Patents by Inventor Theodore M. Reyda

Theodore M. Reyda 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).

  • Combination acoustic conditioner and light fixture
    Patent number: 4280019
    Abstract: A combination light fixture and acoustic conditioner assembly particularly useful in modular room enclosures wherein the ceiling is spaced above the enclosure walls. The invention provides for indirect lighting means and means for masking external sounds in the vicinity of the light fixture assembly. The assembly includes a reflector positioned so that light and sound waves contacting the reflector are dispersed in a plurality of directions due to the concavity of the reflector and undulations therein and eventually contact the ceiling where they are further reflected and spread. Dispersion of sound waves in this manner provides a pleasant, unintelligible sound which masks external sounds that might otherwise distract occupants of the modular room enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Propst, Travis M. Randolph, Theodore M. Reyda
  • Combination acoustic conditioner and light fixture
    Patent number: 4214298
    Abstract: A combination light fixture and acoustic conditioner assembly particularly useful in modular room enclosures wherein the ceiling is spaced above the enclosure walls. The invention provides for indirect lighting means and means for masking external sounds in the vicinity of the light fixture assembly. The assembly includes a reflector positioned so that light and sound waves contacting the reflector are dispersed in a plurality of directions due to the concavity of the reflector and undulations therein and eventually contact the ceiling where they are further reflected and spread. Dispersion of sound waves in this manner provides a pleasant, unintelligible sound which masks external sounds that might otherwise distract occupants of the modular room enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Propst, Travis M. Randolph, Theodore M. Reyda
  • Glass tumbler
    Patent number: D253385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1979
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore M. Reyda