Patents by Inventor Robert Arthur Henderson Heard

Robert Arthur Henderson Heard 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: 5810305
    Abstract: A mounting device (2) for securing an object to a post includes an abutment member (6) and an attachment member (4). The abutment member (6) has a face (7) adapted to seat against the post and arms (12) slotted to receive a resiliently flexible strap (10). The attachment member (4) is used for attachment to a channel member associated with the object. The channel member has a mouth restricted by inturned lips. The attachment member (4) also includes one or more substantially flat plate portions (24) for insertion into the channel member to be retained therein by the inturned lips and neck portions (26) to extend through the mouth of the channel leading to head portions (16) slotted to receive the resiliently flexible strap. In use, the strap is provided in the slots which are located such that at the points where the strap passes through the slotted head portions (16), the slot therein lies as close as, or closer to, the post than at the points where the strap passes through the slots of the arms (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Signfix Limited
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Henderson Heard, Terence William Waite
  • Patent number: 5732915
    Abstract: A mounting device (2) for securing a sign to a post (46) is disclosed comprising: (a) a saddle portion having a pair of opposite side members (4) of similar form and spaced apart, the side members being adapted to seat against a post (46); (b) a base element (6) joining and spacing apart the side members (4), the base element (6) having a narrower neck portion (7) extending away from the post and connected to an enlarged abutment portion (3), the neck portion (7) being adapted to allow the abutment portion (3) to pass slideably into a channel (32) attached to the sign, the channel having a mouth with inturned lips to retain the abutment portion (3) in the channel; and (c) a pair of attachment members (8) held at opposite ends of the saddle portion and connectable to the post by strapping passed around the post, wherein the attachment members (8) have stem portions (25) connected to the abutment portion. Preferably, the mounting device (2) is made from a single component, e.g. folded from a sheet metal blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Signfix Limited
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Henderson Heard
  • Patent number: 4094487
    Abstract: A body having a channel with inturned lips is mounted to a post by a strap which is tightened around the post. The strap is connected by attachment means to the end portions of an elongate plate which is slid lengthwise into the channel and engages behind the lips to be thereby retained in the channel. Tightening of the strap urges the plate against the lips and secures the mounting device in position. One attachment member has a body part slotted to receive the strap, and a stem part secured to the elongate plate. The other attachment member is L-shaped, providing one limb which is slotted to receive the strap and another limb which is connected adjustably to the elongate plate by a nut and bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Henderson Heard
  • Patent number: 4066233
    Abstract: A mounting device for securing an object to a post has a saddle shaped to seat against the post. A pair of attachment members are loosely carried at opposite ends of the saddle and each is slotted to take a strap to be passed and tightened around the post. The attachment members have stems projecting from the saddle and carrying abutment means, so that when the strap is tightened said object, being located between the abutment means and the saddle, is gripped and secured thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Inventor: Robert Arthur Henderson Heard