Patents by Inventor Barry R. Albert

Barry R. Albert 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).

  • Patent number: 9090273
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: THE AMES COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140246838
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
  • Patent number: 8752847
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey
  • Publication number: 20130313796
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, DANIEL F. MARSHALL, JOSHUA O. MULLEN, MICHAEL J. LUPEY, JR.
  • Patent number: 8579342
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the lower section of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Patent number: 8523198
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120326407
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: AMES TRUE TEMPER, INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100276952
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the lower section of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Patent number: 7798545
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the lower section of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point of the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Publication number: 20100187843
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the medial portions of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point of the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Patent number: 7726714
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the medial portions of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point of the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Publication number: 20100109269
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow axle bracket that is also a handle end cap structured to enclose the forward end of each wheelbarrow handle member. As each end cap is disposed in the same general location that a traditional axle bracket would occupy, the end cap includes an axle support structured to be rotatably coupled to an axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: BARRY R. ALBERT, Eric D. Hyp
  • Publication number: 20090189401
    Abstract: This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the medial portions of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a traverse pivot point, the handle members are only required to travel through a limited range of motion. Additionally, the second, blade assembly pivot point is preferably an offset pivot point. Thus, because the second, blade assembly pivot point is disposed at a medial point of the blade assemblies, the motion of the handle members, which are coupled to the upper ends of the blade assemblies, is reversed relative to the lower ends of the blade members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Norton, Barry R. Albert
  • Patent number: D595470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Eric D. Hyp
  • Patent number: D600081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua O. Mullen, Barry R. Albert
  • Patent number: D617615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: David Randolph, James M. Wagner, Cloyd R. Shawver, Martin R. Ehrenzeller, Jr., David L. Gallaway, Barry R. Albert, Jeffrey M. Norton
  • Patent number: D617616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: David Randolph, James M. Wagner, Cloyd R. Shawver, Martin R. Ehrenzeller, Jr., David L. Gallaway, Barry R. Albert, Jeffrey M. Norton
  • Patent number: D654650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Patent number: D654651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.
  • Patent number: D661452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Albert, Daniel F. Marshall, Joshua O. Mullen, Michael J. Lupey, Jr.