Patents by Inventor Ronald J. D'Elia

Ronald J. D'Elia 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: 5000325
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the sorting of material in which a rigid rack includes a plurality of horizontally extending elements arranged in vertically spaced arrangement, and a plurality of bags are removably supported on the horizontally extending elements for receiving material therein. The horizontally extending elements and the bag members are respectively constructed and arranged to hold the bag members with their mouth portions stretched open and facing forwardly one above the other on the rack. The rack further includes elements for maintaining the bag members substantially horizontally one above the other with their mouth portions open. The bag members are selectively removed from the frame with the inserted material therein by horizontally sliding the bag member off the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Delco Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. D'Elia
  • Patent number: 4880121
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the sorting of material in which a rigid rack includes a plurality of horizontally extending elements arranged in vertically spaced arrangement, and a plurality of bags are removably supported on the horizontally extending elements for receiving material therein. The horizontally extending elements and the bag members are respectively constructed and arranged to hold the bag members with their mouth portions stretched open and facing forwardly one above the other on the rack. The rack further includes elements for maintaining the bag members substantially horizontally one above the other with their mouth portions open. The bag members are selectively removed from the frame with the inserted material therein by horizontally sliding the bag member off the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Delco Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. D'Elia
  • Patent number: 4728158
    Abstract: A modular storage system comprising an elongated base part having two spaced continuous channels extending generally parallel to one another longitudinally of the base part, and at least one upright member extendable transversely of the base part and including a pair of downwardly projecting lugs respectively engaged in the channels in the base part. The lugs are spaced apart in relation to the spacing of the channels to enable the lugs to be inserted into the channels with the upright member vertical and at an angle to the channels whereupon the upright member can be turned to a position tranverse of the base part to secure the lugs in the channels and the upright member on the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Delco Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. D'Elia, Philip N. DeVries