The translucent first layer comprises a variable thickness layer on top of a base layer. The base layer having a second complementary color. The hollow body may further comprise a foamed layer of polyethylene on the base layer. Linear support ribs may extend from the foamed layer into the hollow body. The intensive use furniture attached to a building surface by a recessed attachment device having a recessed keyed removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20200206014
    Abstract: The removable restraint ring receptacle comprises a base for attachment to a furniture piece. The base adapted to receive a ligature resistant fastener. A restraint ring engaged by the fastener. The ligature resistant fastener may be a ball pin lock having a conical or rounded head. The head bearing against the restraint ring. The ligature resistant fastener further comprising a collar adapted to extend from the head to the base. The collar comprising a tapered outside surface adapted to span the gap between the head and the base when the ring is removed thereby providing a tapered protrusion to prevent the attachment of a ligature or snagging of clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 10575642
    Abstract: The intensive use shelf is constructed to attach to a wall and prevent ligature attachments. The intensive use shelf is formed of a one piece hollow body having sloped horizontal surfaces and without ligature tie off points such as holes in the one piece body. The body comprises a pair of sloped side walls, a sloped top and a pocket for retaining a hangar hook. Each of the pair of sloped sidewalls have a higher point on the wall and the lower point spaced from the wall. The sloped top is on the sloped sidewalls to provide a sloped top and hold the sidewalls spaced apart. The hangar support comprises an indentation in the body to hold a hangar hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20200054135
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20200037774
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a ligature proof wall mounted bed having a bed body molded of plastic or the like attached to a bed frame on a wall. The bed frame may comprise end supports having sloping surfaces attached to the wall by end plates. The sloping surfaces may extend up above the frame or down below the frame. The end supports may have molded outer shells adapted to receive the bed body in a ligature proof engagement. The frame may comprise support members extending normal to the wall to provide a support for the body. A mattress may be removably disposed on the bed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Brian Moon, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 10507150
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20190374371
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ting, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10463166
    Abstract: A molded mattress having a one piece seamless cover with a ventilation plug mounted in a tamper resistant recess formed surrounding a ventilation hole. The one piece seamless cover may have a plurality of airways formed in the cover to allow air circulation between the user and the mattress cover. The one piece seamless cover is integrally rotomolded to form a rugged comfortable mattress for intensive use environments. An RFID communication chip may be inserted in the cover for information management. The cover may be formed from solid color, translucent or transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed Richardson
  • Publication number: 20190254898
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use shelf comprising a ligature resistant design including a ligature resistant sloped top, a ligature resistant hangar recess and a contraband barrier on the mounting wall. The shelf having a body, two side panels, a top and a shelf. Each of the two side panels having a sloped top. The top comprising the side panels having a downward sloped configuration to resistant climbing and ligature attachment. A ligature resistant hangar support engagement on the shelf. The ligature resistant hangar support having a J-bar shaped recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20190208908
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20190135483
    Abstract: A shank proof container made of a flexible industrial plastic sheet sheet. The industrial plastic sheet sheet may be cut to form shapes that are welded by RF welding or other forming means to create a closed container having a bottom, side wall and an open top. The RF welding creates welded multi-layer seams that support the bottom spaced from the open top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20180325262
    Abstract: The invention is a rocker for therapeutic treatment of a user by control of actuators in the rocker and sensing biometric and mechanical conditions of and around the user. The rocker may be formed of a unitary body of translucent or transparent material. The body of the chair features a single tail floor engagement portion and a user area of seat and back. The rocker may have actuators mounted in or near the rocker to generate heat, sound, vibration or light, Sensors in and around the chair monitor movement of the rocker and biometric conditions of the user. A control panel in communication with the actuator and sensors controls and monitors conditions and communicates with a monitoring computer for storage and reporting. Predetermined patters of actuator activation may be programmed into the computer for transmission and execution by the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20180311092
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20180141697
    Abstract: A storage box for property storage having an open box side surrounded by an upper edge and closed by a lid engaged to the box edges to prevent the box from disengaging from the lid. The lid surroundingly engaging the upper edge of the box along a horizontal box flange around the perimeter of the open box side. A vertical box flange on three sides of the horizontal box flange surrounding the upper edge. A lid on the storage box. The lid having a box edge rail engagement for surroundingly and removably engaging the vertical box flange of the storage box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: THE NORIX GROUP
    Inventor: Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20170290439
    Abstract: A molded mattress having a one piece seamless cover with a ventilation plug mounted in a tamper resistant recess formed surrounding a ventilation hole. The one piece seamless cover may have a plurality of airways formed in the cover to allow air circulation between the user and the mattress cover. The one piece seamless cover is integrally rotomolded to form a rugged comfortable mattress for intensive use environments. An RFID communication chip may be inserted in the cover for information management. The cover may be formed from solid color, translucent or transparent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed Richardson
  • Patent number: D881592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Rashid
  • Patent number: D892513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Rashid
  • Patent number: D893207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Rashid
  • Patent number: D893209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Rashid
  • Patent number: D893210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Karim Rashid