Patents by Inventor Wayne Ruga

Wayne Ruga 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).

  • Angle plate connector for tubular members
    Patent number: 4145149
    Abstract: An interlocking structural system comprising a plurality of tubular strut members defining a central opening in the ends thereof of a prescribed diameter and at least one connector for selectively interconnecting the tubular strut members, the connector including one or more plate members with a plurality of connector tangs thereon generally radially oriented with respect to the plate member where one set of alternate connector tangs angle away from the plane of the plate member and where another set of alternate connector tangs lie in the plane of the plate member with the connector tangs sized to be recieved in the central opening in the end of one of the strut members so that the strut member can be slipped over any one of the connector tangs to connect the strut member to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Inventor: Wayne Ruga
  • Structural system connection
    Patent number: 4065220
    Abstract: An interlocking structural system comprising a plurality of tubular strut members defining a central opening in the ends thereof of a prescribed diameter and at least one connector for selectively interconnecting the tubular strut members, the connector including a plurality of removably interconnected plate members with one of the plate members lying generally in a second plane intersecting the first plane so that the plate members intersect along a common line, each of the plate members defining a plurality of connector tangs thereon generally radially oriented with respect to the plate member where one of the connector tangs on one of the plate members intersects one of the connector tangs on another of the plate members along said common line and with the connector tangs sized to be received in the central opening in the end of one of the strut members so that the strut member can be slipped over the intersecting connector tangs to connect the strut member to the connector and to hold the plate members to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Inventor: Wayne Ruga
  • Structural connector
    Patent number: D258743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Wayne Ruga
  • Angled structural connector
    Patent number: D258744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Wayne Ruga