Patents by Inventor Donald L. Riviere

Donald L. Riviere 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: 4425852
    Abstract: An expendable pallet comprises a deck or platform having feet anchored to the platform to space the platform from the floor. Each of the feet supporting the deck or platform comprises an engageable cup-like member and an annular locking ring member. The cup-like member is insertable within a suitable hole in the platform to engage a peripheral flange on the upper extremity thereof with the upper platform surface. A circumferential shoulder is provided exteriorly on the cup-like member in spaced relation beneath the flange. The locking ring member comprises a depending skirt that terminates at its lower extremity with an annular shoulder engaging surface and has an outwardly and peripherally extending flange at the upper extremity thereof. The locking ring member is adapted for disposal beneath the platform and exteriorly on the cup-like member to engage upon the shoulder of the cup-like member and sandwich the platform between the opposed flanges of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Donald L. Riviere