Patents by Inventor Philip Allen Myers

Philip Allen Myers 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: 20140252178
    Abstract: This invention allows attachment of strut channels 2, pipes, conduit, and mounting of equipment to the interior of buildings and other structures. Attachment to structures such as I-Beams, channels, structural angles, purlins and truss structures are improved. Extended use of self tapping screws 28 and commonly used metal strapping are enabled. The use of dimpled holes 7 facilitate insertion of self tapping screws 28 thus expanding their function. Tab cut outs 6 in attachment hardware that allow strapping to pass and hook provide new and efficient methods for using standard strapping. New mounting hardware in combination with beam clamps, another invention of mine, use the beam clamps along with appropriate accessories, which are part of that invention, to provide new methods of attachment. Strut channels 2 are changed to integrate the use of these improvements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Patent number: 8770885
    Abstract: A wedge clamp providing for a positive attachment to structural angles, I-beams, H-beams, T-bars, plates, boards, conventional angles, bulb angles, channels, plates and other similar structural shapes comprises a clamp wedge and body that capture objects with two opposing surfaces securing the objects against each other using a fastener or other means to engage both parts of the clamp to pull the wedge through the body and causing the objects being attached together to be squeezed together. The wedge clamp is also used to support other members using a bolt or threaded rod attached to the wedge clamp which in this case normally attaches to a single flange of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Patent number: 8714495
    Abstract: This invention allows attachment of strut channels 2, pipes, conduit, and mounting of equipment to the interior of buildings and other structures. Attachment to structures such as I-Beams, channels, structural angles, purlins and truss structures are improved. Extended use of self tapping screws 28 and commonly used metal strapping are enabled. The use of dimpled holes 7 facilitate insertion of self tapping screws 28 thus expanding their function. Tab cut outs 6 in attachment hardware that allow strapping to pass and hook provide new and efficient methods for using standard strapping. New mounting hardware in combination with beam clamps, another invention of mine, use the beam clamps along with appropriate accessories, which are part of that invention, to provide new methods of attachment. Strut channels 2 are changed to integrate the use of these improvements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Patent number: 8480041
    Abstract: A beam clamp providing for a positive attachment to I-beams, H-beams, T-bars, pairs of conventional angles, bulb angles, channels, plates and other similar structural shapes wherein the beam clamp includes a pair of clamping hooks incorporated into opposing clamp bodies that capture an attached elongated rectangular, round or other shape. The shapes are secured against the structure using one or more bolt with nut assemblies to pull the halves together towards each other and the attached member and towards the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Publication number: 20100301178
    Abstract: This invention allows attachment of strut channels 2, pipes, conduit, and mounting of equipment to the interior of buildings and other structures. Attachment to structures such as I-Beams, channels, structural angles, purlins and truss structures are improved. Extended use of self tapping screws 28 and commonly used metal strapping are enabled. The use of dimpled holes 7 facilitate insertion of self tapping screws 28 thus expanding their function. Tab cut outs 6 in attachment hardware that allow strapping to pass and hook provide new and efficient methods for using standard strapping. New mounting hardware in combination with beam clamps, another invention of mine, use the beam clamps along with appropriate accessories, which are part of that invention, to provide new methods of attachment. Strut channels 2 are changed to integrate the use of these improvements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Publication number: 20100303543
    Abstract: A wedge clamp providing for a positive attachment to structural angles, I-beams, H-beams, T-bars, plates, boards, conventional angles, bulb angles, channels, plates and other similar structural shapes comprises a clamp wedge and body that capture objects with two opposing planar surfaces securing the objects against each other using a bolt with nut or other means to engage the threads of the bolt to pull the wedge through the body and causing the objects being attached together to be squeezed together. The wedge clamp is also used to support other members using a bolt or threaded rod attached to the wedge clamp which in this case normally attaches to a single flange of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
  • Publication number: 20100299891
    Abstract: A Beam Clamp comprised of a pair of similar opposing clamp bodies (1) that preferably has a cross section on the interior surface of each clamp body shaped generally like a “question mark” (?) and is arranged in an assembly where the opposing clamp bodies (1) generally mirror each other where the open portion of each faces each other. The two clamp bodies (1) are connected and pulled toward each other with a fastener such as a bolt (7). The clamp bodies (1) capture a member (16) or (17) such as a pipe or channel and a portion of a structure member (12). A structure flange (13) of a structure member (12) such as an I-Beam is captured with the clamp bodies (1) hooking over opposite edges of the structure flange (13) to leverage and secure the structure member (12), the round member (16) or rectangular members (17) and the 2 clamp bodies (1) together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Philip Allen Myers