Patents by Inventor Robert C. Crites

Robert C. Crites 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: 4592187
    Abstract: A system for attaching furring adjacent a column includes a corner clip (140, 142) having a first leg (160) for attachment adjacent a column and a second leg (162) extending from the first leg. The second leg (162) extends substantially longitudinally of the column. The clip may be attached directly to the column or to the ceiling or decking adjacent the column. One end of a corner angle (150) is engaged over the second leg of the clip. The opposite end of the corner angle is engaged over the corresponding leg of a similar clip. The corner angle is then plumbed by moving the second end of the angle and clip, and the clip is attached to the decking or ceiling to maintain the angle plumb. Furring (G) is attached to the corner angle to cover the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Robert C. Crites
    Inventors: Robert C. Crites, Wilbur R. Youngs
  • Patent number: 4484427
    Abstract: A system for attaching furring adjacent a column includes a corner clip (140, 142) having a first leg (160) for attachment adjacent a column and a second leg (162) extending from the first leg. The second leg (162) extends substantially longitudinally of the column. The clip may be attached directly to the column or to the ceiling or decking adjacent the column. One end of a corner angle (150) is engaged over the second leg of the clip. The opposite end of the corner angle is engaged over the corresponding leg of a similar clip. The corner angle is then plumbed by moving the second end of the angle and clip, and the clip is attached to the decking or ceiling to maintain the angle plumb. Furring (G) is attached to the corner angle to cover the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Robert C. Crites
    Inventors: Robert C. Crites, Wilbur R. Youngs
  • Patent number: 4480419
    Abstract: A method and structure for attaching furring around a steel I-beam column (C) includes attaching side corner angles (416, 418) to one face of a first sheet of furring adjacent the long edges of the furring. A corner angle (422) is attached adjacent the top edge of the furring. Corner clips (400) are positioned in the lower ends of the side corner angles. The corner clips have a base portion (402, 404) with an upstanding leg (406) which is received into the lower end of the side corner angles. A panel (420) is positioned in an appropriate orientation relative to the column with the lower edges of the panel resting on the floor (D). The base portion of the corner clips is attached to the floor and the furring panel is tilted with one side of the panel resting on the floor and the opposite side raised as necessary to vertically position the edge of the panel. The panel is maintained in a vertical position by attaching the corner angles (416, 418) to the upstanding leg (406) of the corner clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Inventor: Robert C. Crites
  • Patent number: 4467584
    Abstract: A system for attaching furring to a column includes a corner clip (20) with a first portion (30) having a pair of notches (36, 38) therein and a second portion (40, 42) at an angle to the first portion. A band (22) encircles the column and bands the second portion of the clips to the column at spaced distances along the column. A corner angle (60) has inturned tips (62, 64) which are engaged into the notches of at least two of the clips spaced along the column. Furring is then attached to the corner angles to cover the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: Robert C. Crites
    Inventors: Robert C. Crites, Wilbur R. Youngs