Patents by Inventor Race C. NATTA

Race C. NATTA 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: 12163339
    Abstract: An adaptable door mounting support for acquiring a door gap and for supporting a door slab. The door mounting support comprises a frame member including first and second A-shaped segments interconnected by a rectangular bottom section and together defining a door support channel therebetween, and a tie device configured to meter the door gap and hold the door slab off the ground. A width of the door support channel is equal or larger than a thickness of the door slab. The tie device includes a cable tie extending between the A-shaped segments and across the door support channel, and a locking member attached to the cable tie by sliding over the cable tie. The locking member is slidable over the cable tie in one direction only and is lockable on the cable tie to adjust a distance between the cable tie and the bottom section of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MASONITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick C. Ege, Jason M. Walsh, Robert C. Allen, Race C. Natta, Brent Lindberg, Jae Young Jeon, Jonathan R. Zayat
  • Publication number: 20230220864
    Abstract: A screw insert configured for repairing a stripped screw hole. The screw insert comprises three elongated prongs each having a distal end and a proximal end. The three elongated prongs are hingedly connected to each other only at the proximal ends thereof. The three elongated prongs are equiangularly spaced from each other so that longitudinal axes thereof are spaced apart. Each of the prongs has an outer surface and an inner surface. The screw insert is transformable from an open configuration to a folded configuration. The longitudinal axes of the prongs are coplanar in the open configuration. The longitudinal axes of the prongs define an acute angle therebetween in the folded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Robert C. ALLEN, Race C. NATTA
  • Publication number: 20230160221
    Abstract: An adaptable door mounting support for acquiring a door gap and for supporting a door slab. The door mounting support comprises a frame member including first and second A-shaped segments interconnected by a rectangular bottom section and together defining a door support channel therebetween, and a tie device configured to meter the door gap and hold the door slab off the ground. A width of the door support channel is equal or larger than a thickness of the door slab. The tie device includes a cable tie extending between the A-shaped segments and across the door support channel, and a locking member attached to the cable tie by sliding over the cable tie. The locking member is slidable over the cable tie in one direction only and is lockable on the cable tie to adjust a distance between the cable tie and the bottom section of the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick C. EGE, Jason M. WALSH, Robert C. ALLEN, Race C. NATTA, Brent LINDBERG, Jae Young JEON, Jonathan R. ZAYAT