Patents by Inventor Ralph Russo

Ralph Russo 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: 6502439
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes a lock housing having an upper surface with a pair of opposing L-shaped ears, a lower surface with a pair of opposing L-shaped ears, and a front surface with an orifice therethrough. A lock plug cylinder has a face with a key slot therethrough, the lock plug cylinder received within the lock housing through the orifice in the front face. A mounting bracket has a front face with an orifice, a pair of laterally disposed flanges projecting from the front face, and a pair of retaining flanges projecting substantially perpendicularly from the front face. The lock housing is received between the retaining flanges in such a way as to have the retaining flanges received by respective upper and lower opposing ears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Stirling, Ralph Russo
  • Patent number: 6453973
    Abstract: A modular panel having integral connection means for use in display board assemblies for trade shows and the like. The panels are fabricated from multiple sheets of corrugated board laminated together. A plurality of spaced-apart fingers are provided on a panel for matingly interfitting the panel to an adjacent panel having similar fingers. Several panels of identical or varied configurations may be interconnected to form a suitable display board assembly. A beam element is also provided for use in such assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Inventor: Ralph Russo
  • Patent number: 6109329
    Abstract: A modular panel having integral connection member for use in display board assemblies. The panels are fabricated from multiple sheets of corrugated board laminated together. A plurality of spaced-apart fingers are provided on a panel for matingly interfitting the panel to an adjacent panel having similar fingers. Several panels of identical or varied configurations may be interconnected to form a suitable display board assembly. A beam element is also provided for use in such assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Ralph Russo
  • Patent number: D437644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Corrugart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph Russo