Patents by Inventor Nicolas B. Paschke

Nicolas B. Paschke 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).

  • Illuminated fabric air duct
    Publication number: 20020155805
    Abstract: To provide a room with a soft lighting effect and to enhance the appearance of an exposed air duct, a fabric duct is provided with a light-transmitting fabric wall that is illuminated, such that light from inside the duct travels outward into the room. In some embodiments, various colored lights and/or blinking patterns create special lighting effects that simulate the temperature or flow rate of the air being conveyed through the duct. In some cases, ultraviolet light is used to help kill microorganisms inside the air duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Nicolas B. Paschke
  • Frame to support a deflated fabric air duct
    Patent number: 6280320
    Abstract: A flexible air duct is provided for conveying and distributing a source of forced air to a room or other area of a building. The air duct includes a flexible outer casing made of an air permeable fabric that evenly disperses the air into the room. To prevent the fabric from sagging when the source of forced air is periodically turned off, a support frame holds the casing in a generally open tubular shape even when the duct's interior and exterior air pressures are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas B. Paschke, Thomas J. Boffeli