Patents by Inventor Chris C. Baker

Chris C. Baker 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: 9234348
    Abstract: An elongate roll formed sheet metal molding, and method of its manufacture, for transitioning between a drywall ceiling and an acoustical tile ceiling, the molding have the general shape of an inverted tee formed by a horizontal drywall leg, a horizontal acoustical tile leg and a vertical leg between the horizontal legs, the drywall leg having a plurality of regularly spaced holes for receiving fasteners to attach the molding to a ceiling structure, a periphery of each hole being partially lanced in the sheet metal such that material from the hole forms a slug, the slug remaining attached to the sheet metal at a part of the hole, the slug being bent flat onto an area of the sheet metal adjacent the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Chris C. Baker
  • Patent number: D776302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Chris C. Baker, James J. Lehane, Peder J. Gulbrandsen