Patents by Inventor Eric Bihr

Eric Bihr 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: 10285516
    Abstract: A communicating board includes: a display medium including a sheet of fabric, the sheet of fabric comprising, on at least one surface, loops intended to cooperate with a gripping strip provided with hooks; at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks enabling to hold in position the display medium, and at least one substantially rectilinear profile including a first planar connecting surface having the at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks positioned thereon. The first planar connecting surface is inclined towards a rear surface of the display medium when the latter cooperates with the at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks, the first planar connecting surface forming with a visible planar surface of the display medium an angle greater than 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Prismaflex International
    Inventors: Pierre-Henry Bassouls, Jean-Philippe Delmotte, Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20130333259
    Abstract: A communicating board includes: a display medium including a sheet of fabric, the sheet of fabric comprising, on at least one surface, loops intended to cooperate with a gripping strip provided with hooks; at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks enabling to hold in position the display medium, and at least one substantially rectilinear profile including a first planar connecting surface having the at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks positioned thereon. The first planar connecting surface is inclined towards a rear surface of the display medium when the latter cooperates with the at least one first gripping strip provided with hooks, the first planar connecting surface forming with a visible planar surface of the display medium an angle greater than 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Pierre-Henry Bassouls, Jean-Philippe Delmotte, Eric Bihr
  • Patent number: 8176664
    Abstract: A textile complex adapted to be attached to a communicating panel includes a textile sheet having, on at least one face, loops adapted to engage with a self-gripping strip provided with hooks; a coating film attached to a face of the textile sheet; and a printing ink deposited on the coating film. The textile complex has a capacity for preferential elastic deformation in a direction of deployment on the communicating panel. A communicating panel and to a corresponding method of display are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Prismaflex International
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Delmotte, Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20110078935
    Abstract: A textile complex adapted to be attached to a communicating panel includes a textile sheet having, on at least one face, loops adapted to engage with a self-gripping strip provided with hooks; a coating film attached to a face of the textile sheet; and a printing ink deposited on the coating film. The textile complex has a capacity for preferential elastic deformation in a direction of deployment on the communicating panel. A communicating panel and to a corresponding method of display are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Delmotte, Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20100143642
    Abstract: A textile complex to be applied on a communication panel substrate. It includes a first layer comprising a non-woven textile web, a first face of said textile web being calendered and a second face comprising loops for interaction with a self-attachment strip fitted with hooks. The textile complex further includes a second layer constituted by a printing ink deposited onto said first layer opposite the first face of the textile web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Delmotte, Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20100046246
    Abstract: A textile web for producing a luminous device includes a plurality of contiguous illuminating regions that can be selectively turned on or turned off. The-web incorporates adjacent optical fibres designed to emit, laterally, the light that passes through them. Each optical fibre is, over its length and from one illuminating region to another, alternately woven and then not woven with binding yarns, the alternation of the weaving and the non-weaving of the optical fibres with the binding yarns being reversed between two adjacent groups of at least one optical fibre, so as to define, for each illuminating region, a top side including an illuminating web of optical fibres woven with the binding yarns and a reverse face including a float of optical fibres that are offset in a plane approximately parallel to the illuminating web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Bihr, Flavien Bergonnier
  • Publication number: 20080198620
    Abstract: Communication display comprises a light source for backlighting an advertising spot or similar, arranged on a support. The light source comprises a web of optical fibres arranged facing the back of the support and adapted for emitting light laterally. Optical fibres present on at last one edge of the web are assembled in a plurality of bundles, each bundle being equipped at its free end with an assembling ring for securing each of the fibres with regard to others of the same bundle. The light source also includes a plurality of point sources facing at least one edge of the web of optical fibres, and convergent optical systems arranged facing each point source for uniformly collimating light rays emitted by the point sources towards the optical fibres. The convergent optical systems are arranged in a ball joint connection with centering supports and members for aligning the assembling rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: PRISMAFLEX INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Eric Bihr, Flavien Bergonnier
  • Publication number: 20080086921
    Abstract: A display device with horizontal or vertical, alternating or continuous scrolling of at least two juxtaposed posters forming a strip, comprises a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer geometry with the posters being viewed on a rectangular front frame. The strip is driven in a translational movement parallel to the front frame by at least one power roller. The device further comprises two independent modules, each adapted for rotationally guiding at least one power roller or at least one idle roller. The modules are assembled together by at least one beam and are located on the shorter sides of the rectangle formed by the front frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: Prismaflex International, Prismaflex AB
    Inventors: Eric Bihr, Jonas Osterberg
  • Patent number: 7293378
    Abstract: A device for tensioning and maintaining a canvas, comprising a frame having a groove, and at least one deformable batten. The canvas is stretched and maintained on the frame by wedging it between the groove and the deformable batten. The deformable batten comprises a substantially V-shaped section which is oriented towards the bottom of the groove, a sharp edge which is used as a pivot to enable the deformation thereof, and two flanks which are used to wedge the canvas in the groove. The invention is characterized in that the batten is locked in a narrow section of the groove by two enlargements extending on one flank of the batten in the same direction as the batten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Prismaflex International
    Inventor: Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20060101759
    Abstract: A device for tensioning and maintaining a canvas, comprising a frame having a groove, and at least one deformable batten. The canvas is stretched and maintained on the frame by wedging it between the groove and the deformable batten. The deformable batten comprises a substantially V-shaped section which is oriented towards the bottom of the groove, a sharp edge which is used as a pivot to enable the deformation thereof, and two flanks which are used to wedge the canvas in the groove. The invention is characterized in that the batten is locked in a narrow section of the groove by means of two enlargements extending on one flank of the batten in the same direction as the batten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Prismaflex International
    Inventor: Eric Bihr
  • Patent number: 6931773
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display medium (1) intended to be installed in a scrollable device, the edges of which can be guided laterally inside the scrollable device. The inventive medium includes several adjacent sections (2, 3, 4) which are reversibly interconnected by means of the opposing horizontal edges thereof (10 13) including a lateral rod (7, 17, 27, 8, 18,38) located on each of the lateral edges extending continuously over each of the adjacent sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Prismaflex International
    Inventor: Eric Bihr
  • Publication number: 20040064987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display medium (1) intended to be installed in a scrollable device, the edges of which can be guided laterally inside said scrollable device. The inventive medium is characterised in that it comprises several adjacent sections (2, 3, 4) which are reversibly interconnected by means of the opposing horizontal edges thereof (10-13) and in that it comprises a lateral rod (7, 17, 27, 8, 18,38) located on each of the lateral edges extending continuously over all of the adjacent sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Eric Bihr
  • Patent number: 6564487
    Abstract: Device for posting bills by unwinding a fabric (300) carrying information, in which the fabric (300) is wound and unwound around two motorized and synchronized rollers (100, 200) in such a way that the fabric (300) is kept under tension as it is unwound, characterized in that: the top end (310) of the fabric (300) is mounted removably on a fixing module (110) secured to the upper roller (100); the fixing module (110) is connected to the upper roller (100) by an unwinding mechanism (400) allowing the fixing module (110) to be moved down close to the lower roller for fitting and removing the top end (310) of the fabric (300); it comprises means (500, 501, 340) for keeping the fabric under transverse tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: Rigiflex International, Roscal SC
    Inventors: Eric Bihr, Patrick Corbarieu
  • Patent number: 5896689
    Abstract: Apparatus for posting bills that includes a frame containing a window region. A transparent outer film is mounted in the window and coacts with a back film to establish a wallet that is open along one edge for receiving a bill therein. The window has apparatus associated therewith for securing and tensioning the wallet inside the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: J.P.N. Fixations S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre-Henry Bassouls, Eric Bihr