Patents by Inventor Nathan L. Westby
Nathan L. Westby 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).
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Publication number: 20200060438Abstract: This document provides product display systems for displaying merchandise. Exemplary product display systems described herein includes a side support and a fence configured to be coupled to a wire shelf and a price channel configured to be coupled to the fence. In some cases, the system also can include a wire shelf cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Mark David Chenoweth, Nathan L. Westby, Christopher John Reed
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Patent number: 10512190Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and a method for mounting a panel within an enclosure. Using one or more sets of mounting blocks, the panel and a frame of the enclosure can be secured together in respective horizontal orientations, then collectively rotated to a vertical orientation. The one or more sets of mounting blocks can include a set of stop blocks, each including a respective tongue, and a set of slide blocks, each defining a respective recess when seated on a frame member of the enclosure frame. Each tongue can be configured to nest within a corresponding recess when the mounting blocks secure the panel to a corresponding frame member.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: William Anderson, Nathan L. Westby, Garrett Potvin, Larry Krynski
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Publication number: 20170127555Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system and a method for mounting a panel within an enclosure. Using one or more sets of mounting blocks, the panel and a frame of the enclosure can be secured together in respective horizontal orientations, then collectively rotated to a vertical orientation. The one or more sets of mounting blocks can include a set of stop blocks, each including a respective tongue, and a set of slide blocks, each defining a respective recess when seated on a frame member of the enclosure frame. Each tongue can be configured to nest within a corresponding recess when the mounting blocks secure the panel to a corresponding frame member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: William Anderson, Nathan L. Westby, Garrett Potvin, Larry Krynski
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Publication number: 20170122014Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a latching arrangement for an enclosure with an enclosure door and an enclosure body. First and second latch members are secured at first and second latch-member locations, respectively, relative to the enclosure door. First and second catch members are secured at first and second catch-member locations relative to the enclosure body. When a handle of the door is moved from a first handle orientation towards a second handle orientation, the first latch member engages the first catch member before the second latch member engages the second catch member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Csaba Andrasfi, Nathan L. Westby
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Publication number: 20160363153Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a fastener system for securing a component to an enclosure member. A mounting cage can include a flange and a cage portion with a blocking feature. In an installation configuration, a threaded fastener extends through the flange to engage the nut, and the blocking feature blocks translation of the nut along the cage portion towards the flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Harold D. Lakoduk, Csaba Andrasfi, Nathan L. Westby
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Publication number: 20160302325Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, William Anderson, Jeremy Fink
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Patent number: 9447629Abstract: Embodiments provide a strip gasket with one or more adhesive strips on the gasket. The strip gasket resists stretching because a non-stretchable carrier is located within an adhesive strip on the gasket which helps prevent the gasket from being stretched. The strip gasket is also able to create a tight seal when it is installed against a desired surface. This tight seal prevents water and other particulate matter from passing around the strip gasket.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Schlueter, Nathan L. Westby, Trent Jones, Lisa Salmi, Larry Krynski
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Patent number: 9408325Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, William Anderson, Jeremy Fink
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Patent number: 9398719Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, William Anderson, Jeremy Fink
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Publication number: 20160108662Abstract: Embodiments provide a strip gasket with one or more adhesive strips on the gasket. The strip gasket resists stretching because a non-stretchable carrier is located within an adhesive strip on the gasket which helps prevent the gasket from being stretched. The strip gasket is also able to create a tight seal when it is installed against a desired surface. This tight seal prevents water and other particulate matter from passing around the strip gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Jonathan Schlueter, Nathan L. Westby, Trent Jones, Lisa Salmi, Larry Krynski
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Publication number: 20150201523Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, William Anderson, Jeremy Fink
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Publication number: 20140076830Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, William Anderson, Jeremy Fink
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Publication number: 20140001932Abstract: A modular, ventilated enclosure includes a base and a frame coupled to the base. The base includes at least one mounting receptacle for mounting a fan. The enclosure can include four side panels coupled to the frame and a back panel coupled to the frame in the interior of the enclosure. The back panel can be adapted to mount electrical equipment. A cover can be coupled to the frame and can include an overhang to prevent debris from entering the interior of the enclosure. The enclosure can also include a gravity controlled damper system with a damper that moves to an open position when an internal pressure in the interior of the enclosure increases. The enclosure can include a passive air flow passage that ventilates the enclosure when the damper is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, Trent T. Jones, William J. Nepsha, Jamie M. Livgard
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Patent number: 8464396Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a hinge apparatus that can include a hinge body having a first portion and a second portion and a hinge pin. The hinge pin can include an axial portion and a gripping portion. The hinge body can include a recess in one of the first portion and the second portion. The recess in the hinge body can receive the gripping portion of the hinge pin to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge body is in the closed position. The gripping portion can be removed from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, Jeremy L. Fink, Trent T. Jones
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Publication number: 20130069511Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a hinge apparatus that can include a hinge body having a first portion and a second portion and a hinge pin. The hinge pin can include an axial portion and a gripping portion. The hinge body can include a recess in one of the first portion and the second portion. The recess in the hinge body can receive the gripping portion of the hinge pin to inhibit access to the gripping portion when the hinge body is in the closed position. The gripping portion can be removed from the recess as the hinge body is moved to the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Nathan L. Westby, Jeremy L. Fink, Trent T. Jones