Patents by Inventor Fred L. Adams

Fred L. Adams 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).

  • Separation members for selective placement between sheet members oriented horizontally and stacked vertically and method of usage thereof
    Patent number: 6722291
    Abstract: A specially configured spacer comprising a separation member for use oriented in arrays between sections of horizontally oriented sheet material such as sheetrock to allow handling of the individual sections thereof separately from one another. The separation members are configured such as to facilitate re-use thereof including a slot defined in the interlocking cellular construction thereof adapted to receive banding for compactly securing together a plurality of such separation members to facilitate recycling usage thereof. The separation member includes two planar support members spaced apart by an interlocking cellular construction for defining therebetween recesses for receiving the arms of a forklift to facilitate handling of the sections individually while still allowing recycling of the separation members for re-use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Slooters, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred L. Adams, Robert I. Handler, Robert R. Schlegel
  • Separation members for selective placement between sheet members oriented horizontally and stacked vertically and method of usage thereof
    Publication number: 20030177958
    Abstract: A specially configured spacer comprising a separation member is disclosed for use in the present invention oriented in arrays between sections of horizontally oriented sheet material such as sheetrock to allow handling of the individual sections thereof separately from one another. The separation members are configured such as to facilitate re-use thereof including a slot defined in the interlocking cellular construction thereof adapted to receive banding for compactly securing together a plurality of such separation members to facilitate recycling usage thereof. The separation member includes two planar support members spaced apart by an interlocking cellular construction for defining therebetween recesses for receiving the arms of a forklift to facilitate handling of the sections individually while still allowing recycling of the separation members for re-use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Fred L. Adams, Robert I. Handler, Robert R. Schlegel
  • Separation member extrusion
    Patent number: D472031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Slooters, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred L. Adams, Robert I. Handler, Robert R. Schlegel