Patents by Inventor Richard B. Karl

Richard B. Karl 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: 10507150
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20180311092
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: The Norix Group
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Patent number: 9661933
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a rotary molded bed having a sleeping surface surrounded by a raised edge, storage compartments molded into the side of the bed and a means for attaching a base of the bed to a floor. The rotationally molded bottom may comprise a flat surface or a honeycombed configuration. The hollow bed body may be filled with structural foam to provide support. The base is attached to a floor surface preferably having fastener openings in the base adapted to hold fasteners recessed in the base, the fasteners extending through a floor mount surface in the base. The fastener openings may have covers adapted to close the fastener openings to prevent tampering with the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20130061395
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a rotary molded bed having a sleeping surface surrounded by a raised edge, storage compartments molded into the side of the bed and a means for attaching a base of the bed to a floor. The rotationally molded bottom may comprise a flat surface or a honeycombed configuration. The hollow bed body may be filled with structural foam to provide support. The base is attached to a floor surface preferably having fastener openings in the base adapted to hold fasteners recessed in the base, the fasteners extending through a floor mount surface in the base. The fastener openings may have covers adapted to close the fastener openings to prevent tampering with the fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NORIX GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Patent number: 8007059
    Abstract: A contraband barrier on a mounting surface for use on an intensive use furniture component providing a sealing connection between the mounting surface and a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component and discourage hiding contraband between the floor or wall and the mounting surface. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Publication number: 20090091229
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an intensive use furniture component having a sealing connection on a mounting surface for sealingly attaching to a floor or wall to prevent liquid from seeping under or behind the furniture component. The furniture component is formed by an outer shell having a side wall extending generally perpendicular to the mounting surface. A mounting flange is disposed adjacent the sidewall. A bolt hole is formed in the mounting flange. The sealing connection comprises a caulk channel formed as a channel in the mounting surface for receiving a bead of caulk to fill the seam between the mounting surface and the wall or floor to prevent fluid from seeping past the caulk channel to a space adjacent the interior mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
  • Patent number: 7287816
    Abstract: A chair has a durable surface with top cover supported by foam thereby providing an ergonomic recoverable shape and a fluid directing perimeter rim or perimeter ridge on a bottom surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Karl
  • Patent number: 5857742
    Abstract: A hollow chair may hold an amount of weight due to a flowable material contained therein and may be joined to on or more chairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: NORIX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
  • Patent number: 5594983
    Abstract: A hollow chair may hold an amount of weight due to a flowable material contained therein and may be joined to one or more chairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
  • Patent number: 5496091
    Abstract: A hollow chair may hold an amount of weight due to a flowable material contained therein and may be joined to on or more chairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
  • Patent number: 5289783
    Abstract: A table unit particularly adapted for use in a correctional environment includes a base prepared to be filled with ballast. The base has a hollow core member that fits into an inner space of an outer shell member. A sidewall of the core member is spaced inward from a sidewall of the shell member to form a first ballast holding space therebetween. An inner space of the core member defines a second ballast holding space. For use the first holding space or both ballast holding spaces first are filled with ballast such as sand or gravel. Then, a table top is attached to an upper end of the outer shell member to form a completed work table unit. Ballast in the first holding space reinforces the sidewall of the outer shell member while weight of the ballast inhibits unauthorized movement or upsetting of the unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventor: Richard B. Karl
  • Patent number: D510486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Karl
  • Patent number: D347132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Inventor: Richard B. Karl
  • Patent number: D347133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Inventor: Richard B. Karl
  • Patent number: D362347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig