Patents by Inventor John Van Vuuren

John Van Vuuren 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).

  • Publication number: 20220243467
    Abstract: An assembly for bracing a non-structural building component mounted adjacent a surface of a building. The assembly has a rigid elongate member, and first and second mounts. In use, the assembly is to be installed between the surface and the non-structural component, with the first mount secured by a fastener to one of the building and the non-structural component, the second mount secured by a fastener to the other of the non-structural component and the building, and the elongate member extending between the first and second mounts and rigidly fixed thereto. The first mount includes an attachment portion, and a connecting portion that is rigidly joined to the attachment portion and that projects away from the attachment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: POLYPAS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Peter Luscombe, John Van Vuuren, James Renshaw, Lachlan Rhodes, Tinus Smith, Daryl Wong
  • Patent number: 10839721
    Abstract: A device for use in hanging sheet material is described. The device includes a body member, a catch member, and a hook. The body member has a crown portion, and pair of spaced apart legs that extend from the crown portion and define a slot there between. The slot opening at a bottom end such that the body member may locate on an edge of the sheet material with a portion of sheet material positioned within the slot. The catch member is movable between an engaged position in which the catch member resists removal of sheet material that is positioned within the slot thereby retaining the sheet material to the body member, and a retracted position in which sheet material is removable from the slot. The hook includes a bight portion, a shank portion and a point end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: POLYPLAS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Tinus Smith, Peter Luscombe, John Van Vuuren, James Renshaw
  • Publication number: 20200005684
    Abstract: A device for use in hanging sheet material is described. The device includes a body member, a catch member, and a hook. The body member has a crown portion, and pair of spaced apart legs that extend from the crown portion and define a slot there between. The slot opening at a bottom end such that the body member may locate on an edge of the sheet material with a portion of sheet material positioned within the slot. The catch member is movable between an engaged position in which the catch member resists removal of sheet material that is positioned within the slot thereby retaining the sheet material to the body member, and a retracted position in which sheet material is removable from the slot. The hook includes a bight portion, a shank portion and a point end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Polyplas International Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Tinus Smith, Peter Luscombe, John Van Vuuren, James Renshaw
  • Patent number: D932293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: John Van Vuuren, Tinus Smith
  • Patent number: D985380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Polyplas International Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: John Van Vuuren, Tinus Smith