Patents by Inventor Dan SOUWAND

Dan SOUWAND 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: 10875714
    Abstract: Truss sections are commonly used at concerts and shows to support displays, camera, sound and lighting equipment. During transport or storage, the truss sections are stacked on top of each other. The apparatus is mountable to a cross member of a truss section. The apparatus comprises depressions on the surface. Longitudinal members (which are perpendicular to said cross member when stacked) of a second truss section can be positioned within the depressions to limit the relative movement between truss sections which are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Christie Lites Enterprises Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Grove, Huntly Gordon Christie, Dan Souwand
  • Publication number: 20190315568
    Abstract: Truss sections are commonly used at concerts and shows to support displays, camera, sound and lighting equipment. During transport or storage, the truss sections are stacked on top of each other. The apparatus is mountable to a cross member of a truss section. The apparatus comprises depressions on the surface. Longitudinal members (which are perpendicular to said cross member when stacked) of a second truss section can be positioned within the depressions to limit the relative movement between truss sections which are stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Christie Lites Enterprises Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael GROVE, Huntly Gordon CHRISTIE, Dan SOUWAND
  • Patent number: 9315357
    Abstract: A cable bundling assembly and a method of operation is provided for bundling cables. The assembly has a vertical conveyor which is mounted to a frame for advancing cables. The conveyor is driven by a drive unit and has an entrance side and an exit side. At least one fastener is provided on the conveyor. When an end of a set of cables are releasably secured to the fastener, the cables advance upwardly on an entrance side of the conveyor and downwardly on an exit side of the conveyor as the conveyor is driven by the drive unit. An operator control configured to activate the drive unit is provided. When the operator control activates the drive unit to advance the conveyor, the cables are advanced along the vertical conveyor on a substantially vertical axis and the cables advance from the entrance side of the vertical conveyor to the exit side of the vertical conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: CHRISTIE LITES ENTERPRISES CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Dan Souwand, Ray Finkle
  • Publication number: 20150251872
    Abstract: A cable bundling assembly and a method of operation is provided for bundling cables. The assembly has a vertical conveyor which is mounted to a frame for advancing cables. The conveyor is driven by a drive unit and has an entrance side and an exit side. At least one fastener is provided on the conveyor. When an end of a set of cables are releasably secured to the fastener, the cables advance upwardly on an entrance side of the conveyor and downwardly on an exit side of the conveyor as the conveyor is driven by the drive unit. An operator control configured to activate the drive unit is provided. When the operator control activates the drive unit to advance the conveyor, the cables are advanced along the vertical conveyor on a substantially vertical axis and the cables advance from the entrance side of the vertical conveyor to the exit side of the vertical conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Christie Lites Enterprises Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Dan SOUWAND, Ray FINKLE
  • Publication number: 20130075993
    Abstract: A truss and trolley assembly is provided for the transport and assembly of truss components. The truss has a frame which has a pair of substantially parallel side walls which are horizontally spaced apart, the bottoms of the side walls have couplers. The frame also has an upper wall, perpendicular to the side walls, which is connected to top surfaces of each of the side walls. The frame also has a pair of tracks, each track being mounted to an inside surface of each of the side walls and a fixture mount slideably mounted on the pair of tracks. The trolley has a base having a top and a bottom. A plurality of rollers mounted on the bottom of the base. A plurality of vertical supports extend from the top of the base and each vertical support have means for detachably receiving a corresponding one of the couplers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: CHRISTIE LITES ENTERPRISES CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Huntly CHRISTIE, Dan SOUWAND