Robert A Kidd

US Patent:

20110180498, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Jan 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/014437

Inventors:

Robert Christopher Kidd - New York NY, US
Andrew Coker - Peekskill NY, US

Assignee:

Lloyd, Gerstner & Partners - Paramus NJ

International Classification:

A47F 1/12

US Classification:

211 593

Abstract:

A pusher system for dispensing articles includes a pusher track, on which the articles can be stacked for storage, displaying, and dispensing. The pusher system also includes a pusher plate assembly having a pusher plate urging the articles stored on the pusher track toward a dispensing location under the action of a driving unit, such as a coil spring. The pusher plate assembly has a retaining portion to be movably received in a longitudinal channel formed in the pusher track to retain the pusher plate assembly on the pusher track and allow the pusher track assembly to translate along the longitudinal channel formed in the pusher track. According to the various embodiments, the pusher plate assembly is configured to be in a rolling engagement with the pusher track as the pusher plate travels along the pusher track. Such rolling engagement can reduce friction between the pusher plate assembly and the pusher track, thereby facilitating travel of a pusher plate during the dispensing and reloading operations.

US Patent:

20140091510, Apr 3, 2014

Filed:

Oct 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/632526

Inventors:

- Paramus NJ, US
Robert Christopher KIDD - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Lloyd, Gerstner & Partners - Paramus NJ

International Classification:

B25B 1/20

US Classification:

269 41

Abstract:

An apparatus for holding fastening hardware in place on a workpiece having an arrangement of through-holes. The apparatus includes a body having a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides of the body. The first surface has at least one projection extending from the first surface and a recess configured to hold the fastening hardware, with the recess being open to the first surface. A brace extends from the second surface of the body and is configured to hold the first surface in an installation position relative to the workpiece. The at least one projection is inserted in a first hole of the arrangement of through-holes when the first surface is in the installation position. The fastening hardware is held by the recess in a position to receive a complementary fastener through a second hole of the arrangement of through-holes when the first surface is in the installation position.