Patents by Inventor Gary D. Werner

Gary D. Werner 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: 8342106
    Abstract: A board for a modular pallet including spaced apart mating sections that include tab sections including angled portions along the edges, and inboard facing shoulders spaced from the ends of the boards and adjacent to the tab sections, and a modular pallet including the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Meridian Tool Leasing & Maintenance, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Krupka, Anthony Taft, Gary D. Werner
  • Publication number: 20120132114
    Abstract: A board for a modular pallet, and a modular pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: MERIDIAN TOOL LEASING & MAINTENANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Krupka, Anthony Taft, Gary D. Werner
  • Patent number: 7024972
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tool for both removing and tightening screw-on drains that is simple and easy to use, has a simple design and is easy to manufacture. The tool is capable of engaging an inner surface of a drain flange in a manner that is sufficient to transfer enough force to remove screw-on drain flanges and is capable of use with various designs and sizes of screw-on drain flanges. Different size cams and different lever arms used on the cams allow the tool to optimize the radial force to torque ratio for both removal and insertion of screw-on drain flanges. In addition, nubs are used at the bottom of the drain flange to engage arms that typically are used on drain flanges to further add to the resistance that can be provided between the tool and the drain flange and distribute forces in a dynamic, instantaneous and automatic fashion to optimize removal of the drain flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: WJ Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Werner, Steven X. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20040237275
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tool for both removing and tightening screw-on drains that is simple and easy to use, has a simple design and is easy to manufacture. The tool is capable of engaging an inner surface of a drain flange in a manner that is sufficient to transfer enough force to remove screw-on drain flanges and is capable of use with various designs and sizes of screw-on drain flanges. Different size cams and different lever arms used on the cams allow the tool to optimize the radial force to torque ratio for both removal and insertion of screw-on drain flanges. In addition, nubs are used at the bottom of the drain flange to engage arms that typically are used on drain flanges to further add to the resistance that can be provided between the tool and the drain flange and distribute forces in a dynamic, instantaneous and automatic fashion to optimize removal of the drain flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Gary D. Werner, Steven X. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5894804
    Abstract: A pallet separator sheet is disclosure for placement between tiers of palletized cargo. The sheet inhibits movement of the cargo of a upper tier. The sheet protects the cargo of a lower tier and has a surface which grips the cargo of the lower tier. The separator sheet can include a first upper sheet of a stiff yet pliable first material having protrusions extending upwardly. A second lower sheet, preferable having cavities, is joined to a lower surface of the upper sheet so that the sheets are congruent. The second lower sheet having a greater coefficient of friction than the upper sheet. Separator sheet is generally rectangular and can have a lip extending at an angle to the main body of the separator sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Inventor: Gary D. Werner
  • Patent number: 5570643
    Abstract: A pull sheet pallet is provided and is adapted to be placed on a flat support surface for loading cargo thereon so that the cargo can be moved. The pallet comprises a sheet of material which is formed to have a plurality of nub structures thereon so that a plurality of protrusions extend upwardly from an upper surface of the material and a plurality of concavities are formed into a lower surface of the material. The sheet pallet is constructed of a stiff yet pliable material such that, when cargo is loaded onto the upper surface, contacted ones of the nub structures operate to collapse thereby forming a plurality of course regions on the upper surface which inhibit lateral sliding movement of the cargo on and across the upper surface when the cargo is acted upon by a force. Uncontacted ones of the nub structures form a raised barrier which operates to resist lateral movement of the sliding cargo. A lip may be disposed along a peripheral edge of the sheet of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventor: Gary D. Werner