Patents by Inventor Timothy Barendse

Timothy Barendse 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING OPPOSED FRAME ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS AND CENTERING AN INSULATED GLASS UNIT WITHIN THE FRAME ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20260152989
    Abstract: A frame assembly for retaining an IG unit in an opening in a door or other panel structure may include a first frame configured to engage a surface of the door or other panel structure about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about an outer periphery thereof, and having a first coupling portion, a second frame integral with, or configured to engage, an opposite surface of the door about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about the outer periphery thereof, and having a second coupling portion, and an alignment member to engage each of the first and second coupling portions, between the periphery of the opening and the outer periphery of the IG unit, to align the first and second coupling portions with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Dean Miller, Seth Vostad, Todd Adams, Timothy Barendse, Brett Perry
  • Apparatus for aligning opposed frame assembly components and centering an insulated glass unit within the frame assembly
    Patent number: 12560023
    Abstract: A frame assembly for retaining an IG unit in an opening in a door or other panel structure may include a first frame configured to engage a surface of the door or other panel structure about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about an outer periphery thereof, and having a first coupling portion, a second frame integral with, or configured to engage, an opposite surface of the door about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about the outer periphery thereof, and having a second coupling portion, and an alignment member to engage each of the first and second coupling portions, between the periphery of the opening and the outer periphery of the IG unit, to align the first and second coupling portions with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Miller, Seth Vostad, Todd Adams, Timothy Barendse, Brett Perry
  • APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING OPPOSED FRAME ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS AND CENTERING AN INSULATED GLASS UNIT WITHIN THE FRAME ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230313599
    Abstract: A frame assembly for retaining an IG unit in an opening in a door or other panel structure may include a first frame configured to engage a surface of the door or other panel structure about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about an outer periphery thereof, and having a first coupling portion, a second frame integral with, or configured to engage, an opposite surface of the door about a periphery of the opening and to engage the IG unit about the outer periphery thereof, and having a second coupling portion, and an alignment member to engage each of the first and second coupling portions, between the periphery of the opening and the outer periphery of the IG unit, to align the first and second coupling portions with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dean Miller, Seth Vostad, Todd Adams, Timothy Barendse, Brett Perry