Patents by Inventor Stephen Thomas Taylor

Stephen Thomas Taylor 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: 7117999
    Abstract: A wheel rim stacking apparatus to stack at least two wheel rims in a co axial and vertical relationship. The apparatus including an annular flange including an inwardly directed substantially cylindrical shaped wall of a diameter substantially commensurate with the outside diameter of the bead of a wheel rim to allow the wheel rim to be located with the cylindrical wall to be located on the outside thereof, the cylindrical wall having an upper edge and a lower edge. The annular flange including therefrom a radially inwardly extending landing web positioned intermediate of the upper and lower edge of the cylindrical wall, the landing web presenting (a) an upwardly facing surface by which a lower positioned bead of the wheel rim can engage to provide a vertical support to an upper one of the wheel rims and (b) a lower surface to locate on top of the upper positioned bead of an adjacent lower one of the wheel rims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Functional Packaging Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Thomas Taylor
  • Publication number: 20040217074
    Abstract: A wheel rim stacking apparatus to stack at least two wheel rims in a co axial and vertical relationship. The apparatus including an annular flange including an inwardly directed substantially cylindrical shaped wall of a diameter substantially commensurate with the outside diameter of the bead of a the wheel rim to allow a the wheel rim to be located with the cylindrical wall to be located on the outside thereof, the cylindrical wall having an upper edge and a lower edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen Thomas Taylor