Patents by Inventor Richard L. Raith

Richard L. Raith 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: 5155955
    Abstract: An office space dividing system comprising office furniture components in combination with a plurality of structural rectangular frames having openings which may be left open or closed in varying degrees with a wide variety of fill options, which may be readily changed, to create the desired degree of privacy. The system combines the advantages of a full height office partition system with lockable doors, and an open plan panel system. An enlarged cornice accommodates both wiring and ambient lighting, with a cornice to ceiling space being left open or closed with a clerestory, as desired, without compromising the ability to install lighting fixtures and wiring. The rectangular frames have mitered stiles which, when assembled with other frames, and/or mitered fill pieces, create columns defining vertical wire ways which communicate with cornice wiring, work surface height wiring, and/or base wiring, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Ball, Sherman M. Robbins, Michel J. Fischer, Leon Goldik, Donald J. Staufenberg, Roland A. Mentessi, George E. Sherbourne, Jeffrey M. Gioitta, Eric J. Armstrong, James B. Eldon, III, Richard L. Raith
  • Patent number: 4438614
    Abstract: An interior partition system wherein with relatively few components, most of which can be roll formed from common sets of roller dies, a wide variety of interior screens or full height partitions can be constructed, thus avoiding the necessity of the manufacture and inventory of a large number of parts. For some parts, where volume may not justify the investment in the required roll sets, other manufacturing techniques may be employed, but such parts are readily compatible with the high volume components and usable interchangeably therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Hauserman, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Raith, Joseph A. Davenport
  • Patent number: 4251968
    Abstract: An interior partition system wherein with relatively few components, most of which can be roll formed from common sets of roller dies, a wide variety of interior screens or full height partitions can be constructed, thus avoiding the necessity of the manufacture and inventory of a large number of parts. For some parts, where volume may not justify the investment in the required roll sets, other manufacturing techniques may be employed, but such parts are readily compatible with the high volume components and usable interchangeably therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Hauserman, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Raith, Joseph A. Davenport
  • Patent number: 4018019
    Abstract: A sheet metal face for a structural panel has at least one edge portion bent and folded to define a recessed double-thickness flange. A plurality of longitudinally-spaced slots in the flange are used for attaching mounting members having upwardly facing hooking projections receivable in a hook pocket integral with a wall-hanging structural unit. A non-metallic protector strip may be interposed between the hooking projections and hook pocket. The structural unit has bottom and rear sheet metal panels with an integral assembly flange and assembly hook. A load bar assembly may be interposed between the mounting members and the structural unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Hauserman, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Raith, Joseph A. Davenport