Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Kuehn

Thomas P. Kuehn 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: 9820572
    Abstract: A shelf rack includes first and second identical shelf units each including a first frame with first and second legs having respective first and second feet, a second frame with third and fourth legs having respective third and fourth feet and at least one shelf. The second and fourth feet have an outer diameter that is less than an outer diameter of the first and third feet. The second shelf unit is inverted and the first and second frames of the first shelf unit toollessly assemble to the first and second frames, respectively, of the second shelf unit by mating the larger outer diameter feet of the first shelf unit with the smaller outer diameter feet of the second shelf unit and mating the larger outer diameter feet of the second shelf unit with the smaller outer diameter feet of the first shelf unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: 9744794
    Abstract: A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: 9468292
    Abstract: A shelving connector for coupling an auxiliary shelf within a shelving system includes a coupling sleeve, a support rod, and a bridge member. The coupling sleeve defines and extends between a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end and defines a sleeve exterior surface and a sleeve interior cavity. The sleeve interior cavity is open at each of the first sleeve end and the second sleeve end. The support rod defines a rod exterior surface. The center axis of the coupling sleeve and a center axis of the support rod are positioned to extend substantially parallel to each other. The bridge member is secured to the sleeve exterior surface and the rod exterior surface to statically hold the support rod in a position laterally spaced from and vertically offset from the coupling sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20160262536
    Abstract: A shelving connector for coupling an auxiliary shelf within a shelving system includes a coupling sleeve, a support rod, and a bridge member. The coupling sleeve defines and extends between a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end and defines a sleeve exterior surface and a sleeve interior cavity. The sleeve interior cavity is open at each of the first sleeve end and the second sleeve end. The support rod defines a rod exterior surface. The center axis of the coupling sleeve and a center axis of the support rod are positioned to extend substantially parallel to each other. The bridge member is secured to the sleeve exterior surface and the rod exterior surface to statically hold the support rod in a position laterally spaced from and vertically offset from the coupling sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas P. KUEHN
  • Publication number: 20160114615
    Abstract: A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: 9254703
    Abstract: A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: 9033161
    Abstract: A wall organizer includes a base having a main section that is mountable to a wall, a return section and a joined section coupling the main section to the return section. The return section extends upwardly from the joined section and terminates at a free end. Together the main section, the return section and the joined section define a pocket. The free end of the return section terminates at a plurality of different heights relative to a bottom of the joined section to form a plurality of spaced apart prongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine E. Larson, Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20150060379
    Abstract: A wall organizer includes a base having a main section that is mountable to a wall, a return section and a joined section coupling the main section to the return section. The return section extends upwardly from the joined section and terminates at a free end. Together the main section, the return section and the joined section define a pocket. The free end of the return section terminates at a plurality of different heights relative to a bottom of the joined section to form a plurality of spaced apart prongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine E. Larson, Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20140311933
    Abstract: A file folder includes a rotatable cover and a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism secures the rotatable cover against a front of the file folder to maintain the file folder in a closed position. The closure mechanism further secures the rotatable cover against a back of the file folder to maintain the file folder in an opened position. The closed position protects contents of the file folder, while the opened position allows access to the contents of the file folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: D710940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: D713877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: D721565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Pen
    Patent number: D729874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine E. Larson, Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D736852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn, Katherine E. Larson
  • Patent number: D755615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D756755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D756756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D760065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D784797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn
  • Patent number: D819374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Kuehn