Patents by Inventor Alan L. Epps

Alan L. Epps 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: 5836104
    Abstract: A passive, environmentally friendly apparatus and method for exterminating flying insects, particularly horseflies, without the use of chemical attractants or baits. A transparent deflector deflects the flying insects into a trap for extermination. A plurality of opaque targets are positioned about the deflector and trap so as to direct the flying insects into the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Inventor: Alan L. Epps
  • Patent number: 5339747
    Abstract: A free standing modular office furniture system that includes geometrically shaped panels each of which is right angular, and has a minimum of three corners that are either 90.degree., 45.degree., or 135.degree., a right angle triangular leg assembly and connecting plates. Selected corners of the panels have a recess that is a right angle isosceles triangle that receives a plate which is connected to the leg by a bolt extending through the leg. The leg is a two-part aluminum extrusion and selected plates have two, three or four times the surface area of a recess and fit into that many recesses which also corresponds to the number of panels in abutting edge relation. The selected plates overlap the panels joining the same together as they are clampingly engaged between such plate and the leg associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Inventor: Alan L. Epps
  • Patent number: 5058331
    Abstract: A modular office furniture system of hexagonal configuration is disclosed provided by walls formed from detachably interconnected posts, beams and panels. The hexagonal configuration provides efficient work space for workers and is laid out on a simple equilateral triangular grid. There can be anything from a single module to a multiplicity of modules arranged in groups or clusters. Visual and acoustic privacy is provided by acoustical panels, stackable one on top of the other and slidable into grooves on spaced apart posts. The posts have a lower portion to which there is attached a beam and such beam is grooved to receive an edge portion of the panel that provides the work surface. File and storage systems and shelves are mounted on the acoustical pad panels. Provision for electrical and communication wiring is provided in concealed channels through the beams and hexagonal posts. Hexagonal shaped ambient light fixtures are mounted on selected posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Dynamic Custom Equipment Limited
    Inventor: Alan L. Epps