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).
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Patent number: 10507150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Publication number: 20180311092Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: The Norix GroupInventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Patent number: 9661933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Publication number: 20130061395Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NORIX GROUP, INC.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Patent number: 8007059Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Publication number: 20090091229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Scott Karl, Kurt Staskon
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Patent number: 7287816Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventor: Richard B. Karl
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Patent number: 5857742Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 1996Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: NORIX Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
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Patent number: 5594983Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 1995Date of Patent: January 21, 1997Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
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Patent number: 5496091Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 1994Date of Patent: March 5, 1996Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
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Patent number: 5289783Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Inventor: Richard B. Karl
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Patent number: D510486Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventor: Richard B. Karl
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Patent number: D347132Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Inventor: Richard B. Karl
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Patent number: D347133Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Inventor: Richard B. Karl
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Patent number: D362347Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1994Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Norix Group, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig