Patents by Inventor Geert van Gijsel

Geert van Gijsel 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: 7346962
    Abstract: A suspension or staying system uses a length of wire or cable with a hook or plain bead secured to one end. The hook may be secured directly or indirectly to a structure, or pass around a fixed structure such as a beam, purlin or girder, or something fixed thereto, such as a clip, hook or eye, and hooked to the length of wire to form a loop. The hook may include an enlarged beaded end which may be used directly with some fasteners or clamps, or with a clip to form a loop. The clip may be used with the plain beaded end or a hooked beaded end. The enlarged bead of either enables the length of wire to be caught by somewhat smaller holes in a variety of structural fasteners. The other or free end of the wire or cable is extended through a jam cleat and around an object to be suspended or stayed, and then back through the jam cleat to form a tightenable, adjustable loop simply by pulling on the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Geert van Gijsel, Peter Naaijkens, Raymond S. Laughlin
  • Patent number: 7150078
    Abstract: A suspension or staying system uses a length of wire or cable with a hook or plain bead secured to one end. The hook may be secured directly or indirectly to a structure. The other or free end of the wire or cable is extended through a jam cleat and around an object to be suspended or stayed, and then back through the jam cleat to form a tightenable, adjustable loop simply by pulling on the free end. Without the jam cleat and the adjustable loop, a fixture cleat may be employed to grip the wire or cable at any location for support or staying of objects such as light fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Erico International Corporation
    Inventors: Geert van Gijsel, Peter Naaijkens, Raymond S. Laughlin
  • Patent number: 7039987
    Abstract: A suspension or staying system uses a length of wire or cable with a hook or plain bead secured to one end. The hook may be secured directly or indirectly to a structure. The other or free end of the wire or cable is extended through a jam cleat and around an object to be suspended or stayed, and then back through the jam cleat to form a tightenable, adjustable loop simply by pulling on the free end. The jam cleat uses swinging wire gripping levers accommodating a range of wire sizes driving the wire against a curved sufface tightly to grip the wire to prevent wire movement in one direction. In one form the jam cleat may be locked for seismic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Geert van Gijsel, Peter Naaijkens, Raymond S. Laughlin
  • Publication number: 20030221296
    Abstract: A suspension or staying system uses a length of wire or cable with a hook or plain bead secured to one end. The hook may be secured directly or indirectly to a structure, or pass around a fixed structure such as a beam, purlin or girder, or something fixed thereto, such as a clip, hook or eye, and hooked to the length of wire to form a loop. The hook may include an enlarged beaded end which may be used directly with some fasteners or clamps, or with a clip to form a loop. The clip may be used with the plain beaded end or a hooked beaded end. The enlarged bead of either enables the length of wire to be caught by somewhat smaller holes in a variety of structural fasteners. The other or free end of the wire or cable is extended through a jam cleat and around an object to be suspended or stayed, and then back through the jam cleat to form a tightenable, adjustable loop simply by pulling on the free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Geert van Gijsel, Peter Naaijkens, Raymond S. Laughlin