Patents by Inventor Oliver Bernard

Oliver Bernard 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: 8505933
    Abstract: A roll container has a preferably rectangular base with transport rollers mounted on an underside of the base and two opposing side walls are arranged on an upper side of the base. Each of the opposing side walls has a vertical front end strut and a vertical rear end strut, which are connected by means of several horizontally running support struts, with the interior side of each of the vertical front struts lying in a respective vertical reference plane (E-E). The rear end struts may be offset sufficiently inward relative to the respective reference plane (E-E) that another roll container of the same type may be inserted from the front between the side walls of the roll container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Gebhardt Transport- und Lagersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Bernard, Christian Kolnhofer
  • Publication number: 20110127735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stackable roll container (1), particularly for transporting food, cosmetics or basic commodities in large packages, with a preferably rectangular base (3) on which transport rollers (5) are mounted on the underside and two opposing side walls (7) are arranged, wherein each of the opposing side walls (7) has a vertical front end strut (11) and a vertical rear end strut (13), which are connected by means of several horizontally running support struts (15), wherein the interior side of each of the vertical front struts (11) lies in one of two vertical reference planes (E-E) and wherein the rear end struts (13) are offset sufficiently inward relative to the respective reference plane (E-E) that another roll container (1) of the same type can be inserted from the front between the side walls (7) of the roll container (1), wherein the horizontal connecting struts (15) are arranged and constructed in such a manner that, apart from a front connecting section (15a) to the front end strut (11
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Oliver Bernard, Christian Kolnhofer