Patents by Inventor Michael B. Fitzgerald

Michael B. Fitzgerald 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: 4863132
    Abstract: This invention relates to a safety restraint bracket of functionally interchangeable components for constraining freestanding appliances and furnishings. A malleable and machine scored parent plate can be joined with a mating plate to form a fastening clamp. This clamp assembly is wedded to a freestanding article or structure using an insulating cohesive foam bedding with supplemental mechanical fastenings. A spanning component, adjustable in effective length, firmly bridges from the installed clamp to an anchorage plate fastened to a buttressing adjacent surface such as a substantial wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventors: Fitzgerald, John J., Michael B. Fitzgerald