Patents by Inventor Lyle H. Mathews

Lyle H. Mathews 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: 4306697
    Abstract: An improved system for supporting a plurality of conduits above another in parallel, spaced-apart relationship including a base unit for supporting the bottom conduit, the base unit comprising a base and a generally U-shaped member having an open end for receiving the bottom conduit and supporting same, and an intermediate unit including first and second U-shaped members, the open ends of which extend in opposite directions whereby an intermediate unit can be pushed down onto one conduit and positioned to support another conduit thereabove. Both the base unit and the intermediate unit include means for guiding conduits into the U-shaped members thereof and means for locking conduits therein after being located. The intermediate unit also comes in modular form to permit interconnecting of different sizes of conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Inventor: Lyle H. Mathews
  • Patent number: 4244542
    Abstract: A system for supporting a plurality of conduits above another in parallel, spaced-apart relationship including a base unit for supporting the bottom conduit, the base unit comprising a base and a U-shaped member having an open end for receiving the bottom conduit and supporting same, and an intermediate unit including first and second U-shaped members, the open ends of which extend in opposite directions whereby an intermediate unit can be pushed down onto one conduit and positioned to support another conduit thereabove. By continuing this process, multiple conduits can be supported and spaced one above another. Each unit includes matching interlocking means attached to opposite sides thereof whereby adjacent units may be interconnected to support multiple columns of conduits with a desired horizontal spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Inventor: Lyle H. Mathews
  • Patent number: 4183484
    Abstract: A modular conduit spacer rack comprising a plurality of units which may be interconnected to form a rack for supporting a plurality of conduits in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. Each of the units comprises four generally coplanar arms emanating from a central hub in mutually orthogonal directions, first and second adjacent arms having a predetermined width and thickness, third and fourth adjacent arms forming channels at the free ends thereof, the width and depth of the channels formed in the third and fourth arms being approximately the same as the width and thickness of the first and second arms whereby the third and fourth arms are adapted to receive the first or second arms of adjacent units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Inventor: Lyle H. Mathews
  • Patent number: D247216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Lyle H. Mathews
  • Patent number: D261960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Inventor: Lyle H. Mathews