Patents by Inventor Charles F. Gilbo

Charles F. Gilbo 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: 4033083
    Abstract: Mobile home ceiling boards are normally made in 4-foot-wide sheets which are fastened to the ceiling roof trusses at 16-inch intervals. Herein are shown at least three separate ways of fastening the ceiling board to the roof trusses by the use of a fastening means which engages the back of the ceiling board and is fastened to a roof truss member. This permits the utilization of a concealed fastening structure for fastening the large ceiling boards to the roof trusses of a mobile home ceiling or any other conventional ceiling structure. Each of the three fastening techniques involves the use of cuts in the ceiling board which receive the flanges of a fastening structure. This structure can be previously attached to the roof truss or installed in the board cuts before attaching to the roof truss. A combination system could also be used wherein a part inserted in the board cuts would mate with a part previously attached to the roof truss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Armstrong Cork Company
    Inventors: Thomas W. Fritz, Charles F. Gilbo, Norman A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 3973854
    Abstract: Furniture and room components are assembled in various combinations to form a wide variety of furniture units or room partition units, with the units easily disassembled when desired. The components include vertical support members, horizontal connecting members and connecting joints therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Armstrong Cork Company
    Inventors: Charles F. Gilbo, Alan S. Glassman