Patents by Inventor Oliver Kohl

Oliver Kohl 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).

  • A BRACKET
    Publication number: 20240093495
    Abstract: A bracket for locating a vertical reinforcement bar within a block wall having a central area to enable a reinforcement bar placed vertically through a void of a block wall to pass through the bracket; and a locator for locating the central area in a predetermined position within the void of a block wall; wherein one or more guides extend into the central area to guide one or more reinforcement bars through a central aperture, the central aperture defined by the one or more guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher RAFFERTY, Craig THORLEY, Jamie CURRAN, Oliver KOHL
  • Alignment device
    Patent number: 9068368
    Abstract: The invention resides in an alignment device able to align substantially vertical starter bars for a masonry block wall, the alignment device comprising a plurality of spacer arms spaced a predetermined distance from each other and a plurality of attachment members attached to respective spacer arms, the attachment members able to be operatively attached to the vertical starter bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Blockaid Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Christopher Charles Rafferty, Oliver Kohl
  • ALIGNMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130305655
    Abstract: The invention resides in an alignment device able to align substantially vertical starter bars for a masonry block wall, the alignment device comprising a plurality of spacer arms spaced a predetermined distance from each other and a plurality of attachment members attached to respective spacer arms, the attachment members able to be operatively attached to the vertical starter bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Christpher Charles Rafferty, Oliver Kohl
  • Block wall system
    Patent number: 8458981
    Abstract: A block wall system including a block wall having a multiplicity of courses of blocks; at least one longitudinal reinforcement bar that extends through the block wall; and at least one bracket for locating the longitudinal reinforcement bar; wherein the longitudinal reinforcement bar passes through the void of at least one block in the block wall and through a capture zone of the bracket located within the block wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Blockaid Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver Kohl, Jamie Christopher Curran, Craig Stephen Thorley, Christopher Charles Rafferty
  • BLOCK WALL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100212247
    Abstract: A block wall system including a block wall having a multiplicity of courses of blocks; at least one longitudinal reinforcement bar that extends through the block wall; and at least one bracket for locating the longitudinal reinforcement bar; wherein the longitudinal reinforcement bar passes through the void of at least one block in the block wall and through a capture zone of the bracket located within the block wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Oliver Kohl, Jamie Christopher Curran, Craig Stephen Thorley, Christopher Charles Rafferty