Patents by Inventor Ralph G. Sullivan

Ralph G. Sullivan 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: 4132045
    Abstract: A bar support for supporting a plurality of longitudinally extending reinforcing bars and a transversely extending reinforcing bar includes a cross rod which is positioned beneath the transversely extending reinforcing bar and extends along the bar in parallel relationship, and a plurality of bar support chair means which are laterally spaced along the cross rod. Each of the bar support chair means includes a first member having a first vertical leg portion extending above and displaced from the cross rod and a second member having a second vertical leg portion extending above and laterally displaced from the cross rod on the opposite side of the cross rod from the first leg portion. Longitudinally extending reinforcing bars are held between the leg portions transversely to the cross rod, and the transversely extending reinforcing bar is held between the leg portions parallel to the cross rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: The Dayton Sure-Grip & Shore Company
    Inventor: Ralph G. Sullivan