DAVID E ZEPHIR
Architects in Gardner, MA

License number
Massachusetts 9090
Issued Date
Oct 15, 1993
Expiration Date
Aug 31, 2017
Type
Architect
Address
Address
Gardner, MA 01473

Professional information

David Zephir Photo 1

Trash Can With Twist-Lock Lid

US Patent:
2006019, Aug 31, 2006
Filed:
Feb 13, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/352576
Inventors:
David Zephir - Westminster MA, US
Ronald Audet - North Smithfield RI, US
Edward Zephir - Leominster MA, US
International Classification:
B65D 41/06
US Classification:
220293000
Abstract:
A trash can with a twist-lock lid. The trash can includes a generally cylindrical container having a bottom, an upper rim, and a sidewall between the bottom and the upper rim. The trash can also has a lid with a skirt that fits over the top of the sidewall. The container defines at least one locking protrusion proximate the rim, the locking protrusion having an elongated portion along a part of the rim, a stop portion extending downwardly from one end of the elongated portion toward the container bottom a first distance, and a retention portion extending downwardly from the other end of the elongated portion a second distance that is substantially less than the first distance, the elongated portion having a length between the stop portion and the retention portion. The lid defines an elongated, inwardly-facing projection having a length no greater than the length of the elongated portion of the container locking protrusion, the projection adapted to sit under and adjacent to the elongated portion of the container locking protrusion when the lid is placed over the container rim and engaged with the container's locking protrusion.


David Zephir Photo 2

Wheeled Laundry Basket

US Patent:
2006020, Sep 21, 2006
Filed:
Nov 22, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/284594
Inventors:
Joseph Depasquale - Leominster MA, US
Ronald Audet - North Smithfield RI, US
David Zephir - Westminster MA, US
Rebecca Foster - Columbia SC, US
International Classification:
B62B 1/00
US Classification:
280047170
Abstract:
A wheeled laundry basket with an integral generally rectangular basket member with two longer sides and two shorter ends, and defining an upper rim that has its lowermost portion around the center of the sides, and highest portions at the ends, so that the rim at the ends is capable of being gripped at a point higher than the lowest point of the sides. The basket member defines at least one indentation at the intersection of at least one end and the bottom. There is an axle coupled to the basket member and carrying at least two wheels that are each located at least in part within an indentation and that are either flush with the bottom of the basket member or extend partially below the bottom surface of the basket member.


David Zephir Photo 3

Paint Bucket With Integral Brush Holder

US Patent:
2005016, Jul 28, 2005
Filed:
Jan 28, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/046469
Inventors:
Joseph Depasquale - Leominster MA, US
David Zephir - Westminster MA, US
Fred Beauregard - Northbridge MA, US
Edward Zephir - Leominster MA, US
Ronald Audet - North Smithfield RI, US
International Classification:
B65D025/00
US Classification:
220736000
Abstract:
A paint bucket with an integral brush holder for holding a paint brush with a handle of the type that has a narrowed portion between the bristles and the tip of the handle. The paint bucket includes a bottom, at least one side wall ending in an upper lip, and at least one slot defined by spaced slot side walls provided through at least a portion of the width of the lip and communicating with the interior of the bucket and extending downward along a portion of the side wall. A brush can be held in the slot with the narrowed portion of the handle located between the slot walls and the brush bristles hanging into the bucket.


David Zephir Photo 4

Pail With Integral Graduations

US Patent:
2006018, Aug 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb 13, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/352583
Inventors:
David Zephir - Westminster MA, US
Ronald Audet - North Smithfield RI, US
Edward Zephir - Leominster MA, US
Frederick Beauregard - Northbridge MA, US
International Classification:
B65D 90/02
US Classification:
220675000
Abstract:
A pail with integral graduations. The pail has a bottom, a top rim, and a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim. There is at least one integral graduation in the sidewall comprising a shelf extending circumferentially around at least a part of the sidewall.


David Zephir Photo 5

Nesting And Stacking Storage Crate

US Patent:
2006018, Aug 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb 13, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/352584
Inventors:
David Zephir - Westminster MA, US
Ronald Audet - North Smithfield RI, US
Rebecca Foster - Columbia SC, US
International Classification:
B65D 21/00
US Classification:
206507000
Abstract:
A nesting and stacking storage crate having a bottom, a top rim, a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim, and a pair of shelves formed into the sidewall, the shelves adapted to support the bottom of another identical storage crate.