Patents by Inventor Brian Kaule

Brian Kaule 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: 9303843
    Abstract: A lighting assembly is generally elongate having a base and a lens, which are configured to cooperatively define a cavity for receiving a light emitting device therein. The lens includes an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being configured to diffuse light from the light emitting device passing through the lens and the outer layer being configured to change the hue of light passing through the lens. The outer layer and the inner layer are configured to provide the lens with four refractive surfaces for light passing through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERN, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Kaule, James Stanley, James A. DeHope
  • Publication number: 20130279156
    Abstract: A lighting assembly is generally elongate having a base and a lens, which are configured to cooperatively define a cavity for receiving a light emitting device therein. The lens includes an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being configured to diffuse light from the light emitting device passing through the lens and the outer layer being configured to change the hue of light passing through the lens. The outer layer and the inner layer are configured to provide the lens with four refractive surfaces for light passing through the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Brian Kaule, James Stanley, James A. DeHope
  • Publication number: 20070226883
    Abstract: A multi-part eccentric hinge assembly for a plumbing fixture has two hinge bodies, which when connected pivotally couple a movable part of the fixture to a fixed part, for example, a lid or cover to a bowl deck. One of the hinge bodies has a radial portion and an offset portion. The radial portion generally extends along a line intersecting a pivot axis from a connection for pivotally connecting the hinge assembly to the plumbing fixture. The offset portion intersects the radial portion at one side of the pivot axis and extends back toward an opposite side of the pivot axis to a free end that connects to the second hinge body by a connector. The single hinge body is integrally formed with the moveable part so that the follows an eccentric path when the hinge body is pivoted about the pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Kaule
  • Patent number: D695443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robern, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Kaule, James Stanley