Patents by Inventor Beverly Pearce

Beverly Pearce 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).

  • Convertible shipping container
    Patent number: 11846108
    Abstract: A convertible container includes a top panel, a first longitudinal wall panel, a second longitudinal wall panel, and a bottom panel. The first longitudinal wall panel has a first longitudinal edge. The first longitudinal edge is connected to the top panel via a hinge. The second longitudinal wall panel has a second longitudinal edge. The second longitudinal edge is connected to the top panel at a fixed 90-degree angle. The bottom panel has an openable edge. The bottom panel is permanently coupled to the first longitudinal wall panel and removably coupled to the second longitudinal wall panel at the openable edge. The top panel is moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration. A method of assembling a functional structure includes providing the convertible container and lifting and rotating the second longitudinal wall panel away from the bottom panel about the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Beverly Pearce
  • CONVERTIBLE SHIPPING CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20210246675
    Abstract: A convertible shipping container includes a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge that is diagonally opposed to the first longitudinal edge in a first configuration and a hinged longitudinal edge and a lockable longitudinal edge that is diagonally opposed to the hinged longitudinal edge in the first configuration. The first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge each comprise 90° fixed edges, and the lockable longitudinal edge is configured to be unlocked and opened to thereby expand the convertible shipping container into a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Beverly Pearce
  • Method of making a composite building material
    Patent number: 7255765
    Abstract: A composite building component includes a non-planar molded composite web having two outer zones and two angled zones wherein the caliper of the angled zones differs from the caliper of at least one of the outer zones, and a flange disposed on an outer surface of an outer zone. A method of providing a composite building component also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Ruggie, Brian Bonomo, Lemuel Lee Braddock, Toplica Koledin, Bei-Hong Liang, Steven K. Lynch, Kathleen Nemivant, Beverly Pearce, Mark Allen Weldon
  • Composite building components, and method of making same
    Publication number: 20050011605
    Abstract: A composite building component includes a non-planar molded composite web having two outer zones and two angled zones wherein the caliper of the angled zones differs from the caliper of at least one of the outer zones, and a flange disposed on an outer surface of an outer zone. A method of providing a composite building component also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Ruggie, Brian Bonomo, Lemuel Braddock, Toplica Koledin, Bei-Hong Liang, Steven Lynch, Kathleen Nemivant, Beverly Pearce, Mark Weldon
  • Composite building components, and method of making same
    Patent number: 6773791
    Abstract: A composite building component includes a non-planar molded composite web having two outer zones and two angled zones wherein the caliper of the angled zones differs from the caliper of at least one of the outer zones, and a flange disposed on an outer surface of an outer zone. A method of providing a composite building component also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Ruggie, Brian Bonomo, Lemuel Lee Braddock, Toplica Koledin, Bei-Hong Liang, Steven K. Lynch, Kathleen Nemivant, Beverly Pearce, Mark Allen Weldon
  • Composite building components, and method of making same
    Publication number: 20030136079
    Abstract: A composite building component, including a non-planar molded composite web having two outer zones and two angled zones wherein the caliper of the angled zones differs from the caliper of at least one of the outer zones, and a flange disposed on an outer surface of an outer zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Mark A. Ruggie, Brian Bonomo, Lemuel Lee Braddock, Toplica Koledin, Bei-Hong Liang, Steven K. Lynch, Kathleen Nemivant, Beverly Pearce, Mark Allen Weldon
  • Composite building components and method of making same
    Patent number: 6511567
    Abstract: A composite building component, including a non-planar molded composite web having two outer zones and two angled zones wherein the caliper of the angled zones differs from the caliper of at least one of the outer zones, and a flange disposed on an outer surface of an outer zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Ruggie, Brian Bonomo, Lemuel Lee Braddock, Toplica Koledin, Bei-Hong Liang, Steven K. Lynch, Kathleen Nemivant, Beverly Pearce, Mark Allen Weldon