Patents by Inventor Airen R Springer

Airen R Springer 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).

  • Casegoods with cable management features
    Patent number: 8087738
    Abstract: Office and home office furniture casegood products having cable management features, such as a desk including pedestals with hinged access doors having one or more cable management grommets disposed in the top edges of the hinged access doors. The desk may also include a hinged modesty panel with one or more cable management grommets disposed in a top edge thereof. The cable management grommets include a plurality of cable management grommet apertures to facilitate routing of cords or cables through the cable management grommets. The desk may also include a work surface having a bottom surface with a plurality of cord troughs attached thereto. Various panels of the desk include half-round cord openings to facilitate routing of cords and cables after having been routed through the cable management grommet apertures. The modesty panel includes an offset hinge assembly, advantageously providing ease of access to a wall outlet located behind the modesty panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M. Henriott, Kevin T. Rauscher, Airen R. Springer
  • Pedestal gas, vacuum and electric delivery system
    Patent number: 6553588
    Abstract: A pedestal apparatus for use with a patient support, such as an x-ray table, provides a plurality of services, such as gas, vacuum and electric power, near a patient supported on the patient support. The apparatus includes a housing having opposite ends, opposite sides, a top and bottom. The opposite sides of the housing are configured to include a plurality of service outlets. The top of the housing is arched to provide an upwardly-facing convex exterior surface, and the top of the housing is formed with axial sides overhanging the opposite sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Hensley, Linda Williamson, Airen R. Springer, Hilary Fullenkamp, Paul Messerschmidt, Robert W. Wilson
  • Pedestal gas,vacuum and electric delivery system
    Publication number: 20020108177
    Abstract: A pedestal apparatus for use with a patient support, such as an x-ray table, provides a plurality of services, such as gas, vacuum and electric power, near a patient supported on the patient support. The apparatus includes a housing having opposite ends, opposite sides, a top and bottom. The opposite sides of the housing are configured to include a plurality of service outlets. The top of the housing is arched to provide an upwardly-facing convex exterior surface, and the top of the housing is formed with axial sides overhanging the opposite sides of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: David W. Hensley, Linda Williamson, Airen R. Springer, Hilary Fullenkamp, Paul Messerschmidt, Robert W. Wilson
  • Furniture cable grommet edge
    Patent number: D530547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M Henriott, Kevin R Rauscher, Airen R Springer
  • Furniture work surface and side panel juncture
    Patent number: D538069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M Henriott, Kevin R Rauscher, Airen R Springer
  • Top divider panel for an office partition
    Patent number: D564764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Airen R. Springer, Keith E. Metcalf, Jay M. Henriott