Patents by Inventor Eric K. Cheng

Eric K. Cheng 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: 4678152
    Abstract: There is disclosed a bracket specially designed so that a panel fixed to the bracket can be easily and reliably engaged with the rail.A die cast bracket for use in supporting a panel has a first slot in a vertical edge and a second slot in a horizontal edge, and has a web located in a substantially vertical plane in use, the web having means whereby the panel can be fixed thereto.A kit for supporting a wall-supported item of furniture having vertical panels, the kit including at least one elongate support member, the elongate support member having a vertical web and a horizontal web, the horizontal web having a vertically downwardly extending flange and the vertical web having a horizontal extending flange, and the panel having or carrying a bracket or the like having one slot to receive the vertical flange and one slot to receive the horizontal flange when the panel is assembled to a horizontally-extending elongate support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Reyloc Limited
    Inventor: Eric K. Cheng
  • Patent number: 4625471
    Abstract: Apparatus for building, erecting or suspending structures includes a substantially horizontal elongate linear support member and a panel wherein the panel is releasably attached to the support member utilizing a "lift and rotate" assembly procedure. Suitable parts on the panel or on a bracket fixed thereto are capable of inter-engaging with the support member.The elongate linear support member preferably has a vertical web and a horizontal web, the vertical web being provided with a horizontally extending flange, the linear support member being constructed to cooperate with a panel intended to hang substantially vertical from the support member with its plane substantially perpendicular to the length of the support member. There is an engaging means between the upper edge of the panel and the support member and arranged to preclude horizontal separation of the panel and the support member once they are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Reyloc Limited
    Inventor: Eric K. Cheng