Patents by Inventor Homer E. Berry

Homer E. Berry 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: 4368914
    Abstract: A pickup unit for releasable connection to an anchor insert embedded in a body, such insert having an exposed head portion and a reduced shank portion extending from the head portion and into the body, includes a connecting member rotatable adjacent to the insert head portion, such connecting member having a recess of the bayonet slot type receiving the insert head portion captive within the connecting member while the insert shank portion extends outwardly therefrom upon relative rotation between the connecting member and the insert in one direction, and such connecting member releasing the insert head portion upon such relative rotation in the opposite direction, a latch mounted for in and out movement relative to the recess for respectively preventing and permitting relative movement of the insert head portion out of the recess, a lever movably connected to the connecting member, structure for coupling the lever and the latch, and structure for engaging the lever with such body, whereby a force may be appl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Superior Concrete Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Truitt, Homer E. Berry
  • Patent number: 4012159
    Abstract: A divider strip with an upstanding screed for use in connection with the pouring of a pair of adjoining concrete slabs, such strip being designed to be supported by a horizontal series of laterally and substantially equidistantly spaced stakes which are set below a predetermined grade level, and, in addition, being adapted when in its operative position to have wet concrete poured on opposite sides thereof in order to form a pair of adjoining slabs with at least one key joint therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Superior Concrete Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: Homer E. Berry