Patents by Inventor Edward W. Gatt

Edward W. Gatt 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: 4944398
    Abstract: A stackable and nestable tray for shipping of weather stripping. The tray has a central weight bearing hub which also acts as a stop to pervent weather stripping which is coiled about the hub from shifting in a manner which would damage the weather strip. The tray has a generally rounded body portion which has a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. A series of radially inwardly extending step-like protrusion are formed on the side wall with corresponding inwardly extending indentations on the opposite side of the side wall. The hub portion is hollow and includes a series of hollow radially outwardly extending protrusions with surfaces extending between the corresponding outwardly extending indentations in the hollow underside. The trays will stack one upon another in a first position and will nest into each other for return shipping when rotated to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Edward W. Gatt
  • Patent number: 4921101
    Abstract: The present invention is a rack for shipping sun roof modules including a bottom wall having a width and length and an upstanding end wall at each end of the length of the bottom wall. A pair of laterally spaced channel members extend upwardly along each end wall and an insert extends longitudinally and having ends disposed within longitudinally opposed channel members and adapted to receive sun roof modules placed thereon. The insert includes means for allowing successive inserts to be stacked with a sun roof module contained therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Edward W. Gatt