Patents by Inventor Timothy K. Asplund

Timothy K. Asplund 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: 4835852
    Abstract: Hardware for mounting a rail to a vertical wall includes two sets of hardware, each set including a wall piece and a rail piece. Each wall piece includes a wall mounting plate screwed to the wall, a threaded shank extending integrally outwardly from the wall mounting plate on a shank axis, a cylindrical disk-like rail piece mounting head integral with the outer end of the shank and inscribed on its face with radially extending scribe lines, and a rail piece clamping nut threadably mounted on the shank between the wall mounting plate and the mounting head. Each rail piece includes a rail mounting plate screwed to the rail and a rail piece mounting head receiving plate offset outwardly from the rail mounting plate. This mounting head receiving plate is provided with a shank receiving slot and is inscribed with a scribe line on the axis of this receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Inventors: Timothy K. Asplund, Andrew P. Hektner
  • Patent number: RE33975
    Abstract: Hardware for mounting a rail to a vertical wall includes two sets of hardware, each set including a wall piece and a rail piece. Each wall piece includes a wall mounting plate screwed to the wall, a threaded shank extending integrally outwardly from the wall mounting plate on a shank axis, a cylindrical disk-like rail piece mounting head integral with the outer end of the shank and inscribed on its face with radially extending scribe lines, and a rail piece clamping nut threadably mounted on the shank between the wall mounting plate and the mounting head. Each rail piece includes a rail mounting plate screwed to the rail and a rail piece mounting head receiving plate offset outwardly from the rail mounting plate. This mounting head receiving plate is provided with a shank receiving slot and is inscribed with a scribe line on the axis of this receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Inventors: Timothy K. Asplund, Andrew P. Hektner