Patents by Inventor Frazer Costa
Frazer Costa 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: 7387212Abstract: An adjustable wall mounting apparatus and method of installing the same includes a plurality of vertical uprights and a top rail assembly. The top rail assembly is configured to be mounted to a surface to achieve a selected top rail width. A plurality of covers having a predetermined length are provided. Each cover is adapted to mount to and hide exposed portions of the installed support rail segments. Each cover can be positioned between and act as a spacer to set a predefined distance between adjacent ones of the plurality of vertical uprights hung from the support rail segments. The method includes installing the top rail, hanging an upright, and then using covers to correctly space additional uprights hung from the top rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventors: Frazer Costa, Anthony Marchetta, David M. Stitchick
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Patent number: 7314144Abstract: A shoe storage shelf assembly is suitable for mounting to an organizer system and has at least one storage shelf with a top side, an underside, a depth from front to back, and a width from side to side. The shelf is configured for use as a standard storage shelf in an organizer system. The assembly also has a pair of shelf support brackets each with a body having a rear end and an upward facing shelf support surface. The support surface is forwardly and downwardly inclined and has an upturned stop at a distal forward end. Connectors extend rearward from the rear end of the brackets and are configured to connect to uprights in an organizer system. The shelf can be inverted such that its top side rests on the shelf support surfaces with its front borne against the upturned stops.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: David M. Stitchick, Anthony Marchetta, Radu Ghiorghie, Keith A. Pelfrey, Frazer Costa, Gina Rodi
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Patent number: 7296697Abstract: An organizer system has a length adjustable horizontal top rail, a plurality of length adjustable vertical uprights, and a plurality of mounting brackets attachable to the uprights. The mounting brackets are mounted to the uprights at any of multiple optional desired locations. One or more shelves are mounted to the mounting brackets. The shelf width is adjustable to virtually any width from a minimum single shelf width by using two or more of the shelves. Storage accessories can be mounted to the system and can include shoe storage shelves, shoe storage racks, clothes hanging rods, vertical storage devices, and forwardly and rearwardly slidable storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventors: Frazer Costa, Radu Ghiorghie, Anthony Marchetta, Gina Rodi, David M. Stitchick, Sean O'Brien
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Patent number: 7255237Abstract: A height adjustable upright for an adjustable organizer system has at least one first segment with a upper end configured to hang from a mounting rail and has a lower end. The upright also has at least one second segment with a pair of opposed ends, at least one of which being configured to connect end-to-end with the lower end of the first segment. A clip has a pair of opposed ends each configured to connect to the lower end of the first segment and to the one end of the at least one second segment to hang the second segment from the first segment.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid IncorporatedInventors: David M. Stitchick, Anthony Marchetta, Frazer Costa, Sean M. O'Brien
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Patent number: 7188740Abstract: An adjustable width wire shelving unit has at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf. Each shelf has an elongate front wire, an elongate rear wire, and a plurality of transverse wires connected and extending between the respective front and rear wires. The front and rear wires extend a width of their respective shelf. The first shelf is sized to overlap and nest with the second shelf over a desired fraction of its width. The transverse wires of the overlapped first and second shelves lie in essentially the same plane to form a support surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Marchetta, David M. Stitchick, Radu Ghiorghie, Frazer Costa, Gina Rodi
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Publication number: 20050150436Abstract: An adjustable width wire shelving unit has at least one first shelf and at least one second shelf. Each shelf has an elongate front wire, an elongate rear wire, and a plurality of transverse wires connected and extending between the respective front and rear wires. The front and rear wires extend a width of their respective shelf. The first shelf is sized to overlap and nest with the second shelf over a desired fraction of its width. The transverse wires of the overlapped first and second shelves lie in essentially the same plane to form a support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Marchetta, David Stitchick, Radu Ghiorghie, Frazer Costa, Gina Rodi
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Publication number: 20050150850Abstract: A shoe storage shelf assembly is suitable for mounting to an organizer system and has at least one storage shelf with a top side, an underside, a depth from front to back, and a width from side to side. The shelf is configured for use as a standard storage shelf in an organizer system. The assembly also has a pair of shelf support brackets each with a body having a rear end and an upward facing shelf support surface. The support surface is forwardly and downwardly inclined and has an upturned stop at a distal forward end. Connectors extend rearward from the rear end of the brackets and are configured to connect to uprights in an organizer system. The shelf can be inverted such that its top side rests on the shelf support surfaces with its front borne against the upturned stops.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: David Stitchick, Radu Ghiorghie, Anthony Marchetta, Keith Pelfrey, Frazer Costa, Gina Rodi
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Publication number: 20050145588Abstract: A height adjustable upright for an adjustable organizer system has at least one first segment with a upper end configured to hang from a mounting rail and has a lower end. The upright also has at least one second segment with a pair of opposed ends, at least one of which being configured to connect end-to-end with the lower end of the first segment. A clip has a pair of opposed ends each configured to connect to the lower end of the first segment and to the one end of the at least one second segment to hang the second segment from the first segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: David Stitchick, Anthony Marchetta, Frazer Costa, Sean O'Brien
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Publication number: 20050145147Abstract: An adjustable wall mounting apparatus and method of installing the same includes a plurality of vertical uprights and a top rail assembly. The top rail assembly is configured to be mounted to a surface to achieve a selected top rail width. A plurality of covers having a predetermined length are provided. Each cover is adapted to mount to and hide exposed portions of the installed support rail segments. Each cover can be positioned between and act as a spacer to set a predefined distance between adjacent ones of the plurality of vertical uprights hung from the support rail segments. The method includes installing the top rail, hanging an upright, and then using covers to correctly space additional uprights hung from the top rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: Rubbermaid, Inc.Inventors: Frazer Costa, Anthony Marchetta, David Stitchick
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Publication number: 20050011420Abstract: An organizer system has a length adjustable horizontal top rail, a plurality of length adjustable vertical uprights, and a plurality of mounting brackets attachable to the uprights. The mounting brackets are mounted to the uprights at any of multiple optional desired locations. One or more shelves are mounted to the mounting brackets. The shelf width is adjustable to virtually any width from a minimum single shelf width by using two or more of the shelves. Storage accessories can be mounted to the system and can include shoe storage shelves, shoe storage racks, clothes hanging rods, vertical storage devices, and forwardly and rearwardly slidable storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: January 20, 2005Inventors: Frazer Costa, Radu Ghiorghie, Anthony Marchetta, Gina Rodi, David Stitchick, Sean O'Brien