Patents by Inventor Patrick Michael McAuliffe

Patrick Michael McAuliffe 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125179
    Abstract: Provided herein are ladders having a flared beaded joint to couple a rung to a rail of the ladder. In some embodiments, a ladder comprises a rail having a web. The web has a first side and a second side. The ladder further includes a rung coupled to the rail via a flared beaded joint. In some configurations, flared beaded joints are disposed at each end of the rung. The flared beaded joint includes a first bead on the first side of the web and a second bead on the second side of the web. The first bead includes a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion directly abuts the first side of the web. At least a portion of the second flange portion is disposed at an angle relative to the first flange portion to flare an end of the rung.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Thomas Ward Parker
  • Patent number: 8632285
    Abstract: A router table clamp system for attaching a router to a router table, wherein the system includes a first plate that is fixed with respect to the router table, a second plate that is configured to cooperate with the first plate to enable the router to be removably attached to the router table, and a clamping mechanism configured and arranged to move the second plate with respect to the first plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the clamping mechanism is in the locked position, the router is securely attached to the router table. The clamping mechanism also includes a lever assembly configured and arranged to move the second plate in a locking direction and an unlocking direction, which directions are both generally coincident with a plane defined by the second plate, wherein the locking direction is opposite of the unlocking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: John Charles Derler, Creighton Wade Nachtigall, Hagen Walter Dost, Juan Javier Ibarra Sandoval, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Bobby Brent Boyd
  • Publication number: 20110222981
    Abstract: A router table clamp system for attaching a router to a router table, wherein the system includes a first plate that is fixed with respect to the router table, a second plate that is configured to cooperate with the first plate to enable the router to be removably attached to the router table, and a clamping mechanism configured and arranged to move the second plate with respect to the first plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the clamping mechanism is in the locked position, the router is securely attached to the router table. The clamping mechanism also includes a lever assembly configured and arranged to move the second plate in a locking direction and an unlocking direction, which directions are both generally coincident with a plane defined by the second plate, wherein the locking direction is opposite of the unlocking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: John Charles Derler, Creighton Wade Nachtigall, Hagen Walter Dost, Juan Javier Ibarra Sandoval, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Bobby Brent Boyd
  • Patent number: D604751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hagen Walter Dost, Javier Ibarra, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Kenneth C. Osberg
  • Patent number: D627805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hagen Walter Dost, Javier Ibarra, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Kenneth C. Osberg