Patents by Inventor Robert Shand

Robert Shand 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).

  • Rodent-proof barrier material and a method of manufacturing a rodent-proof barrier material
    Patent number: 12490735
    Abstract: A rodent-proof barrier material comprising a settable carrier medium and a plurality of filaments dispersed within the settable carrier medium. Each filament of the plurality of filaments comprises a central curved portion and first and second end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Gary Wingett, Mark Brown, Robert Shand
  • Seals for dock levelling systems, methods of sealing gaps in dock levelling systems, and methods of arranging seals for dock levelling systems for storage or transportation
    Patent number: 12486126
    Abstract: A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a gap between a side of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and including a flexible strip formed of a flexible material, and on each longitudinal edge of the flexible strip, an attachment strip for attaching the flexible strip to the side of the movable ramp. The seal is arranged so that when the attachment strips are attached adjacently to each other to the side of the movable ramp, the material of the flexible strip between the attachment strips forms a closed loop extending out from the side of the movable ramp to the wall of the recess, to seal the gap between the side of the movable ramp and the wall of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Gary Wingett, Mark Brown, Robert Shand
  • A RODENT-PROOF BARRIER MATERIAL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RODENT-PROOF BARRIER MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240023538
    Abstract: A rodent-proof barrier material comprising a settable carrier medium and a plurality of filaments dispersed within the settable carrier medium. Each filament of the plurality of filaments comprises a central curved portion and first and second end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Gary Wingett, Mark Brown, Robert Shand
  • SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, METHODS OF SEALING GAPS IN DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ARRANGING SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORTATION
    Publication number: 20230059666
    Abstract: A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a gap between a side of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and including a flexible strip formed of a flexible material, and on each longitudinal edge of the flexible strip, an attachment strip for attaching the flexible strip to the side of the movable ramp. The seal is arranged so that when the attachment strips are attached adjacently to each other to the side of the movable ramp, the material of the flexible strip between the attachment strips forms a closed loop extending out from the side of the movable ramp to the wall of the recess, to seal the gap between the side of the movable ramp and the wall of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Gary Wingett, Mark Brown, Robert Shand