Patents Assigned to CertainTeed
  • Patent number: 12276115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface panels, for example, suitable for covering a support structure of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a building surface panel including a hollow panel body, a fastening strip attached to the panel body, and an overhang attached to the panel body and extending along the lower side of the building surface panel. The building surface panel includes a rear-facing engagement surface disposed at the upper side of the building surface panel and a front-facing engagement surface disposed at the lower side of the building surface panel. The front facing engagement surface is configured to engage a rear facing engagement surface of a lower neighboring building surface panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Goetz, Brian W. Kirn, David J. Stucky, Mark G. Suchyna, Jason Ferris, Mark J. Dunmire
  • Patent number: 12258752
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface baffles, for example, suitable for forming a room divider, a wall covering, an acoustical surface, or a ceiling surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a baffle for a building surface. The baffle includes an elongate body extending along an axis from a first end to a second end. The elongate body has a depth including a narrow portion that extends away from the axis along a first direction and a wide portion. The wide portion includes first and second projections that extend laterally outward from the first direction. The baffle also includes a first aperture extending into the first end of the elongate body along the axis and a second aperture extending into the second end of the elongate body along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Magin, Samuel Carrillo Lacouture
  • Patent number: 12229976
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating the surfaces of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of characterizing a surface texture of a building surface. The method includes illuminating a first area of the building surface from a single direction and capturing an image of the first area using a camera while the first area is illuminated. The first image includes a first group of digital pixel values. The method further includes calculating a first set of values that characterize a first surface texture of the first area based on a first group of digital pixel values of the image, and comparing the first set of values to a second set of values that characterize a second surface texture, so as to produce a comparator value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Z. Pytel, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Simon Mazoyer, Brice Dubost
  • Patent number: 12203273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for covering a wall surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a frame for a wall panel. The frame includes a support strip extending in a lateral direction across the width of the wall panel and has first and second ends. The frame also includes a row of columns extending in a first direction from the support strip. Each column includes a proximal end attached to the support strip and a free distal end. The row of columns includes a first column disposed at a first end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the first end of the support strip, and a second column disposed at a second end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the second end of the support strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: James M. Smith, Christopher Michael Colyn, David J. Stucky
  • Patent number: 12180709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panels, for example, suitable for use forming a ceiling surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a ceiling panel including a panel body and a bracket. The panel body includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The bracket extends upward from the upper surface of the panel body and is offset from a center of gravity of the panel body toward the first end. The bracket includes an upper fastener configured to attach the ceiling panel to a frame element of a ceiling grid. An angle of the panel body is adjustable with respect to the attachment of the upper fastener of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Magin, David A. Bailey, Christopher G. Jones, Michael J. Lembo
  • Patent number: 12173502
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling attachments, for example, suitable for securing ceiling baffles to a ceiling grid. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a ceiling baffle attachment structure including a ceiling grid clip configured to attach to lateral flanges of a ceiling grid beam and a post extending down from the ceiling grid clip. The structure also includes a ceiling baffle having an upper side and a lower side and extending along a length from a first end to a second end. The ceiling baffle includes a bracket disposed at the upper side that comprises a T-slot extending along the length of the ceiling baffle. A retainer is secured to the post and includes a first shoulder engaging the T slot so as to secure the ceiling baffle to the ceiling grid clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Bailey, Michael Magin
  • Patent number: 12152387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling grids, for example, suitable for forming a suspended ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a support bar configured to extend across grid beams of a ceiling grid. The support bar includes a first hook configured to secure to a first grid beam of the ceiling grid and a second hook configured to secure to a second grid beam of the ceiling grid. A spanning member extends from the first hook to the second hook and is configured to support the weight of an element attached to the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wiesener, Aaron Davis, Zachary Donahue
  • Patent number: 12152396
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with a predetermined amount of foam insulation. The method includes actuating a valve to begin dispensing foam insulation into the cavity, the actuation being performed by a user, the actuation by the user fixing a start time and/or a zero volume of a time and/or volume meter; then, dispensing the foam insulation from the insulation dispenser into the cavity as the time and/or volume meter counts time and/or volume dispensed; then when a predetermined time after the start time elapses or a predetermined volume of the foam insulation beyond the zero volume is dispensed as measured by the time and/or volume meter, actuating the valve to stop dispensing the foam insulation into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Sizhu You, Dennis Michaud, Jerome Arul, Timothy Briggs, Kyle Pina, Jonathan Wilson
  • Patent number: 12152388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panel brackets, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling surface by supporting a plurality of ceiling panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a bracket configured to couple a ceiling panel to a ceiling grid. The bracket includes a support arm configured to extend over a first flange of a T-beam of the ceiling grid and an attachment wall extending up from the support arm. The attachment wall is configured to be secured to a web of the T-beam. A leg extends down from the support arm so as to hang below the T-beam. A foot is coupled to the leg and configured to be attached to the ceiling panel. The foot is disposed at a first angle with respect to the support arm so as to hold the ceiling panel at an angle to the ceiling grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Magin, Samuel Carrillo Lacouture
  • Patent number: 12139637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to flame retarding building materials and methods for making them. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to flame retarding building materials that have both flame retardant character and desirable water vapor permeability values. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a flame retardant vapor retarding membranes comprising: a building material substrate sheet having a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s; and a polymeric coating layer disposed on the building material substrate layer, wherein the coating layer has a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Jerome Coogan, Jeffrey H. Peet, Nicholas David Orf
  • Patent number: 12129655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, configured to bridge and support the seam between two building surface panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support configured to support a joint between building surface panels. The joint support includes a longitudinal support strip including a first end, a second end, a first side edge, a second side edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. An inner layer of adhesive is distributed over the inner surface of the longitudinal support strip and is configured to bond with a joint compound. The adhesive of the inner layer includes a polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Douglas Radford, Thomas C. Molloy
  • Patent number: 12110680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a building board construction that provides enhanced acoustical properties. In one possible embodiment, the board is a gypsum board with opposing facing sheets and an intermediate set gypsum core. An opened celled polymeric sheet is formed within the gypsum core and gives the resulting board enhanced sound absorption. In an alternative embodiment, individual pieces of polymeric foam are used in stead of the polymeric sheet. Also disclosed are various manufacturing methods whereby boards with enhanced acoustical properties can be formed in an continuous process. The various components of the present disclosure, and the manner in which they interrelate, are described in greater detail hereinafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Athari, Thomas J. Garvey, Pamela Shinkoda
  • Patent number: 12110685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panel carriers, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling surface by supporting a plurality of ceiling panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a carrier configured to mount ceiling panels at varying heights. The carrier includes an elongate support structure extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of attachment projections positioned along the length of the carrier. Each of the attachment projections extends down from the support structure and is configured to hold a ceiling panel. The attachment projections include a first group with a body and an upper hanger that has a first upper flange extending from the body in the longitudinal direction. The attachment projections also include a second group with a body and a lower hanger that has a first lower flange extending from the body in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Magin, Birsen Kilinc, David A. Bailey
  • Patent number: 12078652
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for determining the density of insulation. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a device that includes a first unit that includes a sound generator and a second unit that includes a sound sensor and a probe. The probe is configured to be inserted into insulation such that the sound sensor is outside of the insulation and is configured to detect sound that is generated by the sound generator outside of the insulation and transmitted through the insulation and the probe to the sound sensor. The device also includes a control system configured to cause the sound generator to generate the sound and to use the sound detected by the sound sensor to generate output that represents the density of the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Wilson, Timothy Briggs
  • Patent number: 12060709
    Abstract: An example plasterboard includes a layer of hardened plaster material having a first surface and an opposed second surface and a layer of molded material having a surface that faces away from the layer of hardened plaster material. The surface of the layer of molded material has one or more raised features. The plasterboard also includes a liner between the first surface of the layer of hardened plaster material and the layer of molded material. Other examples include a method of forming such plasterboards and a method for installing such plasterboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Mithun N. Kamath, Choung-Houng Lai, Michael J. Lemberger, Gerald Boydston, Bryan Wiltzius, Eric Dong, Nathan Frailey
  • Patent number: D1044039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: James M. Smith, Christopher Michael Colyn, David J. Stucky
  • Patent number: D1056252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lee Magin, Yorgo Lykouria
  • Patent number: D1056253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Lee Magin
  • Patent number: D1060747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Carrillo Lacouture, Michael Magin
  • Patent number: D1073984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Magin, Yorgo Lykouria