Richard A Griffith

US Patent:

6454181, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Jun 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/877769

Inventors:

Richard Griffith - Little Silver NJ

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

E01B 930

US Classification:

238315, 238310, 238377

Abstract:

An anchor assembly and a method of installing the same so as to secure an object to an underlying substructure comprises an insert member having an internally threaded bore, and an externally threaded headed bolt member for threaded engagement within said threaded bore of the insert member. A through-bore is formed within the object to be secured to the substructure, and the insert is inserted into the lower end portion of the through-bore, while the bolt member is inserted into the upper end portion of the through-bore whereby the bolt and insert members are threaded together. If the object is to be secured to a freshly poured batch of concrete material which will form the underlying substructure when the same hardens and sets, the lower end portion of the insert member is inserted into the freshly poured concrete which is then permitted to harden and set, whereas if the object is to be secured to an existing concrete foundation, a bore is formed within the concrete foundation, adhesive is deposited within the bore, and the insert member is inserted into the adhesive material which is then permitted to harden and set.

US Patent:

6454505, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Jul 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/918105

Inventors:

Richard Griffith - Little Silver NJ

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

E01B 930

US Classification:

411315, 238310, 238377

Abstract:

An anchor assembly and a method of installing the same so as to secure an object to an underlying substructure comprises an insert member having an internally threaded bore, and an externally threaded headed bolt member for threaded engagement within the threaded bore of the insert member. A through-bore is formed within the object to be secured to the substructure, and the bolt member is inserted into the upper end portion of the through-bore so as to be threadedly engaged with the insert member which is disposed in abutted contact with the undersurface of the object as an assembly when the object is to be secured to a freshly poured concrete substructure. If the object is to be secured to an existing concrete foundation, an anchor assembly comprising the bolt member, a sleeve member, and the insert member is initially assembled, a bore is in effect simultaneously formed within both the object and the concrete foundation so that the bores within such components are coaxially aligned with respect to each other, adhesive is deposited within the bore of the concrete substructure, and the anchor assembly is inserted through the object and into the bore of the substructure such that the insert member is immersed within the adhesive material which is then permitted to harden and set.

US Patent:

20090003970, Jan 1, 2009

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/819910

Inventors:

Richard Griffith - Little Silver NJ, US

International Classification:

F16B 25/08

US Classification:

411485

Abstract:

A threaded anchor which comprises a threaded shank portion, a tip portion defined upon one end of the threaded shank portion, and a head portion disposed adjacent to the opposite end of the threaded shank portion. The head portion comprises a hexagonally configured drive section for threadedly driving the threaded anchor into a substrate. An axially extending lug-type projection is integrally connected to the hexagonally configured drive section of the head portion, and a transversely oriented throughbore is defined within the axially extending lug-type projection so as to accommodate any one of a structural or fixture support wire or cable, a power cable, a fiber optic or telephone cable, a turnbuckle wire assembly, a support strap, a safety or guy wires, a tie down wire or cable, and the like.

US Patent:

20090321103, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

Jun 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/213846

Inventors:

Richard Griffith - Little Silver NJ, US

International Classification:

B25D 17/14
A46B 13/00

US Classification:

173197, 15160, 15145, 408226

Abstract:

Cleaning implement apparatus for cleaning boreholes formed within various different substrates, such as, for example, concrete slabs, concrete blocks, bricks, or the like, comprises a first embodiment for use within a power-operated tool, such as for example, a roto-hammer type power tool for drilling boreholes within concrete or brick substrates, while a second embodiment of the apparatus comprises a manually-operated tool. The first embodiment comprises a bit member having a slotted drive shank (SDS) connection for mounting within the chuck mechanism of the roto-hammer type power tool. In this manner, the same roto-hammer type power tool can be used for both drilling the borehole within the substrate as well as for cleaning the borehole by exchanging the cleaning implement for the drill bit.

US Patent:

D2745577, Jul 3, 1984

Filed:

Mar 5, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/354132

Inventors:

Richard Griffith - Red Bank NJ

Assignee:

AcuBand, Inc. - Rumson NJ

US Classification:

D24 99