Patents Assigned to NEWMAT
  • Patent number: 9803815
    Abstract: A lighted tile for false panel, including a frame having a bottom and sides that extend projecting from the bottom, a backlighting system having a series of lights attached to the bottom, and a stretched flexible sheet that extends between the sides facing the lights. The lights are light-emitting diodes, and the sheet is secured to the sides of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NEWMAT
    Inventor: Etienne Cousin
  • Publication number: 20160281941
    Abstract: A lighted tile for false panel, including a frame having a bottom and sides that extend projecting from the bottom, a backlighting system having a series of lights attached to the bottom, and a stretched flexible sheet that extends between the sides facing the lights. The lights are light-emitting diodes, and the sheet is secured to the sides of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: NEWMAT
    Inventor: Etienne COUSIN
  • Patent number: 8906486
    Abstract: A flexible sheet material of thickness less than half a millimeter for making tensioned structures such as false ceilings, in particular, the material including microprojections formed by displacing the material from which it is made, said material presenting an acoustic absorption coefficient which is higher than that of the same material without said projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Newmat SA
    Inventor: Marc Fontaine
  • Patent number: 8689505
    Abstract: A panel frame for suspended ceiling, at least one side of this frame having, when seen in section, a top wall and a side wall. The top wall is provided with a fitted flat section, this flat section having at least two through-holes for the passage of an assembly mechanism such as screws, one of the through-holes being ovalized or oblong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Newmat
    Inventor: Etienne Cousin
  • Publication number: 20110203210
    Abstract: A panel frame for suspended ceiling, at least one side of this frame having, when seen in section, a top wall and a side wall. The top wall is provided with a fitted flat section, this flat section having at least two through-holes for the passage of an assembly mechanism such as screws, one of the through-holes being ovalized or oblong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: NEWMAT
    Inventor: Etienne Cousin
  • Patent number: 7467498
    Abstract: A flexible sheet material of thickness less than half a millimeter for making tensioned structures such as false ceilings, in particular, the material including microprojections formed by displacing the material from which it is made, said material presenting an acoustic absorption coefficient which is higher than that of the same material without said projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Newmat, SA
    Inventor: Marc Fontaine
  • Patent number: 7070306
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting a self-supporting spotlight to a tensioned ceiling, the assembly comprises a reinforcing washer stuck to the front face of the sheet forming the ceiling, and a spotlight having at least one bulb and a spotlight collar suitable for fastening to the reinforcing washer. According to the invention, the spotlight collar has first fastening means and the reinforcing washer has second fastening means, said first and second fastening means being suitable for co-operating in reversible manner on turning the collar through an angle relative to the washer for the purposes of locking and unlocking them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Newmat, S.A.
    Inventor: Etienne Cousin
  • Patent number: 7059089
    Abstract: A flexible sheet material of thickness less than half a millimeter for making tensioned structures such as false ceilings, in particular, the material including microprojections formed by displacing the material from which it is made, said material presenting an acoustic absorption coefficient which is higher than that of the same material without said projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: NEWMAT, SA
    Inventor: Marc Fontaine
  • Patent number: 6959518
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rail section for false stretched fabric partitions, said section (3) comprising at least a groove (10) defined by two lateral walls (5, 7) and a base wall (6), said groove (10) being designed to contain at least an edge of the stretched fabric (1) after it has been mounted into the rail (3), said section being in one single piece and comprising a joint (12) for retaining the edge of the stretched fabric (1) in said groove (10), said joint (12) being made of a material having a flexibility different from that of the material constituting the walls (5, 6, 7) of said groove (10). The invention also concerns false stretched fabric partitions, such as false ceilings or false walls, said fabrics being stretched in a frame obtained by assembling such sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Newmat S.A.
    Inventor: Etienne Cousin
  • Patent number: 6951680
    Abstract: Prefabricated bondable flexible polymer material in thin sheet, slab, or panel form for making tensioned structures such as false ceilings in particular, said mono- or multilayer material such as plasticized PVC, for example, carrying a direct ink jet or silkscreen print of at least one design of shapes and dimensions that are predetermined once the material is under tension; making a tensioned structure such as a tensioned false ceiling, in particular, from such a material, by means of a first step of selecting the type, dimensions, and dispositions of the mono- or polychromatic designs to be printed, said designs being digitized and recorded in a computer memory of a system for controlling a printing machine, printing optionally being performed on a plurality of bonded-together strips of material, and in particular over zones of edge-to-edge bonding between the strips, said printing taking place before or after bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Newmat S.A.
    Inventor: Eric Vaulot
  • Patent number: 6880302
    Abstract: The invention concerns a false wall element comprising a stretched fabric in a frame with lateral edge provided with means catching the edges of said fabric, said lateral edge comprising a rigid profiled section forming a free edge curved in the plane, with curvature corresponding to that of a part of the edge of said fabric fastened on said curved edge. Said false wall elements are used for making curved stretched suspended false ceilings and stretched false walls with curved profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Newmat, SA
    Inventor: Marc Fontaine