Patents by Inventor BRIAN LESTER DAVIS

BRIAN LESTER DAVIS 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).

  • Flooring incorporating open and enclosed air ducts
    Patent number: 10246106
    Abstract: Herein described are at least an elongated flooring unit and a floor. In one embodiment, an elongated flooring unit includes a left web, a right web, a top flange, and a bottom flange, in which the top flange is positioned parallel to the bottom flange. The left and right webs, and the top and bottom flanges, enclose an air space configured for use as an air duct. In one embodiment, a floor includes a plurality of alternating enclosed air ducts and open air ducts formed by interconnecting a plurality of flooring units, in which each enclosed air duct of the enclosed air ducts is formed by two webs and two flanges of each flooring unit of the plurality of flooring units, and in which the two flanges include a bottom flange and a top flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Union Pacific Railroad Company
    Inventors: Brian Lester Davis, John Patrick Birkmann, Mark Russell Horne
  • FLOORING INCORPORATING OPEN AND ENCLOSED AIR DUCTS
    Publication number: 20170028998
    Abstract: Herein described are at least an elongated flooring unit and a floor. In one embodiment, an elongated flooring unit includes a left web, a right web, a top flange, and a bottom flange, in which the top flange is positioned parallel to the bottom flange. The left and right webs, and the top and bottom flanges, enclose an air space configured for use as an air duct. In one embodiment, a floor includes a plurality of alternating enclosed air ducts and open air ducts formed by interconnecting a plurality of flooring units, in which each enclosed air duct of the enclosed air ducts is formed by two webs and two flanges of each flooring unit of the plurality of flooring units, and in which the two flanges include a bottom flange and a top flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: BRIAN LESTER DAVIS, JOHN PATRICK BIRKMANN, MARK RUSSELL HORNE