Richard D Sofia

US Patent:

20120291678, Nov 22, 2012

Filed:

Mar 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/264095

Inventors:

Clark P. Howland - Terrace Park OH, US
Richard D. Sofia - Troy OH, US

International Classification:

B65D 19/32
B65D 19/38

US Classification:

108 533, 108 5111, 108 5728

Abstract:

A pallet made according to this invention provides a one-piece plastic pallet with integrated full window-frame runners for improved safety, nesting and stackability. The pallet includes a plurality of recessed portions that form angled leg portions below the lower surface of the deck. The pallet also includes integrated full window-framed runners in order to accommodate four-way entry. Each window-framed runner includes an angled leg portion having about the same draft angle as the opposing sidewall of the recessed portion. The deck also includes a plurality of channels sized to receive a window-framed runner of a second pallet. Each recessed portion also includes a stop to arrest the downward travel of the leg portion of the second pallet and allow for the nested second pallet to be easily removed from the first pallet.

US Patent:

20220212367, Jul 7, 2022

Filed:

Jan 5, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/141663

Inventors:

RICHARD SOFIA - Troy OH, US

International Classification:

B29B 9/06
B29C 48/00
B29C 48/05
B29C 48/04
B29C 48/88

Abstract:

Systems and methods for forming pellets from mixed plastic materials are disclosed. An example method may include a method for forming pellets from mixed plastic materials without needing to screen or filter the mixed plastic materials. The method may include disposing a mixed plastic material into an extrusion apparatus, advancing the mixed plastic material through a die to form strands, and cutting the strands into a plurality of pellets.

US Patent:

20230078912, Mar 16, 2023

Filed:

Sep 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/473611

Inventors:

Richard Sofia - Troy OH, US

International Classification:

E01C 9/08
B29C 45/14
B29C 45/00
E01C 5/20

Abstract:

A polymeric structure includes a first polymeric component and a second polymeric component, the first polymeric component including a first mating surface and an opposing first free surface and the second polymeric component including a second mating surface and an opposing second free surface. The first polymeric component and the second polymeric component are positioned with the first mating surface facing the second mating surface. A charge of molten polymer is disposed between the first mating surface and the second mating surface. A compressive force is applied to the first free surface of the first polymeric component and to the second free surface of the second polymeric component in order to secure the first polymeric component to the second polymeric component in order to form the polymeric structure. The polymeric structure may be a construction mat.