Patents by Inventor Gregory David Mercier

Gregory David Mercier 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).

  • Breakaway clamp for roadside pole
    Patent number: 11441278
    Abstract: A breakaway pole including an elongated pole body extending between a bottom end and an upper end and a base connected to the bottom end of the elongated pole body. The base includes an interior flange having at least one slot. The breakaway pole includes a breakaway clamp mounted on the at least one slot of the interior flange of the base. The breakaway clamp includes a nut and a clamp body. The clamp body has a tapered main body and two lateral breakaway flanges. The lower portion of the tapered main body is positioned within the slot of the interior flange of the base. The two lateral breakaway flanges extend laterally outward from the upper portion of the tapered main body so that the two lateral breakaway flanges contact the interior flange of the base laterally beyond the at least one slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KEARNEY-NATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ray C. Minor, Gregory David Mercier
  • BREAKAWAY CLAMP FOR ROADSIDE POLE
    Publication number: 20190145069
    Abstract: A breakaway pole including an elongated pole body extending between a bottom end and an upper end and a base connected to the bottom end of the elongated pole body. The base includes an interior flange having at least one slot. The breakaway pole includes a breakaway clamp mounted on the at least one slot of the interior flange of the base. The breakaway clamp includes a nut and a clamp body. The clamp body has a tapered main body and two lateral breakaway flanges. The lower portion of the tapered main body is positioned within the slot of the interior flange of the base. The two lateral breakaway flanges extend laterally outward from the upper portion of the tapered main body so that the two lateral breakaway flanges contact the interior flange of the base laterally beyond the at least one slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Kearney-National Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. Minor, Gregory David Mercier
  • Rotary cutting bit with material-deflecting ledge
    Patent number: 7204560
    Abstract: A cutting bit includes a body having a front surface and a side surface, the side surface including a shoulder below the front surface and extending substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the body, and a ring that is harder than the body attached to the body at a front surface of the shoulder. Wear life of the cutting bit is enhanced by maintaining particular dimensional relationships regarding the position of the ring on the body, and the diameter of portions of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Gregory David Mercier, Gary A. Fuller