Patents by Inventor M. Ballard Gardner

M. Ballard Gardner 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: 7402095
    Abstract: A method for cutting a chamfer on an edge of a concrete slab, the method comprising the steps of: making a generally planar cut, beginning a distance from the edge, with a generally circular, generally laminar concrete saw blade rotatably powered by a right-angle grinder motor, the generally planar cut being made at a desired angle and creating a cantilevered ledge above the generally planar cut; fracturing and removing at least a portion of the cantilevered ledge from the slab whenever an edge of the cantilevered ledge is proximate the hub; and continuing the generally planar cut until the cantilevered ledge is severed from the slab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner
  • Patent number: 7201644
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a chamfer on an upper edge of a concrete slab includes a hub designed for installation on the threaded output spindle of an angle grinder, and a specially-modified diamond-grit-edged rotary blade which mounts on the hub. For a preferred embodiment of the hub, an attachment collar is unitary and concentric with both a blade mounting flange having countersunk attachment screw holes and a blade centering shoulder on the flange. The attachment collar has at least one pair of flattened parallel sides for receiving a wrench used to tighten the hub on the output spindle. The blade, which is equipped with both countersunk attachment holes and a central positioning aperture sized to fit closely over the blade centering shoulder, is attachable with countersinking screws to the mounting flange so that the head of each screw is flush with the surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner
  • Patent number: 7143760
    Abstract: A method for cutting a chamfer on an edge of a concrete slab, comprising the steps of: providing a generally circular, rotatable concrete saw blade that is coupled to a right-angle grinder motor with a blade-mounting hub having no blade attachment hardware projecting below a lower major surface of the blade; making an initial planar cut at a desired angle beginning a distance from the edge, thereby creating an initial cantilevered ledge above the initial cut; if the initial cantilevered ledge is not severed from the slab by a cutting action of the blade before the hub is proximate an edge of the initial cantilevered ledge, then fracturing and removing the initial cantilevered ledge from the slab; and making at least one subsequent planar cut continuous with the initial cut and any necessary fracturings and removals of subsequent cantilevered ledges until the chamfer is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner
  • Patent number: 7000606
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a chamfer on an upper edge of a concrete slab includes a hub designed for installation on the threaded output spindle of an angle grinder, and a specially-modified diamond-grit-edged rotary blade which mounts on the hub. For a preferred embodiment of the hub, an attachment collar is unitary and concentric with both a blade mounting flange having countersunk attachment screw holes and a blade centering shoulder on the flange. The attachment collar has at least one pair of flattened parallel sides for receiving a wrench used to tighten the hub on the output spindle. The blade, which is equipped with both countersunk attachment holes and a central positioning aperture sized to fit closely over the blade centering shoulder, is attachable with countersinking screws to the mounting flange so that the head of each screw is flush with the surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner
  • Patent number: 6827074
    Abstract: Apparatus for cutting a chamfer on an upper edge of a concrete slab includes a hub designed for installation on the threaded output spindle of an angle grinder, and a specially-modified diamond-grit-edged rotary blade which mounts on the hub. For a preferred embodiment of the hub, an attachment collar is unitary and concentric with both a blade mounting flange having countersunk blade-attachment screw holes and a blade centering shoulder on the flange. The attachment collar has at least one pair of flattened parallel sides for receiving a wrench used to tighten the hub on the output spindle. The blade which is equipped with both countersunk attachment holes and a central positioning aperture sized to fit closely over the blade centering shoulder, is attachable with countersinking screws to the mounting flange so that the head of each screw is flush with the surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Datigen.com, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner
  • Publication number: 20030217743
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a chamfer on an upper edge of a concrete slab includes a hub designed for installation on the threaded output spindle of an angle grinder, and a specially-modified diamond-grit-edged rotary blade which mounts on the hub. For a preferred embodiment of the hub, an attachment collar is unitary and concentric with both a blade mounting flange and a blade centering shoulder on the flange. The attachment collar has at least one pair of flattened parallel sides for receiving a wrench used to tighten the hub on the output spindle. The side of the blade mounting flange opposite the collar is equipped with multiple countersunk threaded holes, by means of which the blade may be attached with countersinking screws. The rotary blade is equipped with a central positioning aperture sized to fit closely over the blade centering shoulder. The blade is equipped with countersunk holes which align with those on the blade mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: M. Ballard Gardner