Patents by Inventor Sherman M. Robbins

Sherman M. Robbins 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