Robert C Sheldon

US Patent:

43844030, May 24, 1983

Filed:

Aug 18, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/179098

Inventors:

Robert W. Sheldon - Atlanta GA
Richard W. Mullin - Eufaula AL
Jesse F. Bowden - Eufaula AL

International Classification:

B23P 1900

US Classification:

29798

Abstract:

A positioning tool for use in attaching the cover panels to support members in a prefabricated building system using self-drilling and self-tapping fasteners and a locking member which includes locating means for positioning the locking member behind the overlapped cover panels and guide means for locating the fastener against the support member opposite the locking member so that the fastener is aligned with the locking member and, as the fastener is installed by self-drilling and self-tapping its way through the juxtaposed support member and cover panels, the locking member will be threadedly engaged by the fastener to hold the cover panels against the support member between the head of the fastener and the locking member.

US Patent:

43696090, Jan 25, 1983

Filed:

Aug 18, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/178953

Inventors:

Robert W. Sheldon - Atlanta GA
Richard W. Mullin - Eufaula AL

International Classification:

E04B 552

US Classification:

52478

Abstract:

A fastener assembly for use in attaching cover panels to support members in a prefabricated building system where the cover panels and support members have a prescribed total thickness at the point of attachment including a self-drilling and self-tapping screw where the self-tapping thread on the screw terminates a prescribed distance from the head of the screw which is substantially equal to the total thickness of the support member and cover panels so that the screw will self-drill and self-tap its way through the support member and the cover panels and the self-tapping thread will release the support member nd the cover panels when the head on the screw is seated against the support member so that the screw is free to rotate with respect to the support member and cover panel; and a locking member adapted to be threadedly engaged by the screw behind the cover panels to clamp the cover panels onto the support member between the locking member and the head of the screw.

US Patent:

20180066437, Mar 8, 2018

Filed:

Sep 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/694274

Inventors:

- Norcross GA, US
Timothy Bilbo - Atlanta GA, US
Gregory J. Foster - Chicago IL, US
Robert W. Sheldon - Winnetka IL, US

Assignee:

OMNIMAX INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

E04D 13/072
F16B 2/22

Abstract:

A universal gutter hanger assembly includes a hanger body having a front end and a back end. A front attachment feature at the front end of the hanger body is configured to engage with a front end of the gutter. A back attachment feature at the back end is configured to engage with a back end of the gutter. The back attachment includes a clip extending upwardly from the back end and configured to engage with gutters having various configurations of back ends. In some examples, the hanger body includes an arcuate-shaped bottom surface that extends from the front end to the back end.