Patents by Inventor Robert S. Agar

Robert S. Agar 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: 6497033
    Abstract: A shelving standard is fabricated from a single plate with portions of the plate folded back on themselves, preferably utilizing roll forming operations. This allows bores formed in the plate before roll forming to be aligned in pairs as through holes when portions of the plate are folded over on themselves. By forming one bore of a pair larger than another, the bore pair becomes a countersunk hole. Such a shelving standard may be screwed to a stud which has a gap therein so that a line of slots in the standard is aligned with the gap. The stud also has a transverse through hole supporting a cross-member. Wall panels are provided with clips which rest on the cross-member so that wall panels may be mounted without being screwed to the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar
  • Patent number: 5953876
    Abstract: A wall frame has C-shaped vertical studs each with a web having vertically spaced openings with an outline conforming to the cross-sectional shape of a short channel member. The two legs depending from the web have a plurality of depending tabs punched therefrom. These tabs extend into vertical registration with the top and bottom edges of each opening such that when a short channel member is inserted through the stud it is supported by the opening and by the tabs and is thereby stabilized in position. The short channel members have plastic spring clips snapped thereto. A gypsum board panel with clips attached thereto may then be mounted to the wall frame by clipping the clips to the horizontal channel members. The spring fingers of the plastic clips on the short channel members abut the gypsum board panel to dampen vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar
  • Patent number: 5632127
    Abstract: A wall frame has C-shaped vertical studs each with a leg having sets of openings therein. Each set of openings comprises a pair of side-by-side openings above a further opening. A wall panel support has a central mounting portion with a pair of side-by-side hooks above a projecting tongue; a wing extends from either side of the central mounting portion. In order to attach the panel support to one of the sets of openings, the hooks of the central mounting portion are received within the side-by-side openings of a set of openings and the tongue is snap fit into the remaining opening. A wall panel having gang nail clips may then be placed against the stud and lowered so that the clips rest on the top edges of the wings of the panel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventors: Robert S. Agar, Norman J. Hachey, Clive W. R. Careford
  • Patent number: 5632128
    Abstract: A unitary suspension clip for suspending gypsum board panels from the horizontal support member of a vertical support structure. The plate portion of the clip has panel-piercing members projecting rearwardly to affix the plate to the panel. A transverse line of weakness extends substantially across the width of the plate such that when the panel is suspended from the support member, the load applied between the support member and the plate causes the plate to bend therealong to prevent the pulling of the panel-piercing members out of the panel. A wing is formed along the edge of the plate and extends outwardly therefrom with a second line of weakness running in the same direction as the edge of the plate between the wing and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Gravity Lock Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar
  • Patent number: 5531052
    Abstract: A unitary suspension clip for suspending gypsum board panels from the horizontal channel member of an erect support structure. The plate portion of the clip has panel-piercing members projecting rearwardly to affix the plate to the panel. A transverse line of weakness extends substantially across the width of the plate such that when the panel is suspended from the channel member, the load applied between the channel member and the plate causes the plate to bend therealong to prevent the pulling of the panel-piercing members out of the panel. A wing is formed along the edge of the plate and extends outwardly therefrom with a second line of weakness running in the same direction as the edge of the plate between the wing and the plate. The wing is bent at the second line of weakness upwardly from the surface of the gypsum board panel and has an angled surface formed therein which rests on the horizontal channel member and causes the panel to be drawn into engagement with the erect support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar
  • Patent number: 5355650
    Abstract: In a demountable office partition system, batten mounts with a base and legs of a resilient hard plastic are snap fit to supporting structures by reason of inwardly directed opposed flanges on the legs. The legs of the batten mounts also have soft plastic externally directed fingers to which a batten may be press fit. Use of the batten mounts permits the batten to be removed without damage. In another embodiment, the base of the batten mounts have a first set of depending inner legs with inwardly directed flanges and a second pair of depending outer legs with outwardly directed flanges outwardly spaced from the inner legs. The batten mount is fabricated of a resilient hard plastic. Again, the batten mounts may be snap fit to a supporting structure. However, in this embodiment, a batten is snap fit to the batten mounts. The batten may be removed from the batten mount without damage due to the resilience of the outer legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar
  • Patent number: 4245448
    Abstract: A suspension assembly is provided for suspending gypsum board panels from a horizontal support member. The plate portion of the suspension assembly has panel piercing tangs of a novel twisted conformation projecting rearwardly to affix the plate to the panel. A narrow neck portion of the plate forms channel means to receive the upper portion of a separate suspension clip. The lower portion of the clip is inclined outwardly to engage the horizontal support member. A plurality of transverse lines of weakness comprising slots and notch means extending substantially across the width of the neck portion of the plate are designed such that when the gypsum board panel is suspended from the support member, the load applied between the clip and the plate causes the neck portion of the plate to bend outwardly from the panel along said lines of weakness, while the upper and lower plate portions remain affixed to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignees: Robert S. Agar, Inc., Thorsell Holdings Ltd., Mudlake Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert S. Agar