Patents by Inventor Sherman A. Stewart

Sherman A. Stewart 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: 4067155
    Abstract: A system for joining and adhering a pair of abutting panels to a rigid substrate and providing a seal against thermal and moisture transfer. The system is comprised of an elongated receptacle member with a base and a pair of spaced vertical elements extending upwardly from the base and forming a channel, to be placed under and between edges of the panels to be joined. The receptacle member is firmly attached to the rigid substrate by fastening means passed through the base. The adjacent side walls of the vertical elements include a plurality of vertically spaced, downwardly angled teeth projecting inwardly towards the center of the channel. An elongated resilient insert member includes a cap and a projection extending downwardly from said cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Grefco, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ruff, Sherman A. Stewart, Harlan E. Tarbell
  • Patent number: 4063395
    Abstract: A roofing system comprising a fire resistant rigid class A fire rated board as a substrate having bonded thereto a sheet of foamed, insulating resin and having a tough weather resistant membrane bonded to the upper surface. A ledge of substrate about 1/2 inch wide protrudes beyond the formed sheet to enable the composite to be fastened to a steel roof or the like by mechanical fasteners. The channel formed by the abutting roofing panels is filled with insulating foam and covered with a membrane strip which is attached at its edges to the membrane surface of the roofing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: Grefco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherman A. Stewart, Estel R. Snyder, David L. Ruff
  • Patent number: 3958373
    Abstract: A roofing system comprising a fire resistant rigid class, a fire rated board as a substrate having bonded thereto a sheet of foamed, insulating resin and having a tough weather resistant membrane bonded to the upper surface. A ledge of substrate about 1/2 inch wide protrudes beyond the formed sheet to enable the composite to be fastened to a steel roof or the like by mechanical fasteners. The channel formed by the abutting roofing panels is filled with insulating foam and covered with a membrane strip which is attached at its edges to the membrane surface of the roofing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Grefco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherman A. Stewart, Estel R. Snyder, David L. Ruff