Patents by Inventor Jed C. Richardson

Jed C. Richardson 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: 11846308
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ring, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached to the bed, for example, by a connecting rod extending under the bed or pierced through the bed. The connecting rod may be adapted to receive a quick release fastener or threaded through fastener to secure the restraint ring to the connecting rod. The base may be seated in the sidewall if the rod is pierced through the bed or comprise a flange to bear on the bed. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 11712113
    Abstract: An intensive use furniture concealed attachment device for securing furniture in a safe manner having a building bracket attached to the floor or wall and a tab attached to the furniture. The building bracket includes a tab flange and a pin flange. The tab is attached to the furniture in a mounting saddle formed on a mounting surface. The tab is adapted to slidingly engage the building bracket. A hole is formed in the furniture adjacent to the mounting saddle. A guide tube is disposed on the pin flange. A ball pin inserted into the hole and through the guide tube to engage the pin flange and connect the furniture to the building bracket. The tab connected to the building bracket provides support in the x, y and z axis directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Brian Moon
  • Patent number: 11648145
    Abstract: The removable restraint ring receptacle comprises a base for attachment to a furniture piece. The base adapted to receive a ligature resistant fastener. A restraint ring engaged by the fastener. The ligature resistant fastener may be a ball pin lock having a conical or rounded head. The head bearing against the restraint ring. The ligature resistant fastener further comprising a collar adapted to extend from the head to the base. The collar comprising a tapered outside surface adapted to span the gap between the head and the base when the ring is removed thereby providing a tapered protrusion to prevent the attachment of a ligature or snagging of clothes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20210186739
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ting, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached to the bed, for example, by a connecting rod extending under the bed or pierced through the bed. The connecting rod may be adapted to receive a quick release fastener or threaded through fastener to secure the restraint ring to the connecting rod. The base may be seated in the sidewall if the rod is pierced through the bed or comprise a flange to bear on the bed. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 10980660
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ring, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Publication number: 20210030152
    Abstract: Intensive use furniture having a concealed attachment device. The concealed attachment device comprising a building bracket attached to the floor or wall having a tab flange and a pin flange. A tab attached to the furniture in a mounting saddle. The tab extending out from a tab seat to slidingly engage the building bracket. A ball pin inserted into a hole in the side wall of the furniture is guided by a guide tube having a recessed shoulder for supporting the head of the ball pin. The ball pin in the tube having a head on the recessed shoulder and a shaft extending through the pin flange where the ball engages the building bracket. The tab connection providing support in the x, y and z axis direction. The ball pin connection supporting the tab connection in the x, y and z axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Brian Moon
  • Publication number: 20200206014
    Abstract: The removable restraint ring receptacle comprises a base for attachment to a furniture piece. The base adapted to receive a ligature resistant fastener. A restraint ring engaged by the fastener. The ligature resistant fastener may be a ball pin lock having a conical or rounded head. The head bearing against the restraint ring. The ligature resistant fastener further comprising a collar adapted to extend from the head to the base. The collar comprising a tapered outside surface adapted to span the gap between the head and the base when the ring is removed thereby providing a tapered protrusion to prevent the attachment of a ligature or snagging of clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
  • Patent number: 10537179
    Abstract: The invention is a rocker for therapeutic treatment of a user by control of actuators in the rocker and sensing biometric and mechanical conditions of and around the user. The rocker may be formed of a unitary body of translucent or transparent material. The body of the chair features a single tail floor engagement portion and a user area of seat and back. The rocker may have actuators mounted in or near the rocker to generate heat, sound, vibration or light, Sensors in and around the chair monitor movement of the rocker and biometric conditions of the user. A control panel in communication with the actuator and sensors controls and monitors conditions and communicates with a monitoring computer for storage and reporting. Predetermined patterns of actuator activation may be programmed into the computer for transmission and execution by the control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20190374371
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ting, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20180325262
    Abstract: The invention is a rocker for therapeutic treatment of a user by control of actuators in the rocker and sensing biometric and mechanical conditions of and around the user. The rocker may be formed of a unitary body of translucent or transparent material. The body of the chair features a single tail floor engagement portion and a user area of seat and back. The rocker may have actuators mounted in or near the rocker to generate heat, sound, vibration or light, Sensors in and around the chair monitor movement of the rocker and biometric conditions of the user. A control panel in communication with the actuator and sensors controls and monitors conditions and communicates with a monitoring computer for storage and reporting. Predetermined patters of actuator activation may be programmed into the computer for transmission and execution by the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 8635722
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a molded bed having a contoured sleeping surface surrounded by a liquid barrier. The sleeping surface having a plurality of channels formed therein terminating at a plurality of drains extending through the bed to direct loose liquid on the sleeping surface through a drain. The bed further comprising a means for attaching the bed to a floor and a tamper resistance glide assembly inserted in a foot on the bed, the glide comprising a floor engaging pad having a support shaft extending there from, a traveler on the support shaft. The traveler fixed in a glide pocket in the foot. The pad traversing axially in the glide pocket to orient the sleeping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc
    Inventors: Brian Moon, Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 7798341
    Abstract: The present assembly provides a suspended shelving system. The shelving system includes a shelving panel supported by a plurality of hanger members. The shelving panel includes a plurality of longitudinal members constructed of wire or plastic. A plurality of cross members are arranged substantially transverse with respect to the longitudinal members and generally parallel with respect to each other. At least a portion of the longitudinal members and the cross members are bonded together at crossing points to comprise the shelving panel. A plurality of hanger members are rotatably secured to the cross members positioned at the distal ends of the shelving member so that they may be rotated between a storage position that is generally parallel to the underside surface of the shelving member for shipment and storage, and a support position that is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the shelf for suspending the shelf from an overhead member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Robert Kopp
  • Patent number: 7581357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, or kit, of injection molded panels having integrated connectors which combine to form an enclosure, commonly in the form of a utility shed. The panels are formed of injection molded plastic to interlock with one another without the need for separate I-beam connectors. The ends of the wall panels have cavities to accept both roof and floor outwardly projecting locking bosses for interlocking cooperative engagement which serve to rigidly connect the components together. The symmetry of the wall, roof, floor and door components also minimizes component shapes and simplifies enclosure construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Lyle A. Rosine, Rob Stein, Robert Kopp, Michael Uffner, Torrence Anderson
  • Publication number: 20090065524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a suspended shelving system. The shelving system includes a shelving panel supported by a plurality of hanger members. The shelving panel includes a plurality of longitudinal members constructed of wire or plastic. A plurality of cross members are arranged substantially transverse with respect to the longitudinal members and generally parallel with respect to each other. At least a portion of the longitudinal members and the cross members are bonded together at crossing points to comprise the shelving panel. A plurality of hanger members are rotatably secured to the cross members positioned at the distal ends of the shelving member so that they may be rotated between a storage position that is generally parallel to the underside surface of the shelving member for shipment and storage, and a support position that is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the shelf for suspending the shelf from an overhead member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Robert Kopp
  • Patent number: 7395634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, or kit, of injection molded panels having integrated connectors which combine to form an enclosure, commonly in the form of a utility shed. The panels are formed of injection molded plastic to interlock with one another without the need for separate I-beam connectors. The ends of the wall panels have cavities to accept both roof and floor outwardly projecting locking posts for interlocking cooperative engagement which serve to rigidly connect the components together. The symmetry of the wall, roof, floor and door components also minimizes component shapes and simplifies enclosure construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventors: Torrence Anderson, Brian Moon, Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 7322483
    Abstract: A cantilevered shelving system is provided for manual assembly along the wall panels of a molded utility shed. Several shelves are provided that are removably secured to brackets that removably fasten into reinforcing strips in the wall panels. Each shelf is supported by at least two triangular brackets near the opposite ends. The brackets have upper and lower fasteners on a vertical leg that pivotably connect to the shed through apertures in the reinforcing strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventor: Jed C. Richardson
  • Publication number: 20040187400
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, or kit, of injection molded panels having integrated connectors which combine to form an enclosure, commonly in the form of a utility shed. The panels are formed of injection molded plastic to interlock with one another without the need for separate I-beam connectors. The ends of the wall panels have cavities to accept both roof and floor outwardly projecting locking posts for interlocking cooperative engagement which serve to rigidly connect the components together. The symmetry of the wall, roof, floor and door components also minimizes component shapes and simplifies enclosure construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Torrence Anderson, Brian Moon, Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: D530835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Suncast Corp.
    Inventors: Lyle A. Rosine, Jed C. Richardson
  • Patent number: D538539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Suncast Corp.
    Inventors: Jed C. Richardson, Torrence Anderson
  • Patent number: D479882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Suncast Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Tisbo, Torrence C. Anderson, Jed C. Richardson, Michael G. Uffner, Brian R. Moon, Kevin Markley