Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Petcavage

Joseph R. Petcavage 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: 7735190
    Abstract: A shelving includes two tracks, two pair of end pieces, a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the two pair of end pieces and including a plurality of posts and a shelf, a mobile shelving unit includes a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the tracks. Each of the tracks includes a plurality of bases, each base having a rail channel on a top and a recess on a bottom, a plurality of rails disposed in the rail channel with the first rail end projecting beyond the first base end and with the second rail end being recessed from the second base end, and a coupling member disposed in the recess of the track base, joining the first base end to another base end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Metro Industries Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
  • Patent number: 7506773
    Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
  • Patent number: 7143474
    Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
  • Publication number: 20040256339
    Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Welsch, James J. Janick, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage
  • Patent number: 6732662
    Abstract: A tray includes a compartment with a bottom surface and perimeter sidewalls, and a passive stop arrangement is provided in the compartment. The passive stop arrangement includes at least a first notch in one of the sidewalls and a stop disposed proximate to the first notch. The tray is especially useful in a tray support system including a chassis having at least two laterally-spaced and vertically oriented racks each having spaced rungs in a mirror-image relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage, Rakesh T. Patel, Robert K. Swartz
  • Publication number: 20030106473
    Abstract: A tray includes a compartment with a bottom surface and perimeter sidewalls, and a passive stop arrangement is provided in the compartment. The passive stop arrangement includes at least a first notch in one of the sidewalls and a stop disposed proximate to the first notch. The tray is especially useful in a tray support system including a chassis having at least two laterally-spaced and vertically oriented racks each having spaced rungs in a mirror-image relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: METRO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage, Rakesh T. Patel, Robert K. Swartz
  • Patent number: 6116436
    Abstract: A modular shelving system including a plurality of support posts, a plurality of shelves having respective support members for supporting each of the plurality of shelves at selective locations on the plurality of support posts, and at least one divider including first and second support beams and a plurality of partitions disposed between the first and second support beams. Each of the first and second support beams is supportable on one of the plurality of shelves at first and second ends of the support beams, and each of the plurality of partitions is supported at respective ends thereof by the first and second support beams and projecting away from the first and second support beams, thereby defining a respective plurality of slots between the plurality of partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Metro Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Ferrucci, Robert K. Swartz, Robert J. Welch, Joseph R. Petcavage