Patents by Inventor Joel Barenbrugge

Joel Barenbrugge 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: 10861277
    Abstract: A serpentine product dispenser has a substantially ā€œSā€-shaped down chute between a cartridge containing rolling products, an exit port, and a lower feed channel leading to a product selection area. Jam-free feeding of cans from the cartridge is accomplished by forming the down chute in three arcuate sections. An upper arcuate section causes a first can falling through the exit port to impact a second can still in the dispenser, delaying motion of the second can, such that a third can follows the first can. A central arcuate section causes the first can to maintain rolling contact with a second can still in the cartridge, further facilitating the movement of the third can toward and into the down chute. A lower arcuate section directs cans toward the dispenser lower feed ramp and product selection area after they traverse the down chute upper and central arcuate sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: RTC INDUSTRIES, INC., GiRAFFX DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Bauer, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Patent number: 10774984
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20200191324
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10584826
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190323655
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10371316
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20180320816
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10024487
    Abstract: A goal securement device includes a ground engagement system, a ground securement system, a goal securement system, and a goal securement monitoring system. In an embodiment, the systems work cooperatively to secure a goal to the ground and monitor the status of such securement. Embodiments of each system and embodiments of various components, aspects, or features of each system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Barenbrugge, Gregory Dempsey, Michael James Fuchs
  • Patent number: 9930973
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Patent number: 9737157
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided with a base, and a plurality of receptacles supported by the base. Each of the plurality of receptacles is sized to receive a plurality of cards. Each of the plurality of receptacles has a distal end with an opening for display, receipt and removal of at least one of the plurality of cards and a proximal end to provide a limit to a depth of receipt for the plurality of cards within the receptacle. Each receptacle is oriented such that a direction from the distal end to the proximal end is angularly offset from vertical about a fore/aft axis relative to the base for customer access of at least one of the plurality of cards. Multiple arrays of receptacles are provided with a central array having a quantity of receptacles that is different than the other arrays to create a non-rectangular overall profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Erika Woelfel, Mark Germain, Amy Tow Harmon, Sarah Furnari, Joel Barenbrugge, Michael J. Ebert, Thomas E. Hubley, Jeffrey B. Fridrich
  • Publication number: 20170013975
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided with a base, and a plurality of receptacles supported by the base. Each of the plurality of receptacles is sized to receive a plurality of cards. Each of the plurality of receptacles has a distal end with an opening for display, receipt and removal of at least one of the plurality of cards and a proximal end to provide a limit to a depth of receipt for the plurality of cards within the receptacle. Each receptacle is oriented such that a direction from the distal end to the proximal end is angularly offset from vertical about a fore/aft axis relative to the base for customer access of at least one of the plurality of cards. Multiple arrays of receptacles are provided with a central array having a quantity of receptacles that is different than the other arrays to create a non-rectangular overall profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Erika Woelfel, Mark Germain, Amy Tow Harmon, Sarah Furnari, Joel Barenbrugge, Michael J. Ebert, Thomas E. Hubley, Jeffrey B. Fridrich
  • Publication number: 20160338508
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Patent number: 9483963
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided with a base, and a plurality of receptacles supported by the base. Each of the plurality of receptacles is sized to receive a plurality of cards. Each of the plurality of receptacles has a distal end with an opening for display, receipt and removal of at least one of the plurality of cards and a proximal end to provide a limit to a depth of receipt for the plurality of cards within the receptacle. Each receptacle is oriented such that a direction from the distal end to the proximal end is angularly offset from vertical about a fore/aft axis relative to the base for customer access of at least one of the plurality of cards. Multiple arrays of receptacles are provided with a central array having a quantity of receptacles that is different than the other arrays to create a non-rectangular overall profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Erika Woelfel, Mark Germain, Amy Tow Harmon, Sarah Furnari, Joel Barenbrugge, Michael J. Ebert, Thomas E. Hubley, Jeffrey B. Fridrich
  • Patent number: 9402485
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Publication number: 20150164242
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Publication number: 20150170552
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided with a base, and a plurality of receptacles supported by the base. Each of the plurality of receptacles is sized to receive a plurality of cards. Each of the plurality of receptacles has a distal end with an opening for display, receipt and removal of at least one of the plurality of cards and a proximal end to provide a limit to a depth of receipt for the plurality of cards within the receptacle. Each receptacle is oriented such that a direction from the distal end to the proximal end is angularly offset from vertical about a fore/aft axis relative to the base for customer access of at least one of the plurality of cards. Multiple arrays of receptacles are provided with a central array having a quantity of receptacles that is different than the other arrays to create a non-rectangular overall profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Erika Woelfel, Mark Germain, Amy Tow Harmon, Sarah Furnari, Joel Barenbrugge, Michael J. Ebert, Thomas E. Hubley, Jeffrey B. Fridrich
  • Patent number: 8967394
    Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Patent number: 8939521
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a spacer device for use with a merchandise display. The merchandise display may include a first upright and a second upright opposite the first upright, a pegboard mounted between the two uprights, and at least one shelf mounted to the two uprights, wherein the configuration includes a gap between a back of the shelf and the pegboard. The spacer device may include two opposing ends. Each of the opposing ends may include a support arm that extends downward towards the gap, a mounting arm that extends downward towards the gap, and a tab that projects outward and away from the mounting arm. The spacer device may also include a gap filler portion extending between the two opposing ends wherein when the device is secured in the gap, the gap filler portion fills the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel Barenbrugge
  • Publication number: 20150001243
    Abstract: A serpentine product dispenser has a substantially ā€œSā€-shaped down chute between a cartridge containing rolling products, an exit port, and a lower feed channel leading to a product selection area. Jam-free feeding of cans from the cartridge is accomplished by forming the down chute in three arcuate sections. An upper arcuate section causes a first can falling through the exit port to impact a second can still in the dispenser, delaying motion of the second can, such that a third can follows the first can. A central arcuate section causes the first can to maintain rolling contact with a second can still in the cartridge, further facilitating the movement of the third can toward and into the down chute. A lower arcuate section directs cans toward the dispenser lower feed ramp and product selection area after they traverse the down chute upper and central arcuate sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jamie Bauer, Joel Barenbrugge
  • Patent number: D757465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Behr Process Corporation
    Inventors: Erika Woelfel, Sarah Furnari, Mark Germain, Amy Tow Harmon, Joel Barenbrugge, Michael J. Ebert, Thomas E. Hubley, Jeffrey B. Fridrich