Having Multiple Function (i.e., Illumination Per Se) Patents (Class 40/553)
  • Patent number: 4587597
    Abstract: An emergency light, designed primarily for use in residences, comprises a trapezoidal-shaped box to be mounted above an exit door or other emergency object and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined front face formed of a translucent material bearing the word EXIT or other appropriate directive, and a horizontal bottom wall of transparent or translucent material, the housing containing one or more lights for illuminating the front face to illuminate the directive thereon and to cast light forwardly and downwardly through the front face and downwardly through the bottom wall to illuminate the exit door or other emergency object and the surrounding area to facilitate location of and access to the object; the light or lights preferably being energized at 6, 9 or 12 volts to provide for economy of use and operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Inventor: Charles J. Meyers
  • Patent number: 4528764
    Abstract: A suspended ceiling sign is provided for suspension within a vacant panel area, under a light fixture, in a suspended ceiling of a regular array of ceiling panels with each panel being peripherally supported within a suspended grid structure. The ceiling sign includes a hollow enclosure having an open top with a peripheral flange configured to engage the supporting grid structure around the vacant panel area. The enclosure has in one of its sidewalls a cutout portion with a translucent sign mounted therein. The bottom of the enclosure has a directed lighting aperture. Inside the enclosure, there is a truncated pyramidal baffle which is both light reflective and translucent. The pyramidal baffle is seated over the aperture in the enclosure bottom. The truncated top of the baffle may be either open or closed with a translucent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Apco Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald W. Cobb
  • Patent number: 4290218
    Abstract: A three dimensional internally illuminated advertising device is sized the same as the panels forming a suspended ceiling and is used in place of one of the panels and is supported by the suspended ceiling grid network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Inventor: Fred Drueck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4236335
    Abstract: A miniaturized housing or display device including at least one electric circuit adapted to be connected to an electric current supply. The electric circuit includes at least one switch. The housing further is adapted to receive a mechanical alarm clock that has a movement winder and an alarm winder. A counterweight is attached to hang from each of the winders such that each of the counterweights abuts against a corresponding switch in each of the circuits when the mechanical alarm clock is inserted in the compartment and the counterweights descend as a result of the movement of each of the winders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Inventor: Jean Colonneau
  • Patent number: 4205521
    Abstract: A lighted clock comprising an annular chamber defining frame, a septum separating the frame into a forward and rearward chamber portion, a clock arranged in the rearward portion and extending through the septum with the hands arranged in the forward chamber portion for rotation on the shaft of the clock, and said septum comprising a mirror in the forward chamber and said forward chamber being spanned in spaced relation from the mirror by a reflective glass, and an annular ring of lights between the mirror and the reflective glass and arranged about the clock hands to create an elusion of depth by light rays being reflected by the reflective glass and the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Victoria Torres
    Inventor: Virgilio F. Cazanas
  • Patent number: 4075797
    Abstract: This invention relates to a shelter construction including a roof section and vertically disposed legs for supporting the roof section. A vertical wall extends between the legs and advertising material or the like is retained by the wall. The legs combined with horizontal supports provide a border for the wall, and transparent panels are utilized for retaining advertising material between the panels and the wall. The roof is provided by means of sheets which extend substantially horizontally and then downwardly and inwardly to provide enclosures along the roof edges. These enclosures house additional advertising material, and lighting is utilized within the enclosure for enhancing the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: White Advertising Company
    Inventor: James E. Shaw
  • Patent number: 4075775
    Abstract: Light diffuser and illuminating ceiling display fixture for use in combination with a suspended ceiling which is in the form of an integral body of translucent, synthetic plastic sheet material. The integral body is hollow, has an open top and includes an outwardly extending annular rim. The outer dimension of the rim is approximately the same as the distance between upright web portions of adjacent, parallel ceiling title support bars. The rim is severable for supportive engagement with support members of varying spacing and the translucent body is resiliently flexible, enabling substantial deformation for fitting the fixture into an opening defined by a rectangular arrangement of ceiling support bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Inventor: Richard A. Shorette