Patents by Inventor Richard Kruyer

Richard Kruyer 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: 20070193173
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plastic molded shutter assembly that can be customized in size. A shutter of a standard length, or series of shutters of standard lengths are manufactured. A plurality of cuts are made in the shutter, removing a predetermined amount of material from the shutter. The end cap is replaced and fixedly secured to the remaining shutter, resulting in a single shutter of a desired length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Coughlin, Donald Verna, Richard Kruyer
  • Publication number: 20070000856
    Abstract: An open top bakery tray that is stackable and nestable on trays of like design. The tray has a generally rectangular configuration including a bottom wall, end walls and sidewalls. One of the walls is cut away to define a merchandising window to facilitate the removal of materials from the tray and the viewing and inspection of such materials and the tray further includes a gate moveable between an open position in which the window is unobstructed to allow free access to the tray and a closed position in which the gate extends across the window to preclude the inadvertent displacement of merchandise from the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc., a Michigan corporation
    Inventors: Donald Verna, Richard Kruyer
  • Publication number: 20060070906
    Abstract: A tray for providing at least three levels of stacking between vertically adjacent trays includes a tray having four walls, a bottom, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member can be a pin. The tray includes multiple grooves, multiple extensions, multiple recesses, and multiple projections for engagement with another vertically adjacent stacked tray. The adjustment member in combination with the multiple grooves, multiple extensions, multiple recesses, and multiple projections define a first stacking level, a second stacking level, and a third stacking level, which is intermediate to the first stacking level and the second stacking level. An additional stacking level is defined when vertically adjacent stacked trays are rotated 90° with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Verna, Richard Kruyer