Patents by Inventor Bobbi MacNider

Bobbi MacNider 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: 5791502
    Abstract: A terminal section for a crossbeam attachable to a vertical column having a plurality of keyhole apertures, by such terminal section, as employed in rack storage systems, which terminal section features a pair of vertically spaced studs with a safety lock disposed through the terminal section therebetween. The safety lock includes a handle portion connected by a stud segment to a latch which is oppositely directed from the handle, such that when the studs and such latch are disposed in a trio of keyhole apertures of the vertical column, and when the handle is disposed downward the latch is upward whereby disengagement can not transpire until the handle is pointed up, and the latch down to permit separation of the terminal section from the vertical column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Lodi Metal Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Dalton Bietz, Bobbi MacNider