Patents by Inventor James J. Janick
James J. Janick 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).
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Patent number: 9644419Abstract: A sectional overhead door protector is described. In a preferred embodiment an impact bar assembly is fixedly mounted to a door panel to protect the sectional overhead door from inadvertent impact. When the impact bar assembly is struck a force vector is generated inward towards a wall and biased to an outside of the door panel preventing stress on the door.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: CIW Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James J. Janick, Michelle Burrell, Milton Prosperi
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Patent number: 9316048Abstract: An overhead coiling closure is presented. A repositionable impact bar assembly engages a guide bracket mounted adjacent to the coiling closure when the closure is in a closed position. When in an open position, the impact bar assembly is released from the guide bracket and attaches to the coiling closure to provide repositionable impact protection. As the coiling closure closes the impact bar assembly is once again engaged by the guide bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: CIW Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James J. Janick, Milton Prosperi, Michelle Burrell
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Publication number: 20150128502Abstract: A sectional overhead door protector is described. In a preferred embodiment an impact bar assembly is fixedly mounted to a door panel to protect the sectional overhead door from inadvertent impact. When the impact bar assembly is struck a force vector is generated inward towards a wall and biased to an outside of the door panel preventing stress on the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: CIW ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: James J. Janick, Michelle Burrell, Milton Prosperi
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Publication number: 20140230334Abstract: An overhead coiling closure is presented. A repositionable impact bar assembly engages a guide bracket mounted adjacent to the coiling closure when the closure is in a closed position. When in an open position, the impact bar assembly is released from the guide bracket and attaches to the coiling closure to provide repositionable impact protection. As the coiling closure closes the impact bar assembly is once again engaged by the guide bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: CIW ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: James J. Janick, Milton Prosperi, Michelle Burrell
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Patent number: 8695996Abstract: A utility cart includes an auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly, a locking mechanism, and a trigger mechanism for causing the locking mechanism to releasably lock the auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly. The auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly is unlocked to enable the auxiliary swivel caster wheel to rotate about a vertical axis for improved maneuverability in small areas, and is locked to hold the auxiliary swivel caster wheel in a predetermined position for improved steering as the cart is moved from one location to another. The trigger mechanism is disposed on a steering handle to enable dynamic actuation of the locking mechanism while the cart is in motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Metro Industries Inc.Inventors: James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Robert R. Steele, Sanjeeb Sinha
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Patent number: 8528993Abstract: An emergency crash cart includes a sealing structure that enables multiple storage sections of the cart to be locked and sealed simultaneously. The locking structure enables one of the storage sections to be unlocked and unsealed without unlocking or unsealing the other storage sections. The locking structure also can be actuated to unlock and unseal all storage sections simultaneously for rapid access to the contents of all storage sections of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Metro Industries Inc.Inventors: James J. Janick, Robert R. Steele
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Publication number: 20120007323Abstract: A utility cart includes an auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly, a locking mechanism, and a trigger mechanism for causing the locking mechanism to releasably lock the auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly. The auxiliary swivel caster wheel assembly is unlocked to enable the auxiliary swivel caster wheel to rotate about a vertical axis for improved maneuverability in small areas, and is locked to hold the auxiliary swivel caster wheel in a predetermined position for improved steering as the cart is moved from one location to another. The trigger mechanism is disposed on a steering handle to enable dynamic actuation of the locking mechanism while the cart is in motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES INC.Inventors: James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Robert R. Steele, Sanjeeb Sinha
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Publication number: 20110095661Abstract: An emergency crash cart includes a sealing structure that enables multiple storage sections of the cart to be locked and sealed simultaneously. The locking structure enables one of the storage sections to be unlocked and unsealed without unlocking or unsealing the other storage sections. The locking structure also can be actuated to unlock and unseal all storage sections simultaneously for rapid access to the contents of all storage sections of the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES INC.Inventors: James J. Janick, Robert R. Steele
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Patent number: 7735190Abstract: A shelving includes two tracks, two pair of end pieces, a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the two pair of end pieces and including a plurality of posts and a shelf, a mobile shelving unit includes a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the tracks. Each of the tracks includes a plurality of bases, each base having a rail channel on a top and a recess on a bottom, a plurality of rails disposed in the rail channel with the first rail end projecting beyond the first base end and with the second rail end being recessed from the second base end, and a coupling member disposed in the recess of the track base, joining the first base end to another base end.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Metro Industries Inc.Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
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Publication number: 20090151126Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Pectavage
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Patent number: 7506773Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
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Patent number: 7407060Abstract: A wall-mounted shelving system includes a track and a bracket engagable with the track. The bracket has a collar for supporting a shelf-carrying pilaster and an engaging element protruding from the collar that includes a floor and an arm projecting upwardly from the floor to define an elbow. The track is adapted to be mounted horizontally on a wall and includes a downwardly open channel at its top and an outwardly projecting ledge at its bottom. The upper extreme of the engaging element arm is received in the channel of the track while the elbow can be supported to rest on the ledge. A pilaster is adapted to then be supported in the collar through an intermediate wedge member, and shelves and other objects can be supported on the pilaster.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert K. Swartz, Kenton J. Droppers, Robert J. Welch, James J. Janick, Jeffrey C. Olson, Robert R. Steele
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Patent number: 7290831Abstract: The invention contemplates a body structure for a vehicle. The body structure includes a roof panel and a side frame. The attachment flange of an outer body side panel includes a roof mounting portion with a dual angle, a glass mounting portion at an angle that matches one of the dual angles, and a transition area where the dual angle of the roof mounting portion tapers to the glass mounting portion with the single angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: Michael G. Poss, Anthony V. Minatel, Bryan F. Lake, James J. Janick, Mark J. McGuire, Raymond F. Roantree, Michael D. Regiec
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Patent number: 7143474Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
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Publication number: 20040256339Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: Metro Industries, Inc.Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage