Patents by Inventor Joseph Ritter

Joseph Ritter 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: 20170096836
    Abstract: A fence support may include a first plate having a first surface and a second surface. The first and second surfaces may extend from a first end of the support toward a second end of the support. The fence support may include a second plate coupled to the first surface of the first plate. The second plate may be smaller than the first plate and offset from edges of the first plate. The fence support also may include a first peg and a second peg each extending normal from one of the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Joseph RITTER, Lawrence FRIEDMAN, James Timothy DEVINE
  • Patent number: 4877188
    Abstract: A device for distributing a liquid in the form of a thin layer on a surface is housed in a cylinder and is provided with a freely displaceable spring-loaded piston for ejecting and distributing liquid from a chamber formed by the piston and a base plate member having a plurality of bores. The base plate member bores are opened and closed by nozzle needles which extend through bores disposed in the displaceable piston to a support plate to which the needles are affixed and which is adapted for moving the needles towards and away from the base plate member bores for closing and opening the base plate member bores for regulating distribution of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Joseph Ritter