Patents by Inventor Toni HAYES

Toni HAYES 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).

  • Guide rail, guide system and furniture item
    Patent number: 11969088
    Abstract: A guide rail including a rail body and a fastening element having a narrow front edge portion abutting the rail body, and configured as a bracket element from an angled sheet metal material with limbs oriented at an angle and connected along a bending edge, and a horizontal limb forming the flat material portion with the upper side and with the underside of the flat material portion with the edge portion. A horizontal limb of the bracket element has an inner limb portion adjoining the bending edge and an outer limb portion adjoining the inner limb portion via a longitudinally extending shoulder. The outer limb portion includes the edge portion and a reinforcing mechanism is provided on the fastening element as an arch extending along the shoulder over a partial region of the outer limb portion and over the shoulder and over part of the inner limb portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Story Woolson, Toni Hayes, Manfred Peer, Georg Domenig
  • GUIDE RAIL, GUIDE SYSTEM AND FURNITURE ITEM
    Publication number: 20230189992
    Abstract: A guide rail including a rail body and a fastening element having a narrow front edge portion abutting the rail body, and configured as a bracket element from an angled sheet metal material with limbs oriented at an angle and connected along a bending edge, and a horizontal limb forming the flat material portion with the upper side and with the underside of the flat material portion with the edge portion. A horizontal limb of the bracket element has an inner limb portion adjoining the bending edge and an outer limb portion adjoining the inner limb portion via a longitudinally extending shoulder. The outer limb portion includes the edge portion and a reinforcing mechanism is provided on the fastening element as an arch extending along the shoulder over a partial region of the outer limb portion and over the shoulder and over part of the inner limb portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: GRASS AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Story WOOLSON, Toni HAYES, Manfred PEER, Georg DOMENIG