Patents by Inventor Glenn F. Balfanz, Jr.

Glenn F. Balfanz, Jr. 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: 5184441
    Abstract: A top cap for attachment to and concealment of a wire channel along the tops of a wall panels. The top cap has a groove structure that inwardly engages the wire channel and outwardly forms a receiving groove snap-engageable to a detachable trim strip. The trim strip being field or factory installed and may be removed for replacement by other trim strips for achieving different aesthetic arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Allsteel Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn F. Balfanz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4041668
    Abstract: A clip structure for the assembly of concealed grid runners of a suspended ceiling structure, in which the clip is constructed for engagement with a supporting structure such as a flange portion of a suitably supported mounting member, for example a Z-shaped runner, or from the flange of an existing grid system which is to form the support for a new ceiling structure therebelow, in which the clip comprises a mounting structure therefor and a runner-supporting structure integrally connected therewith, the mounting structure being adapted to be engaged with the supporting member which is to carry the same and having the supporting structure extending downwardly from the mounting structure. The latter is provided with a T-shaped notch therein which extends to the bottom edge portion of the mounting structure with such T-shaped notch being proportioned to receive the upper edge bead structure of a runner and interlock the clip thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Chicago Metallic Corporation
    Inventors: Martin D. Jahn, Glenn F. Balfanz, Jr.