Patents by Inventor Robert Brydolf

Robert Brydolf 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: 5080160
    Abstract: A track assembly for a bi-fold door comprises a guide track having an elongated flat base, a pair of sides, and a pivot bracket. The outer edge of each side of the track is inwardly directed toward the base and defines a channel therein. A pair of runners extending from the pivot bracket provides means for reinforcing a portion of the guide track and reduces track vulnerability to deformation caused by lateral forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: John D. Gephart, Robert Brydolf
  • Patent number: 4379603
    Abstract: A drawer handle can be removably mounted over a drawer front without fasteners or the like. The drawer front has a recessed region to facilitate opening the drawer, and the drawer handle can be snap-locked onto the drawer front to cover the recess and provide an optional means of opening the drawer. The drawer handle is of inverted U-shaped channel configuration including elongated front and rear flanges extending along a narrow base of the channel. The front and rear flanges can be spread apart to facilitate slipping the channel over the drawer front so the base of the channel rests on the upper edges of the drawer front, and the front and rear flanges overlie front and rear faces of the drawer front. The rear flange covers the recess in the drawer front, while the front flange is foreshortened relative to the rear flange and extends across the mid-point of the recess to provide a means for opening the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: Acme General Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Johnson, Robert Brydolf
  • Patent number: 4359080
    Abstract: A hanger is provided for suspending a slat of a multi-slat folding partition from an overhead track. The hanger has a shaft with a head at its upper end and a tang at its lower end. The tang is for engaging a hole through the top of the slat. A clip is on the shaft for holding the tang in the hole in the slat when the clip is in its lower position. A bogie is mounted on the shaft between the clip and the head of the shaft. The bogie engages an overhead track for suspending the slat for movement along the length of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: Acme General Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Brydolf
  • Patent number: 4106158
    Abstract: This pivot assembly for a swinging or folding door can be readily adjusted for door height or position of the door pivot axis relative to the door jamb. An L-shaped bracket is connected into the corner between the floor and door jamb. The bracket has a number of discontinuities parallel to the floor to prevent translation. A pivot is mounted on the lower corner of the door, preferably by a plastic sleeve. The sleeve is threaded on the inside and a threaded pin is mounted therein. The lower end of the pin has means directly engaging the jamb bracket to prevent rotation and translation of the pin. To adjust the door in most embodiments it is lifted so that the head of the pin is out of engagement with the teeth in the slot. The pin is rotated by hand to move it up or down in the threaded sleeve. The pivot axis of the pin is adjusted by moving the pin to a desired position on the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Acme General Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Kellems, Robert Brydolf