Patents by Inventor Erich Edwin Bredl

Erich Edwin Bredl 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).

  • Universal swing hinge and gravity-closing gate assembly
    Patent number: 8413380
    Abstract: A universal swing hinge assembly and gravity-closing gate assembly can be attached to a guardrail on either side of a guardrail opening. A hinge pin can be disposed through the universal swing hinge assembly and the gravity-closing gate for attaching the gravity-closing gate thereto. The universal swing hinge assembly can have a C-configuration that allows the gravity-closing gate to swing open in either direction from a lowest neutral position. A recess of the universal swing hinge assembly can have an angled hinge face that opens towards the guardrail opening. In operation, the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to rise from the lowest neutral position when the gravity-closing gate is opening, and the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to return to the lowest neutral position when closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Intrepid Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Edwin Bredl, Lakshminarasimhan S. Muthu
  • Universal swing hinge assembly for gravity-closing gates
    Patent number: 8365358
    Abstract: A universal swing hinge assembly for a gravity-closing gate can be attached to a guardrail on either side of a guardrail opening. A hinge pin can be disposed through the universal swing hinge assembly and gravity-closing gate for attaching the gravity-closing gate thereto. The universal swing hinge assembly can have a C-configuration that allows the gravity-closing gate to swing open in either direction from a lowest neutral position. A recess of the universal swing hinge assembly can have an angled hinge face that opens towards the guardrail opening. In operation, the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to rise from the lowest neutral position when the gravity-closing gate is opening, and the angled hinge face can cause the gravity-closing gate to return to the lowest neutral position when closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Intrepid Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Edwin Bredl, Lakshminarasimhan S. Muthu
  • Kick plate
    Patent number: D1014794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Lakshminarasimhan S. Muthu, Erich Edwin Bredl, Rickie Lynn Shipley