Patents by Inventor Alan John Ruhoff

Alan John Ruhoff 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).

  • Patent number: 9482399
    Abstract: A light tube kit for skylight with a light tunnel and a spring clip. The light tunnel may be configured from a sheet member rolled upon itself such that two opposite edges overlap, such overlapped edges secured with the spring clip engaged through slots proximate to the overlapped edges. The spring clip has first and second hooks that are engaged through such slots and a handle disposed between the hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Charles Joseph Rimsky, Jeffrey Joseph Ronan, Alan John Ruhoff
  • Patent number: 9453343
    Abstract: A skylight mounting system and assembly is disclosed. The skylight mounting system of the present invention may include providing skylight assembly components and mounting such components to create the skylight assembly of the present invention. The components of the skylight assembly may include an upper frame having a downwardly extending upper channel, a lower frame having an upwardly extending lower channel, a connector clip, a gasket having a first and second gutter channel, and a lens. The lower frame may be secured to the gasket, the connector clip may be secured within the lower channel of the lower frame, the lens may be secured above the first and second gutter channels of the gasket, and an inside leg of the downwardly extending upper channel may be inserted into the connector clip secured within the lower channel of the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: VKR HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: James Eric Brinton, Charles Joseph Rimsky, Michael James Waters, Max LaForrest Sargent, Jeffrey Joseph Ronan, Alan John Ruhoff, Steve Roy Kastner, Gregory Foster Collins, Brantlee Burnett Nickles
  • Publication number: 20140268863
    Abstract: A light tube kit for skylight with a light tunnel and a spring clip. The light tunnel may be configured from a sheet member rolled upon itself such that two opposite edges overlap, such overlapped edges secured with the spring clip engaged through slots proximate to the overlapped edges. The spring clip has first and second hooks that are engaged through such slots and a handle disposed between the hooks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Charles Joseph Rimsky, Jeffrey Joseph Ronan, Alan John Ruhoff