Patents by Inventor B. Armen Tavshanjian

B. Armen Tavshanjian 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).

  • Portable room divider
    Patent number: 5417021
    Abstract: A portable room divider comprises a plurality of slats (10-13) rotatably disposed between a pair of blocks (14, 15) by threads (19, 20) so as to spread the slats (10-13) away from the block (14) when rotated in one direction and draw the slats (10-13) toward the block 14 when rotated in the other direction, whereby the room divider (10-15) can be wedged between a floor and a ceiling, and thereafter released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventor: B. Armen Tavshanjian
  • Handy, multi-pupose tile installation spacers
    Patent number: 5288534
    Abstract: A tile spacer includes a platform (10) having opposite coplanar surfaces (11, 12) on which are disposed a straight spacer (13) and a corner spacer, either a cross-shaped spacer (14) or a tee-shaped spacer 15, respectively. One leg of the corner spacer (14, 15) is coaligned with the straight spacer (13) so as to assist in aligning either of the spacers while using the other spacer as a handle. The spacer (13) and the coaligned leg of the spacers (14, 15) may extend beyond the platform so as to assist aligning the spacer (13) when using the spacer (14, 15) as a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: B. Armen Tavshanjian