Patents by Inventor Thomas Spencer Stanhope

Thomas Spencer Stanhope 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).

  • Method of forming a wood board incorporating embedded sound attenuating elements and stiffening elements
    Patent number: 8769912
    Abstract: A board comprised of a wood structure having a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge and opposing ends. Sound attenuating elements embedded within the wood structure and stiffening elements positioned within the wood structure to coincide with the location of floor joist to which the board will be secured. The boards further forming a ceiling/floor structure by laying a single set of the boards adjacent to each other and securing them to the floor joists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope
  • Wood board incorporating embedded sound attenuating elements and stiffening elements
    Patent number: 8347573
    Abstract: A board comprised of a wood structure having a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge and opposing ends. Sound attenuating elements embedded within the wood structure and stiffening elements positioned within the wood structure to coincide with the location of floor joist to which the board will be secured. The boards further forming a ceiling/floor structure by laying a single set of the boards adjacent to each other and securing them to the floor joists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope
  • Method of forming a wood board incorporating embedded sound attenuating elements and stiffening elements
    Publication number: 20110179632
    Abstract: A board comprised of a wood structure having a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge and opposing ends. Sound attenuating elements embedded within the wood structure and stiffening elements positioned within the wood structure to coincide with the location of floor joist to which the board will be secured. The boards further forming a ceiling/floor structure by laying a single set of the boards adjacent to each other and securing them to the floor joists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope
  • Softwood-ceiling / hardwood-floor structure comprised of a single set of bonded boards
    Patent number: 7854098
    Abstract: A structure comprising a softwood-ceiling/hardwood-floor formed of a single set of adjacent boards. Each of the boards including a hardwood layer bonded to a softwood layer, the board having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge having a tongue, the second edge having a groove, the first edge having a first chamfer on the softwood layer, the second edge having a second chamfer on the softwood layer. All boards securely attached to carrying beams that span the walls between two levels within a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope
  • Wood board incorporating embedded sound attenuating elements and stiffening elements
    Publication number: 20100024334
    Abstract: A board comprised of a wood structure having a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge and opposing ends. Sound attenuating elements embedded within the wood structure and stiffening elements positioned within the wood structure to coincide with the location of floor joist to which the board will be secured. The boards further forming a ceiling/floor structure by laying a single set of the boards adjacent to each other and securing them to the floor joists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope
  • Softwood-ceiling / hardwood-floor structure comprised of a single set of bonded boards
    Publication number: 20090042010
    Abstract: A structure comprising a softwood-ceiling/hardwood-floor formed of a single set of adjacent boards. Each of the boards including a hardwood layer bonded to a softwood layer, the board having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge having a tongue, the second edge having a groove, the first edge having a first chamfer on the softwood layer, the second edge having a second chamfer on the softwood layer. All boards securely attached to carrying beams that span the walls between two levels within a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Spencer Stanhope