Patents by Inventor Francis Steven Smidler
Francis Steven Smidler 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).
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Patent number: 10272859Abstract: A trailer frame includes a rear bolster, cross-members, and corner gussets extending forwardly from ends of the rear bolster. A rear impact guard includes a bumper positioned at the rear end of the trailer and spaced below the rear bolster, pair of outboard posts, and at least one inboard post. The outboard posts extend between the bumper and the rear bolster adjacent respective opposed distal ends of the bumper, and the inboard post extends between the bumper and the rear bolster between the outboard posts. Each of the pair of outboard posts has a lower end that overlaps with a respective mounting bracket that protrudes upwardly toward the rear bolster from the bumper such that mounting holes of the outboard posts align with mounting holes of the mounting brackets. A laterally-outboard panel of each mounting bracket extends obliquely from the bumper in a direction with a laterally-outward component.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Publication number: 20180009401Abstract: A trailer frame includes a rear bolster, cross-members, and corner gussets extending forwardly from ends of the rear bolster. A rear impact guard includes a bumper positioned at the rear end of the trailer and spaced below the rear bolster, pair of outboard posts, and at least one inboard post. The outboard posts extend between the bumper and the rear bolster adjacent respective opposed distal ends of the bumper, and the inboard post extends between the bumper and the rear bolster between the outboard posts. Each of the pair of outboard posts has a lower end that overlaps with a respective mounting bracket that protrudes upwardly toward the rear bolster from the bumper such that mounting holes of the outboard posts align with mounting holes of the mounting brackets. A laterally-outboard panel of each mounting bracket extends obliquely from the bumper in a direction with a laterally-outward component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Patent number: 9771040Abstract: A trailer frame includes a rear bolster, cross-members, and corner gussets extending forwardly from ends of the rear bolster. A rear impact guard includes a bumper positioned at the rear end of the trailer and spaced below the rear bolster, pair of outboard posts, and at least one inboard post. The outboard posts extend between the bumper and the rear bolster adjacent respective opposed distal ends of the bumper, and the inboard post extends between the bumper and the rear bolster between the outboard posts. Each of the pair of outboard posts has a lower end that overlaps with a respective mounting bracket that protrudes upwardly toward the rear bolster from the bumper such that mounting holes of the outboard posts align with mounting holes of the mounting brackets. A laterally-outboard panel of each mounting bracket extends obliquely from the bumper in a direction with a laterally-outward component.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Publication number: 20170050595Abstract: A trailer frame includes a rear bolster, cross-members, and corner gussets extending forwardly from ends of the rear bolster. A rear impact guard includes a bumper positioned at the rear end of the trailer and spaced below the rear bolster, pair of outboard posts, and at least one inboard post. The outboard posts extend between the bumper and the rear bolster adjacent respective opposed distal ends of the bumper, and the inboard post extends between the bumper and the rear bolster between the outboard posts. Each of the pair of outboard posts has a lower end that overlaps with a respective mounting bracket that protrudes upwardly toward the rear bolster from the bumper such that mounting holes of the outboard posts align with mounting holes of the mounting brackets. A laterally-outboard panel of each mounting bracket extends obliquely from the bumper in a direction with a laterally-outward component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Patent number: 6910591Abstract: A transportable rack comprises a first upright attached to a first base member, a rolling device attached to the first base member, a second upright attached to a second base member, and a central support member having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the central support member is attached to the first base member, the second end portion attached to the second base member. A retractable beam member is slidably disposed within the central support member, the retractable beam member having a lift receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Schneider National, Inc.Inventors: Paul Knoll, Michael W. Weiss, Steve Jarosinski, Francis Steven Smidler, David Phillip Kunkel
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Publication number: 20030173314Abstract: A transportable rack comprises a first upright attached to a first base member, a rolling device attached to the first base member, a second upright attached to a second base member, and a central support member having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the central support member is attached to the first base member, the second end portion attached to the second base member. A retractable beam member is slidably disposed within the central support member, the retractable beam member having a lift receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Paul Knoll, Michael W. Weiss, Steve Jon Jarosinski, Francis Steven Smidler, David Phillip Kunkel
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Patent number: 6536607Abstract: A transportable rack comprising a first A-frame upright attached to a first base member, a rolling device rotatably attached to the first base member, and a second A-frame upright attached to a second base member. The transportable rack further includes a central support member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion attached to the first base member, the second end portion attached to the second base member. In addition, a retractable beam member is slidably disposed within the central support member, the retractable beam member having a lift receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Schneider National Inc.Inventors: Paul Knoll, Michael W. Weiss, Steve Jarosinski, Francis Steven Smidler, David Phillip Kunkel
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Patent number: D790407Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Patent number: D864038Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Patent number: D889320Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler
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Patent number: D1013579Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: STI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Patrick Miller, Francis Steven Smidler