Patents by Inventor Bryan S. Ritchie

Bryan S. Ritchie 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: 9714116
    Abstract: A two-component pallet includes an upper part defining a deck and including a plurality of posts, and a lower part including a corresponding plurality of feet arranged in complement with the posts. The posts and the feet each include an alignment member and ribs. The upper part is welded to the lower part such that the ribs are welded together. The alignment member of the posts is engaged with the alignment member of the feet without being welded. In some embodiments, the ribs are bent to better absorb impact from a forklift tine or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MONOFLO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Henning Rader, Axel Sommer, Bryan S. Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20160288951
    Abstract: A two-component pallet includes an upper part defining a deck and including a plurality of posts, and a lower part including a corresponding plurality of feet arranged in complement with the posts. The posts and the feet each include an alignment member and ribs. The upper part is welded to the lower part such that the ribs are welded together. The alignment member of the posts is engaged with the alignment member of the feet without being welded. In some embodiments, the ribs are bent to better absorb impact from a forklift tine or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Henning Rader, Axel Sommer, Bryan S. Ritchie
  • Patent number: 5615903
    Abstract: A utility cart having a tool handle holding device for firmly holding the handle of a long handled lawn or garden tool to the side of the utility cart is disclosed. The device comprises one or more clips that are disposed below the rim of the bin of the utility cart. The cart and the clip(s) may be integrally molded from a suitable plastic material, such as high density polyethylene. Each clip is deformable within its elastic limit so that a tool handle may be insertingly forced into the clip wherein it is held within the clip, upon elastic contraction of the clip, by a tool retaining flange and a tool retaining lip. Removal of the tool handle from the clip is effected by removingly forcing the handle out of the clip whereupon the clip deforms sufficiently to allow the tool handle to pass between the tool retaining flange and the tool retaining lip. Upon removal of the handle from the clip, the clip then contracts to its pre-insertion, nondeformed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: O. Ames Co.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Spear, Frank G. Czerwinski, Bryan S. Ritchie
  • Patent number: D375882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: O. Ames Co.
    Inventors: Bryan S. Ritchie, Kenneth J. Spear
  • Patent number: D381875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: O. Ames Co.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Spear, Bryan S. Ritchie
  • Patent number: D914323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MONOFLO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Bryan S. Ritchie
  • Patent number: D982877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MONOFLO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Tillman Schmid, Bryan S. Ritchie