Patents by Inventor Karl Ronald Chapel

Karl Ronald Chapel 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: 20160096680
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a tray for transporting a plurality of horticultural containers. The tray comprises: a plurality of connected container receiving pockets each having a bottom portion and an open distal portion opposite the bottom portion and sized to receive a horticultural container; and a plurality of tabs projecting into at least one of the pockets, each of the plurality of tabs including an upper end connected to the pocket below the open distal portion and extending downward at an angle to position a free distal end into the pocket with a bias against outward radial displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Patent number: 9227776
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a tray for transporting a plurality of horticultural containers. The tray comprises: a plurality of connected container receiving pockets each having a bottom portion and an open distal portion opposite the bottom portion and sized to receive a horticultural container; and a plurality of tabs projecting into at least one of the pockets, each of the plurality of tabs including an upper end connected to the pocket below the open distal portion and extending downward at an angle to position a free distal end into the pocket with a bias against outward radial displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Patent number: 8978888
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a carrier for organizing and transporting a plurality of horticultural containers. In one aspect, a carrier includes: a plurality of connected open ended container receiving receptacles each configured to carry a horticultural container by supporting an upper portion thereof; and at least one tab configured to engage a container received by one of the plurality of container receiving receptacles such that the carrier is at least partially suspended with respect to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Patent number: 8770600
    Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Effizient, LLC
    Inventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel, Thomas A. Nakfoor
  • Publication number: 20140166517
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a tray for transporting a plurality of horticultural containers. The tray comprises: a plurality of connected container receiving pockets each having a bottom portion and an open distal portion opposite the bottom portion and sized to receive a horticultural container; and a plurality of tabs projecting into at least one of the pockets, each of the plurality of tabs including an upper end connected to the pocket below the open distal portion and extending downward at an angle to position a free distal end into the pocket with a bias against outward radial displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Publication number: 20140166518
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a carrier for organizing and transporting a plurality of horticultural containers. In one aspect, a carrier includes: a plurality of connected open ended container receiving receptacles each configured to carry a horticultural container by supporting an upper portion thereof; and at least one tab configured to engage a container received by one of the plurality of container receiving receptacles such that the carrier is at least partially suspended with respect to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Patent number: 8739986
    Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Effizient, LLC
    Inventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel
  • Publication number: 20130240472
    Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Effizient, LLC
    Inventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel, Thomas A. Nakfoor
  • Publication number: 20130146553
    Abstract: A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Effizient, LLC
    Inventors: Ludwig Klaus Preidt, Karl Ronald Chapel