Patents by Inventor Kevin Chow

Kevin Chow 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: 20250122017
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a modular conveyor system comprising a plurality of rails and cross-ties extending between pairs of the rails to form a frame. A plurality of rollers is received by the rails to provide a conveyor. One or more H-stands are attached to the rails to support the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Richard B. LEEDS, Bruce B. ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW
  • Publication number: 20250050929
    Abstract: A toe guard for use on a wheel assembly may include a first and second sidewall, each sidewall including an opening configured to engage with an axle of the wheel assembly. The toe guard further comprising a front plate configured to protect the wheel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. ZUTLER, Harry E. WELLINGTON, Kevin CHOW, Daniel P. DOODNAUTH, Richard B. LEEDS
  • Patent number: 12128942
    Abstract: A toe guard for use on a wheel assembly may include a first and second sidewall, each sidewall including an opening configured to engage with an axle of the wheel assembly. The first and second sidewalls may each further include one or more notches. The toe guard may further include a first locking pin configured to engage with at least one of the notches of the first and second sidewalls. Additionally, the toe guard may include one or more support plates connecting the first and second sidewalls, and a front plate configured to engage with at least one of the support plates or connect with at least one of the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. Zutler, Harry E. Wellington, Kevin Chow, Daniel P. Doodnauth, Richard B. Leeds
  • Publication number: 20240308829
    Abstract: A method of compressing a spring-loaded lift is disclosed. The method may include providing a coupling having a first locking element, a second locking element, and a fastener, wherein a first end of the fastener is configured to engage with the first locking element, and wherein a second end of the fastener is configured to engage with the second locking element. The method may include engaging the first locking element with a first frame of a spring-loaded lift, engaging the second locking element to a second frame of the spring-loaded lift, engaging the first end of the fastener with the first locking element, engaging the second end of the fastener with the second locking element, and actuating the fastener thereby moving the first and second frames of the spring-loaded lift closer to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW
  • Publication number: 20240140514
    Abstract: A toe guard for use on a wheel assembly may include a first and second sidewall, each sidewall including an opening configured to engage with an axle of the wheel assembly. The first and second sidewalls may each further include one or more notches. The toe guard may further include a first locking pin configured to engage with at least one of the notches of the first and second sidewalls. Additionally, the toe guard may include one or more support plates connecting the first and second sidewalls, and a front plate configured to engage with at least one of the support plates or connect with at least one of the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. ZUTLER, Harry E. WELLINGTON, Kevin CHOW, Daniel P. DOODNAUTH, Richard B. LEEDS
  • Publication number: 20240124573
    Abstract: Novel therapeutic protocols are provided relating to the use of an anti-IL-6 antibody, e.g., Clazakizumab, in order to prevent, stabilize, reduce or arrest antibody mediated rejection responses in patients receiving solid organ transplants, e.g., patients receiving transplanted kidney, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestines or combinations of any of the foregoing. Also novel therapeutic protocols are provided pertaining to the use of an anti-IL-6 antibody, e.g., Clazakizumab, as part of a desensitization protocol for treating highly sensitized subjects waiting for and/or after allograft transplants, e.g., patients who are to receive solid organ transplants, e.g., kidney, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestines, skin or combinations of any of the foregoing. The foregoing treatments may be effected in combination with one or more other immunosuppressant regimens or other desensitization procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: VITAERIS, INC., CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Kevin CHOW, Edward CHONG, Nuala MOONEY, Julien LION, Stanley C. JORDAN
  • Patent number: 11958522
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart includes an upright frame, an upper angle support and a pair of tie bars extending out from the upright frame. A tray is pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position and a nested position. The tray includes a tapered front and at least one side. A slope plate is mounted to at least one side of the tray. In the nested position, the nestable shopping cart is nested with another nestable shopping cart, resulting in a nesting gap of about 11 inches between the shopping carts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow, Harry Wellington
  • Patent number: 11807287
    Abstract: A toe guard for use on a wheel assembly may include a first and second sidewall, each sidewall including an opening configured to engage with an axle of the wheel assembly. The first and second sidewalls may each further include one or more notches. The toe guard may further include a first locking pin configured to engage with at least one of the notches of the first and second sidewalls. Additionally, the toe guard may include one or more support plates connecting the first and second sidewalls, and a front plate configured to engage with at least one of the support plates or connect with at least one of the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. Zutler, Harry E. Wellington, Kevin Chow, Daniel P. Doodnauth, Richard B. Leeds
  • Publication number: 20230331274
    Abstract: A toe guard for use on a wheel assembly may include a first and second sidewall, each sidewall including an opening configured to engage with an axle of the wheel assembly. The first and second sidewalls may each further include one or more notches. The toe guard may further include a first locking pin configured to engage with at least one of the notches of the first and second sidewalls. Additionally, the toe guard may include one or more support plates connecting the first and second sidewalls, and a front plate configured to engage with at least one of the support plates or connect with at least one of the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce B. ZUTLER, Harry E. WELLINGTON, Kevin CHOW, Daniel P. DOODNAUTH, Richard B. LEEDS
  • Patent number: 11724728
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart has an upright frame, and a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position, a nested position, an inside, and an outside. Further included is a perimeter wire surrounding the tray and a tapered front. The perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and then the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow, Harry Wellington
  • Publication number: 20230174640
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to uses of an anti-IL-6 antibody, e.g., clazakizumab in order to prevent, stabilize, reduce, or otherwise treat acute or chronic respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS or CRDS) and symptoms thereof such as lung damage, and also to treat cytokine storm syndrome, in patients with or suspected of having a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, such as a coronavirus infection, e.g., COVID-19, SARS, MERS, or another bacterial or viral infection which may cause acute or chronic respiratory distress syndrome or cytokine storm syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Vitaeris Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chow, Edward Chong, Bonnie Lonze, Robert Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20230057950
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart includes an upright frame, an upper angle support and a pair of tie bars extending out from the upright frame. A tray is pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position and a nested position. The tray includes a tapered front and at least one side. A slope plate is mounted to at least one side of the tray. In the nested position, the nestable shopping cart is nested with another nestable shopping cart, resulting in a nesting gap of about 11 inches between the shopping carts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW, Harry WELLINGTON
  • Publication number: 20230047785
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart may include an upright frame, and a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame and comprising a utility position and a nested position. The nestable shopping cart may further include one or more casters configured to be removably attached to the upright frame, the one or more casters comprising a stem comprising a shape directionally aligned with a first opening of the upright frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW, Harry WELLINGTON
  • Patent number: 11548544
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart includes an upright frame, an upper angle support and a pair of tie bars extending out from the upright frame. A tray is pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position and a nested position. The tray includes a tapered front and at least one side. A slope plate is mounted to at least one side of the tray. In the nested position, the nestable shopping cart is nested with another nestable shopping cart, resulting in a nesting gap of about 11 inches between the shopping carts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow, Harry Wellington
  • Publication number: 20220306175
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart includes an upright frame, an upper angle support and a pair of tie bars extending out from the upright frame. A tray is pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position and a nested position. The tray includes a tapered front and at least one side. A slope plate is mounted to at least one side of the tray. In the nested position, the nestable shopping cart is nested with another nestable shopping cart, resulting in a nesting gap of about 11 inches between the shopping carts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW, Harry WELLINGTON
  • Publication number: 20220306176
    Abstract: A nestable shopping cart has an upright frame, and a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position, a nested position, an inside, and an outside. Further included is a perimeter wire surrounding the tray and a tapered front. The perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and then the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce ZUTLER, Kevin CHOW, Harry WELLINGTON
  • Patent number: D940528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow
  • Patent number: D1004894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow, Harry Wellington
  • Patent number: D1005717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Zutler, Kevin Chow, Harry Wellington
  • Patent number: D1062141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION INC.
    Inventors: Bruce B. Zutler, Harry E. Wellington, Kevin Chow, Daniel P. Doodnauth, Richard B. Leeds