Patents by Inventor Sylvain Rioux

Sylvain Rioux 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).

  • Publication number: 20090084746
    Abstract: A pallet rack stopper assembly includes a stanchion and a bracket interconnecting the stanchion to a rear load beam of a pallet rack to provide a backstop for a pallet placed on the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Sylvain Rioux
  • Patent number: 7490806
    Abstract: A storage rack column protector includes a base plate securable to the floor and with an upstanding flange at one end thereof, the base plate providing a support surface on which the column sits in use. A buffer housing incorporating a resilient block is disposed on the side of the flange remote from the column, the housing embracing the flange. In the event of impact the buffer housing and the resilient block move to absorb the shock and thus protect the column from damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Equipement Boni inc.
    Inventor: Sylvain Rioux
  • Publication number: 20070221596
    Abstract: A storage rack column protector includes a base plate securable to the floor and with an upstanding flange at one end thereof, the base plate providing a support surface on which the column sits in use. A buffer housing incorporating a resilient block is disposed on the side of the flange remote from the column, the housing embracing the flange. In the event of impact the buffer housing and the resilient block move to absorb the shock and thus protect the column from damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventor: Sylvain Rioux
  • Patent number: 6179541
    Abstract: This transfer device is to be supported by the tines of a forklift and supports a load such as a lumber pack to be transferred to a rack cell which have an anchor bar at its opening. The device comprises an underframe having tine receivers, and a mainframe which is movable with respect to the underframe towards the cell opening and which has hooks to hook onto said anchor bar. Said mainframe has rollers on which the load is supported. The system is motorized; first, the load remains centered with respect to the underframe when the mainframe is first shifted laterally of the forklift to hook onto the anchor upper bar of a selected rack cell because the frame rollers rotate in a direction opposite to the shifting direction; then the mainframe rollers rotate in the opposite direction to transfer the load into the rack cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventors: Sylvain Rioux, Thierry Benayoun