Patents by Inventor Ralph Fimbres

Ralph Fimbres 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: 5908179
    Abstract: A special connector for use with a drapery headrail incorporates an attachment clamp for flexible tubular lighting devices at one end of the connector. At the opposite end the connector incorporated a protuberance or some other structure for removably interacting with the headrail (i.e., the protuberance snaps into a channel or groove on the head rail). The connector may also incorporate a clamp to grasp a valance and thus act as an improved valance clip which is removably attachable to the drapery headrail and to the valance and also incorporates a device to hold a length of flexible tube accent lighting. The clips may be readily rearranged on the head rail to prevent drooping of the flexible tube or to create complex patterns with the tube. The flexible tube may be readily removed for replacement of defective elements. Clips can be available in different configurations so that the accent lighting is most prominent on the valance, most prominent on the drapery or is even aimed upwards towards the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Inventor: Ralph Fimbres
  • Patent number: D365955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Inventor: Ralph Fimbres