Patents by Inventor Michael Richert

Michael Richert 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: 11938388
    Abstract: A modular game assembly includes a central platform and a plurality of peripheral boards removably attached to the central platform to facilitate a tossing game between two or more players. The central platform is supported upon a support surface such that a planar surface thereof is elevated with respect to the support surface. Each peripheral board includes a front edge that is raised and supported by the central platform such that each peripheral board is downwardly inclined. Each peripheral board is in an abutting arrangement with adjacent peripheral boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Richert Games LLC
    Inventors: Todd Michael Richert, Troy Douglas Richert
  • Publication number: 20230365833
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aqueous, one-pack coating composition including a polymer, a crosslinking agent, a polymeric surface-active agent, and an organic rheology control agent. The total solids content of the coating composition is from 7.5-11.5 wt.-%; the viscosity at 23° C. is from 2000-12000 mPas at a shear rate of 0.1 s-1¬; the amount of the polymeric surface-active agent is from 0.5-25 wt.-% based on the total solids content of the coating composition; the amount of the organic rheology control agent is from 5-12 wt.-% based on the total solids content of the coating composition; and the coating composition does not contain platelet-shaped particulate material having a median particle size of 2 ?m or more. Further disclosed herein are methods of producing a coating and applying the coating with a device producing a coating composition jet, and substrates coated by the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Florian BRAUCKMANN, Michael RICHERT, Andreas POPPE, Wolfgang DUSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20220370871
    Abstract: A modular game assembly includes a central platform and a plurality of peripheral boards removably attached to the central platform to facilitate a tossing game between two or more players. The central platform is supported upon a support surface such that a planar surface thereof is elevated with respect to the support surface. Each peripheral board includes a front edge that is raised and supported by the central platform such that each peripheral board is downwardly inclined. Each peripheral board is in an abutting arrangement with adjacent peripheral boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Todd Michael Richert, Troy Douglas Richert
  • Patent number: 10137476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multicoat color and/or effect paint system comprising, lying above one another in this order, (1) at least one first basecoat comprising basecoat material (A), (2) preferably a second color and/or effect basecoat comprising basecoat material (B), and (3) optionally at least one transparent coating comprising clearcoat material (C), wherein the basecoat material (A) forming the first basecoat comprises at least one binder (a.1), at least one color and/or effect pigment (a.2), and at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible, oligomeric or polymeric component (a.3) which comprises a parent structure (GK) having at least two repeating monomer units (ME) and also at least one uni- and/or multidentate, potentially anionic ligand (L) which is still capable of forming complexes after the multicoat paint system has been thermally cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Publication number: 20160175886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multicoat color and/or effect paint system comprising, lying above one another in this order, (1) at least one first basecoat comprising basecoat material (A), (2) preferably a second color and/or effect basecoat comprising basecoat material (B), and (3) optionally at least one transparent coating comprising clearcoat material (C), wherein the basecoat material (A) forming the first basecoat comprises at least one binder (a.1), at least one color and/or effect pigment (a.2), and at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible, oligomeric or polymeric component (a.3) which comprises a parent structure (GK) having at least two repeating monomer units (ME) and also at least one uni- and/or multidentate, potentially anionic ligand (L) which is still capable of forming complexes after the multicoat paint system has been thermally cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Patent number: 8535795
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides multicoat systems exhibiting ultraviolet (UV) stability after ultraviolet exposure and moisture exposure. The systems comprise at least one primer (G), at least one pigmented coating (P) disposed on a surface of the primer, and at least one ultraviolet (UV) absorber which has an absorption maximum of at least 370 nm. The pigmented coating (P) may be comprised of two or more coatings (P1), (P2) to (Pn). The multicoat systems may also comprise a transparent coating material (T) to form a transparent coating (K). The present multicoat systems demonstrate ultraviolet stability, reduced delamination of the pigmented coat from the primer and are available in a variety of shades for use in the finishing, refinishing and coating of component parts. The present disclosure also provides for a process for producing the multicoat system, and provides for the use of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Egon Wegner, Wolfgang Duschek, Thomas Krueger, Michael Richert, Katharina Fritzsche
  • Publication number: 20120135245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multicoat paint system comprising, lying above one another in this order, (1) at least one first basecoat comprising basecoat material (A), (2) preferably a second, color and/or effect basecoat comprising basecoat material (B), and (3) at least one transparent coating comprising clearcoat material (C), wherein the basecoat material (A) which forms the first basecoat comprises at least one binder (a.1), at least one color and/or effect pigment (a.2), and a corrosion-inhibiting component (a.3) with a parent structure (GK1), selected from the group of low molecular mass alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and cycloalkyl radicals and/or heterocyclic radicals, which carries at least one phosphoric acid group as ligand (L1), and/or at least one corrosion-inhibiting component with a parent structure (GK2), selected from the group of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, and cycloalkyl radicals, heterocyclic radicals and/or polymers, which carries at least one phosphonic acid group as ligand (L2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Publication number: 20120128989
    Abstract: A multicoat paint system comprising, lying atop one another in this order, (1) at least one first basecoat comprising basecoat material (A), (2) a second, color and/or effect basecoat comprising basecoat material (B), and (3) at least one transparent coating comprising clearcoat material (C). The basecoat material (A) of the first basecoat comprises at least one binder (a.1), at least one color and/or effect pigment (a.2), and a corrosion-inhibiting component (a.3) having an aromatic parent structure (GK), which has at least two unidentate, potentially anionic ligands (L1) and (L2) with electron donor function attached covalently to (GK), and/or which possesses substituents (SU) which are attached covalently on the aromatic parent structure (GK), and which have at least two covalently attached, unidentate, potentially anionic ligands (L1) and (L2) with electron donor function, the ligands (L1) and (L2) capable of complex formation after the multicoat paint system has been thermally cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Publication number: 20120100394
    Abstract: Coating compositions comprising (a.1) at least one binder with functional groups (Gr); (a.2) at least one pigment; and (a.3) at least one corrosion-inhibiting component which comprises a parent structure (GK), at least one functional group (Gr?) which is attached covalently to (GK) and which, when a multicoat paint system containing the disclosed coating composition is thermally cured, reacts with at least one of functional groups (Gr) of the binder (a.1) or functional groups (Gr?) of at least one constituent of an adjacent coating (B), and at least one uni- and/or multidentate, potentially anionic ligand (L) which is different from the functional group (Gr?), is attached covalently to (GK), and, when the multicoat paint system is thermally cured, does not lose its capacity as a chelating agent. Also disclosed is a process for producing a multicoat paint system using the disclosed coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Publication number: 20120034370
    Abstract: A process for producing multicoat paint systems comprising applying to substrates including unprimed substrates, substrates coated with an uncured primer or substrates coated with a cured primer, one first color and/or effect coat, one second color and/or effect coat, and one transparent coat, and jointly curing wet films of these coatings and also where appropriate the uncured primer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS AG
    Inventors: Patricia Kloppenborg, Frank Stache, Egon Wegner, Michael Richert
  • Publication number: 20120003487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multicoat color and/or effect paint system comprising, lying above one another in this order, (1) at least one first basecoat comprising basecoat material (A), (2) preferably a second color and/or effect basecoat comprising basecoat material (B), and (3) optionally at least one transparent coating comprising clearcoat material (C), wherein the basecoat material (A) forming the first basecoat comprises at least one binder (a.1), at least one color and/or effect pigment (a.2), and at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible, oligomeric or polymeric component (a.3) which comprises a parent structure (GK) having at least two repeating monomer units (ME) and also at least one uni- and/or multidentate, potentially anionic ligand (L) which is still capable of forming complexes after the multicoat paint system has been thermally cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Richert, Wolfgang Duschek, Michael Dornbusch
  • Publication number: 20110274896
    Abstract: Multicoat color and/or effect finishes on substrates, comprising, lying atop one another in this order: (A) at least one pigment-free coating, (B) at least one color and/or effect coating, and (C) at least one transparent coating, processes for producing them, and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: BASF COATINGS GMBH, BASF COATINGS JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Jörg Krames, Hitoshi Taniguchi, Egon Wegner, Michael Richert
  • Publication number: 20090324843
    Abstract: Process for producing multicoat color and/or effect paint systems comprising a color and/or effect basecoat (A) and a transparent topcoat (B) by a wet-on-wet method using a color and/or effect coating material (A) and a transparent coating material (B), the coating material (A) being prepared by separately preparing an aqueous, structurally viscous powder dispersion (A1), in an amount, based on (A), of 50% to 100% by weight, mixing it with the other constituents (A2) of the coating material (A), and homogenizing the resulting mixtures (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS AG
    Inventors: Egon Wegner, Berthold Austrup, Hubert Baumgart, Michael Richert
  • Publication number: 20090317629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides multicoat systems exhibiting ultraviolet (UV) stability after ultraviolet exposure and moisture exposure. The systems comprise at least one primer (G), at least one pigmented coating (P) disposed on a surface of the primer, and at least one ultraviolet (UV) absorber which has an absorption maximum of at least 370 nm. The pigmented coating (P) may be comprised of two or more coatings (P1), (P2) to (Pn). The multicoat systems may also comprise a transparent coating material (T) to form a transparent coating (K). The present multicoat systems demonstrate ultraviolet stability, reduced delamination of the pigmented coat from the primer and are available in a variety of shades for use in the finishing, refinishing and coating of component parts. The present disclosure also provides for a process for producing the multicoat system, and provides for the use of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: BASF COATINGS AG
    Inventors: Egon Wegner, Wolfgang Duschek, Thomas Krueger, Michael Richert, Katharina Fritzsche