Patents by Inventor Dale Maynard

Dale Maynard 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).

  • Frame member fastening device and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8087208
    Abstract: A frame member fastening device and method of manufacture provides a single configuration fastening device which can be used singly in connection with a frame member, or which can be combined with another identical fastening device to form a fastening device assembly for use with frame members of different internal widths, by interlocking two identical fastening devices in an opposed, base-to-base assembly configuration. The fastening device is manufactured in a progressive metal forming process with successive stages in which the features of the device are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Quintile, Michael Bittner, Dale Maynard
  • FRAME MEMBER FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20100077694
    Abstract: A frame member fastening device and method of manufacture provides a single configuration fastening device which can be used singly in connection with a frame member, or which can be combined with another identical fastening device to form a fastening device assembly for use with frame members of different internal widths, by interlocking two identical fastening devices in an opposed, base-to-base assembly configuration. The fastening device is manufactured in a progressive metal forming process with successive stages in which the features of the device are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Mark QUINTILE, Michael Bittner, Dale Maynard