Patents by Inventor James R. Geary

James R. Geary 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).

  • Corner restraint for securing articles on a shipping and/or storage rack
    Patent number: 7431547
    Abstract: A restraint, e.g. a corner restraint for packaging flat glass sheets, includes a first leg and a second leg joined at a vertex. Each of the legs have an outer surface having a first strap engaging position spaced from the vertex and a second strap engaging position at the vertex. The height of the first strap engaging position measure from an intermediate portion of the second surface between the first and second positions is greater than the height of the second strap engaging position. With this arrangement, the biasing force applied by a banding strap to the corner restraint reduces the biasing force applied to the vertex to reduce damage to corners of the flat glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Geary, George L. Noey, Darrell K. Jewell, Timothy R. Leone, George J. McElhinny, Aleksandr S. Sobkin
  • Reusable restraint for securing articles for shipping and/or storage
    Patent number: 6899946
    Abstract: A restraint for packaging glass sheets includes a first leg and a second leg, each leg having an inner surface configured to contact at least a portion of the glass sheets and an outer surface. The first and second legs define a vertex. The inner surfaces are made at least partly of a compressible material and the outer surfaces are made at least partly of a material having a hardness greater than that of the compressible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Geary, George L. Noey
  • Reusable restraint for securing articles for shipping and/or storage
    Publication number: 20020094429
    Abstract: A restraint for packaging glass sheets includes a first leg and a second leg, each leg having an inner surface configured to contact at least a portion of the glass sheets and an outer surface. The first and second legs define a vertex. The inner surfaces are made at least partly of a compressible material and the outer surfaces are made at least partly of a material having a hardness greater than that of the compressible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: James R. Geary, George L. Noey