Patents by Inventor Richard Grabmeier

Richard Grabmeier 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).

  • Publication number: 20240301691
    Abstract: A system for assembling continuous overlapping purlins into position upon a plurality of roof beams without having to remove fasteners securing a first installed purlin into position. The system includes a purlin clip with a lower flange and an upper flange. The second purlin overlapping the first purlin, the first and second purlins each comprising first and second longitudinally disposed ends and at least one keyhole disposed within each longitudinally disposed end. The purlin clip is mounted with fasteners to a roof beam proximate the second end of the first purlin and a primary fastener is passed through the at least one keyhole of the first purlin into the secondary fastener, wherein the primary fastener is not fully received into the secondary fastener and remains available for hanging thereon of the keyhole in the first end of the second purlin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Grabmeier
  • Patent number: 9725903
    Abstract: An insulating system for retrofitting the roof and/or walls of a building. The retrofit system includes a first layer of insulating material extending transverse to the purlins, girts and chords and atop the existing roof or wall structure as well as a plurality of longitudinally extending bridge members each with an upper and a lower surface. The system also includes a plurality of orthogonally extending spacer members that compresses the first layer of insulating material proximate to the spacer members and allowing an otherwise uncompressed first insulation layer to span between the spacer members. The system further includes a second layer of insulation extending across the upper surface of the bridge members wherein a plurality of panel clips each with a panel clip tab are disposed atop the second layer of insulation and are fastened to the bridge member and the clip tabs engage with the lateral edges of the roof or wall panels in the formation of a water resistant seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: William Hostetler, Tori Johnson, Cliff Robinson, Richard Grabmeier
  • Patent number: 9580909
    Abstract: A system for insulating a building comprising a first layer of rolled insulation disposed atop a longitudinally extending upper chord of a roof truss, a purlin or a girt of a wall. Discrete insulating spacer members are intermittently disposed atop the first insulation layer and along the longitudinally extending chord, purlin or girt. A three sided bridge with a plurality of tab elements overlaying and contiguous with the insulating spacer members. A second layer of rolled insulation disposed atop the bridge and panel clips secured with a fastener extending through each of the second layer of insulation, bridge, insulating spacer member, first layer of insulation and upper chord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hostetler, Tori Johnson, Cliff Robinson, Richard Grabmeier
  • Publication number: 20160244964
    Abstract: An insulating system for retrofitting the roof and/or walls of a building. The retrofit system includes a first layer of insulating material extending transverse to the purlins, girts and chords and atop the existing roof or wall structure as well as a plurality of longitudinally extending bridge members each with an upper and a lower surface. The system also includes a plurality of orthogonally extending spacer members that compresses the first layer of insulating material proximate to the spacer members and allowing an otherwise uncompressed first insulation layer to span between the spacer members. The system further includes a second layer of insulation extending across the upper surface of the bridge members wherein a plurality of panel clips each with a panel clip tab are disposed atop the second layer of insulation and are fastened to the bridge member and the clip tabs engage with the lateral edges of the roof or wall panels in the formation of a water resistant seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: WILLIAM HOSTETLER, TORI JOHNSON, CLIFF ROBINSON, RICHARD GRABMEIER
  • Publication number: 20160237687
    Abstract: A system for insulating a building comprising a first layer of rolled insulation disposed atop a longitudinally extending upper chord of a roof truss, a purlin or a girt of a wall. Discrete insulating spacer members are intermittently disposed atop the first insulation layer and along the longitudinally extending chord, purlin or girt. A three sided bridge with a plurality of tab elements overlaying and contiguous with the insulating spacer members. A second layer of rolled insulation disposed atop the bridge and panel clips secured with a fastener extending through each of the second layer of insulation, bridge, insulating spacer member, first layer of insulation and upper chord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: William Hostetler, Tori Johnson, Cliff Robinson, Richard Grabmeier