Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Verkerke

Jeffrey Alan Verkerke 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: 8025166
    Abstract: A rack rail system engageable with a post of a rack. The rack rail system includes a rail assembly and a flange provided on at least an end of the rail assembly. The flange includes a pin insertable into an aperture of the post when the flange is adjacent to the post. The rack rail system further includes a clamp pivotably connected to the flange and movable from an open position and a closed position. The clamp receives both the post and the flange in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Charles Hilburn, Stephen Peter Mroz, Joseph Daniel Rico, Jeffrey Alan Verkerke
  • Publication number: 20100251534
    Abstract: A rack rail system engageable with a post of a rack. The rack rail system includes a rail assembly and a flange provided on at least an end of the rail assembly. The flange includes a pin insertable into an aperture of the post when the flange is adjacent to the post. The rack rail system further includes a clamp pivotably connected to the flange and movable from an open position and a closed position. The clamp receives both the post and the flange in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Charles HILBURN, Stephen Peter MROZ, Joseph Daniel RICO, Jeffrey Alan VERKERKE
  • Patent number: 7762411
    Abstract: A rack rail system engageable with a post of a rack. The rack rail system includes a rail assembly and a flange provided on at least an end of the rail assembly. The flange includes a pin insertable into an aperture of the post when the flange is adjacent to the post. The rack rail system further includes a clamp pivotably connected to the flange and movable from an open position and a closed position. The clamp receives both the post and the flange in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Charles Hilburn, Stephen Peter Mroz, Joseph Daniel Rico, Jeffrey Alan Verkerke
  • Publication number: 20090101603
    Abstract: A rack rail system engageable with a post of a rack. The rack rail system includes a rail assembly and a flange provided on at least an end of the rail assembly. The flange includes a pin insertable into an aperture of the post when the flange is adjacent to the post. The rack rail system further includes a clamp pivotably connected to the flange and movable from an open position and a closed position. The clamp receives both the post and the flange in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: John Charles Hilburn, Stephen Peter Mroz, Joseph Daniel Rico, Jeffrey Alan Verkerke
  • Patent number: 6202884
    Abstract: A collapsible shipping container is provided with channels formed into the interior surface of the top frame of the collapsible shipping container to accept support rods and interior dunnage which depend from the support rods. The interior dunnage preferably is fabricated of flexible or foldable material which may be gathered and positioned such that the collapsible shipping container may be collapsed while the dunnage remains at all times within and associated with the collapsible shipping container. The dunnage may be in the form of hanging pouches supported by support rods and may further include hanging curtains supported by support rods orthogonally intersecting the pouch support rods. Whenever the hanging curtains are utilized, the hanging pouches are made of material which permits and forms a gap between adjacent pouches to accommodate the curtains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Verkerke