Patents by Inventor Sylvio Ricard

Sylvio Ricard 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: 4889192
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting conventional hand-held pneumatic breakers in such a way as to break a concrete slab down to the desired precise depth. The slab can be a building floor, bridge deck, or other slab required to be broken to a predetermined depth. The apparatus comprises a mounting frame adapted to replace the bucket of a mini-loader such that the mounting frame can be positioned at an adjusted level and orientation by the hydraulically operated arms and rams of the mini-loader. The mounting frame has an upper flange from which depend U-shaped guiding brackets between which are guided the transverse handlebar of each breaker. A guide for each drill bit of the breakers is fixed to the mounting frame. The breakers are free to move between a top and a lower limit position relative to the mounting frame. In the lower position the handle bars are supported by the bight of the U-shaped brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Inventor: Sylvio Ricard