Patents by Inventor Clarkson S. Thorp
Clarkson S. Thorp 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).
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Patent number: 6202361Abstract: A table which defines an upwardly facing work surface and an acoustic dome for use above the table, both of which are suspended from overhead and movable in a vertical direction downwardly to create a work area, and upwardly for storage whereby the dome nests within the table. The table includes a plurality of alternating writable and tackable work surfaces and is generally arcuate in shape. The dome includes an upwardly facing side and a downwardly facing side including a smooth material capable of reflecting sound towards the work area. The upwardly facing side of the dome includes a plurality of sound-absorbing ring members to minimize the entry of outside sound into the work area.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Steven J. Beukema
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Patent number: 6068144Abstract: A freestanding, mobile information posting unit for use in the workplace or other environment including a base and a rod extending upwardly therefrom. A plurality of posting members are arranged in a generally vertical manner on the rod for posting information thereon. The posting members are individually rotatable about the rod. The shape of the posting members, and their positional arrangement on the rod, allows the peripheral surfaces of adjacent posting members to be disposed in nonaligned relation to accommodate attachment of notes and the like thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Roque M. Corpuz, Jr., Steven J. Beukema, Clarkson S. Thorp
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Patent number: 6068355Abstract: A portable workstation or office foldable into a transportable unit including top and bottom parts hingedly connected to one another so that the top part is pivotable with respect to the bottom part between open and closed positions. A table top is disposed atop the bottom part and defines an upwardly facing work surface. The table top and bottom part together define an interior compartment for storing objects therein. The top part includes compartments configured for displaying and storing objects such as documents therein, and the workstation is adapted to secure objects on the work surface and adjacent the compartments during transport or storage of the workstation.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventor: Clarkson S. Thorp
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Patent number: 6061972Abstract: A portable divider wall including a wall member of a lightweight foam material and two foot supports or feet located along a bottom portion of the wall member for supporting the wall member in an upright position. The foot supports each include a recess in which the bottom portion of the wall member is disposed, and a projection which projects into the interior of the wall member to removably secure the foot to support the wall member.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventor: Clarkson S. Thorp
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Patent number: 6052932Abstract: A presentation unit which includes a frontwardly facing, substantially transparent side wall with multiple surfaces adapted for the display of information thereon, and two pull out display panels storable within the interior of the unit and extendible outwardly therefrom, which display panels are usable for displaying information. Additional display panels are provided within the interior of the presentation unit adjacent the transparent side wall and are viewable therethrough. These display panels are readily removable from the unit and thus information can be placed thereon prior to the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Reddig, Clarkson S. Thorp
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Patent number: 5979837Abstract: A mobile overhead cable distribution system for an office or the like, comprising a plurality of horizontally elongate cable supporting elements connected horizontally in series and supporting thereon horizontally extending power and communication cables. A plurality of mobile and freestanding post assemblies are rollingly supported on a floor and projecting upwardly for supportive engagement with the cable supporting members to maintain the cable supporting members in upwardly spaced relation above the floor. Each serially-connected pair of cable supporting members has adjacent end connecting parts which are horizontally swingably supported on one of the upright posts adjacent an upper end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventor: Clarkson S. Thorp
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Patent number: 5971171Abstract: A document storage and display unit including two vertically adjacent but horizontally offset shelves for the storage and display of documents or other articles. An upper portion of each of the shelves is defined by a screen panel and a lower portion of the shelves is defined by a trough-like tray which is usable for storing work-related items. The storage and display unit is adapted so as to be mountable to a work surface such as a table or is usable as a freestanding unit along with an upright stand, and is rotatable to any desired position with respect to the work surface or stand.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1998Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Douglas R. Himebaugh
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Patent number: 5941713Abstract: A mobile marker board unit has a wheeled base which mounts a pair of upright and vertically enlarged marker boards. The marker boards, as they project upwardly, are rearwardly sloped to define a triangular storage space between the marker boards. This storage space is accessible from at least one end of the unit, and is preferably provided with structure which permits storage therein. A slidable tray arrangement is mounted adjacent the lower edge of each marker board and can be moved between open and closed positions. Each tray arrangement includes an outer tray disposed directly adjacent the lower edge of the marker board and positioned for support of articles thereon. This outer tray is fixedly joined to an enlarged inner tray which is normally stored in a closed position between the marker boards, with the tray assembly being slidable into an outer position wherein the inner tray projects outwardly from the marker board adjacent the lower edge thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Wayner, Clarkson S. Thorp, Bryan R. Gingrich
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Patent number: 5802778Abstract: A self-contained workstation defined by a multi-panel divider wall which defines a workstation area and is closeable by a door assembly hingedly connected thereto. The workstation is readily movable and accessible so as to facilitate repositioning of the workstation as well as opening and closing of the door assembly. The workstation further includes an overhead canopy which is pivotally connected along one edge to the divider wall and extends forwardly therefrom so as to overlie the workstation area which canopy is raisable to adjust vertical clearance within the workstation.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Thai Q. Tran, Gary R. Ludwig, Steven A. Heyer
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Patent number: 5706741Abstract: A shelf unit which exhibits a high degree of flexibility with respect to assembling and reconfiguring the shelf unit for any of a wide variety of uses. The shelf unit includes left and right ladder-like vertical leg structures which have cross members that define a plurality of vertically spaced mounting locations upon which an interior shelf is selectively mountable. Vertical uprights of the leg structures being readily connectable to a variety of components so as to permit alteration of the base shelf unit itself.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Paul A. Glashouwer, Brian D. T. Alexander
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Patent number: D477153Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Steelcase Development CorporationInventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, David M. Gresham, Karl J. Mead
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Patent number: D382122Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Robert C. Weener, Wayne B. Miedema
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Patent number: D392114Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Robert C. Weener, Wayne B. Miedema
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Patent number: D393555Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1997Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Paul A. Glashouwer
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Patent number: D393558Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1997Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Paul A. Glashouwer
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Patent number: D401279Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Robert C. Wayner, Bryan R. Gingrich
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Patent number: D402476Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1998Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Robert C. Weener, Wayne B. Miedema
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Patent number: D406479Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Paul A. Glashouwer
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Patent number: D410685Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1998Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Clarkson S. Thorp, Douglas R. Himebaugh