David W Schardein

US Patent:

8256635, Sep 4, 2012

Filed:

Sep 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/807352

Inventors:

David W. Schardein - Louisville KY, US
Lawrence F. Bender - Louisville KY, US

Assignee:

Aero Containers International, LLC - Louisville KY

International Classification:

B65D 6/00
B65D 8/14

US Classification:

220 6, 220 15, 220 428, 220 93

Abstract:

A collapsible cargo container assembly includes a collapsible skeleton framework defining a front, rear and opposite sides of the container assembly and includes a plurality of generally parallel ribs spaced from and generally planar to each other when the container assembly is in an open condition. A plurality of articulated braces are connected to and extend between the ribs to hold the ribs in spaced relationship in the open condition of the container assembly. The articulated braces are foldable to position the ribs in juxtaposition alongside each other in a collapsed condition of the container assembly. A flexible cover is positioned substantially about the collapsible framework and is fixed thereto for folding therewith as the framework moves back-and-forth between the open and collapsed conditions thereof.

US Patent:

20070090069, Apr 26, 2007

Filed:

Dec 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/292680

Inventors:

James Hafendorfer - Louisville KY, US
Blake Whitley - LaGrange KY, US
David Schardein - Louisville KY, US

International Classification:

A47F 7/00

US Classification:

211060100

Abstract:

Apparatus for restricting movement of a lawn implement shaft, for use in a lawn implement support system in cooperation with a vertically upstanding support member for horizontal support of shafted lawn implements during storage or transportation thereof including a support post for supporting a first end of a shafted lawn implement in conjunction with the vertically upstanding support member for supporting a second end of the shafted lawn implement. Further the apparatus includes a shaft support hook mounted to the support post, and projecting outwardly therefrom for a predetermined distance, the support hook being curved generally vertically and at a predetermined angle away from a first generally vertical plane defined by the support post, with a distal end of the shaft support hook being curved back toward a second vertical plane defined by the support post and perpendicular to the first vertical plane to define a shaft support region intermediate the hook and the support post. The present apparatus also includes a compression pin adjustably mounted to the support post adjacent the support hook for sliding movement therealong, the compression pin including a shaft abutment surface; and a device for fixing the compression pin at a predetermined position along the support post for restrictive contact with the lawn implement shaft.