Patents by Inventor Courtney Lee Perkins

Courtney Lee Perkins 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).

  • Air treatment and sound reduction system
    Patent number: 8336672
    Abstract: A device for reducing sound from an air treatment unit includes, in one embodiment, an air treatment system, including a wall mount HVAC unit with a supply air opening and a return air opening. A supply air sound reducer is provided in communication with the supply air. The supply air sound reducer includes a housing defining a supply interior provided with sound reducing material. The sound reducing material is overlaid with a layer of perforated material. A return air sound reducer is provided in communication with the return air opening. The return air sound reducer includes a housing defining an interior return volume provided with sound reducing material applied to one or more inside surfaces of the interior return volume and a layer of perforated material disposed over the sound reducing material. Mid-structure including sound reducing material is disposed in each of the supply and return air assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bard Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Irvin Lee Derks, James Lee Austermiller, Courtney Lee Perkins
  • Air treatment and sound reduction system
    Publication number: 20090020358
    Abstract: A device for reducing sound from an air treatment unit includes, in one embodiment, an air treatment system, including a wall mount HVAC unit with a supply air opening and a return air opening. A supply air sound reducer is provided in communication with the supply air. The supply air sound reducer includes a housing defining a supply interior provided with sound reducing material. The sound reducing material is overlaid with a layer of perforated material. A return air sound reducer is provided in communication with the return air opening. The return air sound reducer includes a housing defining an interior return volume provided with sound reducing material applied to one or more inside surfaces of the interior return volume and a layer of perforated material disposed over the sound reducing material. Mid-structure including sound reducing material is disposed in each of the supply and return air assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Irvin Lee Derks, James Lee Austermiller, Courtney Lee Perkins