Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Robards

Thomas H. Robards 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).

  • Composite reel apparatus
    Patent number: 6752350
    Abstract: A rotatable composite reel apparatus for use in association with an axle for winding, storing, transporting and unwinding various windable materials therewith, including a tubular spindle member and first and second composite platform members, held together by one or more straps passing through aligned apertures in the first and second composite platform members. At least one of the first and second platform members is fabricated at least in part, from a high-density composite fiberboard and perpendicular corrugated paperboard material. Corrugated paperboard material is also employed in the construction of at least one of the first and second platform members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas H. Robards
  • Composite reel apparatus
    Publication number: 20020038839
    Abstract: A rotatable composite reel apparatus for use in association with an axle for winding, storing, transporting and unwinding various windable materials therewith, including a tubular spindle member and first and second composite platform members, held together by one or more straps passing through aligned apertures in the first and second composite platform members. At least one of the first and second platform members is fabricated at least in part, from a high-density composite fiberboard and perpendicular corrugated paperboard material. Corrugated paperboard material is also employed in the construction of at least one of the first and second platform members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas H. Robards