Patents by Inventor Bonnie S. Tennis

Bonnie S. Tennis 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).

  • Patent number: 5733037
    Abstract: A modular safety lighting system for highway barriers has a light fixture connected between two sections of flexible fluid tight conduit containing four conductors. A male connector is connected to one end of the conduit and conductors and a female connector is connected to the other end of the conduit and conductors. In a first module the light fixture is connected to a first pair of conductors and in a second module the light fixture is connected to a second pair of the conductors. The modules have a length equal to the length of the barrier on which they are to be mounted and are connected alternately in series to illuminate the highway barrier. Suitable power connection modules are provided to connect the system to a standard utility power pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Inventors: Bonnie S. Tennis, John A. Tennis
  • Patent number: 5453916
    Abstract: A modular safety lighting system for highway barriers has a light fixture connected between two sections of flexible fluid tight conduit containing four conductors. A male connector is connected to one end of the conduit and conductors and a female connector is connected to the other end of the conduit and conductors. In a first module the light fixture is connected to a first pair of conductors and in a second module the light fixture is connected to a second pair of the conductors. The modules have a length equal to the length of the barrier on which they are to be mounted and are connected alternately in series to illuminate the highway barrier. Suitable power connection modules are provided to connect the system to a standard utility power pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventors: Bonnie S. Tennis, John A. Tennis