Patents by Inventor Johnny Russel Curtis

Johnny Russel Curtis 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).

  • Truss member and truss connector
    Patent number: 9260873
    Abstract: A scaffold truss member and a scaffold truss connector. The scaffold truss member includes lower and upper horizontal members, joined by bracing members. The upper horizontal member terminates at each end with a coupling, while the lower horizontal member terminates without a coupling on either end. The scaffold truss connector includes a lower truss connector that has a channel, open on two ends to accommodate the lower horizontal member of a scaffold truss, and an upper truss connector, which is either integral or joined to the lower truss connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Deltak Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Russel Curtis, Yates Wesley Hayman
  • Dual action latching horizontal scaffold member
    Patent number: 8881869
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold member having a primary end connector and a secondary end connector. Each end connector is configured to couple to a cup on a vertical scaffold member. Each end connector includes a wedge assembly having a handle and a wedge, movable with respect to the wedge head to a latched and unlatched position. The primary wedge assembly is connected to the secondary wedge assembly by a cable, and configured so that moving the primary wedge assembly to a unlatched position also moves the secondary wedge assembly to an unlatched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Next Generation Scaffold Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Howard Thacker, Yates Wesley Hayman, Johnny Russel Curtis
  • Horizontal Scaffold Member
    Publication number: 20120186910
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a horizontal scaffold member having a primary end connector and a secondary end connector. Each end connector is configured to couple to a cup on a vertical scaffold member. Each end connector includes a wedge assembly having a handle and a wedge, movable with respect to the wedge head to a latched and unlatched position. The primary wedge assembly is connected to the secondary wedge assembly by a cable, and configured so that moving the primary wedge assembly to a unlatched position also moves the secondary wedge assembly to an unlatched position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Steve Howard Thacker, Yates Wesley Hayman, Johnny Russel Curtis
  • SCAFFOLD APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120186911
    Abstract: Scaffold components and system for coupling a horizontal member to a vertical member of a scaffold, comprising a horizontal member and a wedge head attached to each end of the horizontal member each wedge head having an associated wedge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Next Generation Scaffold Services Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Howard Thacker, Johnny Russel Curtis, Yates Wesley Hayman