Patents by Inventor Durwood E. Graddy

Durwood E. Graddy 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: 3982373
    Abstract: A standing rib roof structure made up of a plurality of panels joined along adjacent edges, the adjacent edges each being formed as half a standing rib so that the seam between each adjacent pair of panels becomes a standing rib, each edge having a locking means thereon, one edge having a female locking member and the opposite edge having a male locking member that is lockable to the female locking member by being received therein, and a panel clip for fixing the panels to a building, the panel clip being receivable between the male locking member and the female locking member, and having a base for securing the clip to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: American Buildings Company
    Inventors: Lyle L. Wilson, Robert N. McDonald, Richard W. Mullin, Durwood E. Graddy