Patents by Inventor Alan Wendt

Alan Wendt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070113513
    Abstract: An edge trim system for suspended island ceilings in which a one-piece clip couples standard grid tees to standard wall molding. The clip is arranged to snap onto the grid tees where the ceiling boundary is along a line of the grid and to be screw fastened onto a tee where the ceiling boundary is other than along the grid. The clip is arranged to snap into and retain the molding in place without fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventor: Alan Wendt
  • Publication number: 20060218871
    Abstract: An adaptor clip, for converting a standard tee grid ceiling to a snap-up panel system, comprising an injection-molded plastic body that includes gripping elements for engaging the tops of the flanges of the tee grid and support elements for mating with the upstanding peripheral flanges of the snap-up panels. The clip is arranged to be quickly and easily installed without tools by simply positioning it against the lower faces of intersecting tee grid members so that its center underlies the center of the intersection and rotating it about a vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Alan Wendt, Martin Likozar, James Lehane
  • Publication number: 20060005493
    Abstract: A seismic wall molding for suspended ceiling systems that, although sufficiently wide across its horizontal ceiling supporting leg, is visually unobtrusive by virtue of a stepped, shadow style configuration. The stepped horizontal leg configuration allows the wall molding to resist buckling or bending deformation in the horizontal leg when a vertical leg of the molding is tightly secured against a non-flat wall surface. Factory ends on the wall molding are at parallel 45 degree planes to facilitate making inside and outside corners at the job site. A factory supplied template simplifies corner construction. A splice piece fits tightly on the upper sides of the horizontal legs at a straight-line joint between abutting lengths of the wall molding to maintain these elements in alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Garry Burns, Alan Wendt, Martin Likozar
  • Publication number: 20050211500
    Abstract: A suspension ceiling panel that includes enhanced durability, sound absorption and increased fire safety qualities. The panel comprises a body substrate including a plurality of apertures. The body is further adapted to be connected to the ceiling grid members. The outer exposed surface of the body substrate is covered by a non-woven fibrous material. Apertures in the body substrate in combination with the non-woven fibrous material on the lower exposed surface of the panel provides the appearance of a traditional acoustical panel but provides desirable sound absorption and fire resistive qualities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Wendt, Gerald Koski, Maria Azevedo