Patents Assigned to Modular Arts, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10920419
    Abstract: A ceiling structure includes a suspended framework having a plurality of main runners and a plurality of cross runners interconnected to define an array of tile receiving openings, each of the plurality of main runners and the plurality of cross runners including a tile mating surface facing downward to define a mounting frame at each respective tile receiving opening, and a plurality of ceiling tiles positioned within the array of tile receiving openings, each of the plurality of ceiling tiles having a main body. The main body of the ceiling tile includes a base having a periphery, a plurality of magnets positioned at the periphery and sized and shaped to magnetically couple the ceiling tile within a respective one of the tile receiving openings, and a plurality of baffles coupled to the base, each baffle being spaced apart from the other. Related methods, systems, and ceiling tiles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MODULAR ARTS, INC.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: 9175473
    Abstract: A ceiling structure includes a suspended framework having a plurality of main runners and a plurality of cross runners interconnected to define an array of tile receiving openings and a plurality of ceiling tiles positioned within the array of tile receiving openings, each of the plurality of ceiling tiles having a plurality of magnets positioned at a peripheral portion thereof which are configured to magnetically couple the ceiling tile within a respective one of the tile receiving openings with the ceiling tile abutting a respective mounting frame. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: 8375665
    Abstract: A partition module and system of partition modules provides an aesthetically pleasing partition for an interior space of a building. The front and rear exteriors of the module each include three-dimensional surface patterns configured to coextensively align with patterns on adjacent substantially identical modules to form a collective, dual-sided partition having a seamless visual appearance. The partition module may include a recess sized and shaped to receive a beam for supporting the partition structure and a plurality of alignment projections for self-alignment of the partition modules during construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Publication number: 20090123692
    Abstract: A modular panel and system of panels provides an aesthetically pleasing covering for an interior surface of a building. The panels include a skin, which in some embodiments includes a backing. The panels have a three-dimensional relief and can be abutted together to form a system of panels forming an integral three-dimensional pattern, a perimeter of the panels having a plurality of interlocking mechanisms positioned such that when the interlocking mechanism of the panel engages the interlocking mechanism of at least one adjacent panel, the three-dimensional pattern seamlessly continues in all three dimensions, from the panel into the at least one adjacent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: MODULAR ARTS, INC.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: D552766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: D578669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: D579128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump
  • Patent number: D849272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Modular Arts, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald L. Kaump