Patents by Inventor Barbara Bilson

Barbara Bilson 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: 7789539
    Abstract: A compact luminaire which includes a housing, a ballast, and a first and second electrical component. The housing has a back and a perimeter wall which extends generally perpendicularly from the back. The perimeter wall has a top wall portion, a bottom wall portion disposed in a downward direction with respect to the top wall portion and sidewall portions connecting the top wall portion and the bottom wall portion. The ballast is mounted to the back adjacent the bottom wall portion and is substantially equidistant to the side wall portions and the first and second electrical components are mounted to the housing on opposite sides of the ballast in a balanced fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Barbara Bilson, legal representative, Jason Cook
  • Publication number: 20100073939
    Abstract: A roadway luminaire generally includes a housing and a door pivotably connected to the housing. The housing includes a rear wall having an opening sized and shaped to receive a mounting arm for mounting the luminaire thereto, a top wall extending from the rear wall and an arm receiving channel formed in the top wall adjacent the rear wall for receiving an end of the mounting arm. The channel is formed with a step arrangement having a plurality of steps ascending in order along a length of the channel. The steps permit angular mounting adjustment of the housing with respect to the mounting arm depending on which step the end of the mounting arm rests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Barbara Bilson, Gerald Ballard
  • Publication number: 20090116247
    Abstract: A compact luminaire which includes a housing, a ballast, and a first and second electrical component. The housing has a back and a perimeter wall which extends generally perpendicularly from the back. The perimeter wall has a top wall portion, a bottom wall portion disposed in a downward direction with respect to the top wall portion and sidewall portions connecting the top wall portion and the bottom wall portion. The ballast is mounted to the back adjacent the bottom wall portion and is substantially equidistant to the side wall portions and the first and second electrical components are mounted to the housing on opposite sides of the ballast in a balanced fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Jason Cook, Barbara Bilson
  • Patent number: D597693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Barbara Bilson, legal representative, Jason Cook, Edward Bilson
  • Patent number: D615238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Howard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Kauffman, Edward Bilson, Barbara Bilson, legal representative, Gerald Ballard