Patents by Inventor David S. Kearns

David S. Kearns 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: 5142836
    Abstract: A wall panel which provides the attractive look of a tiled wall, but also includes a flat area without grout lines for accepting wallpaper or other decoration. The unit includes sheets of vacuum formed material, having formed in one face thereof a plurality of substantially identical regular polygonal shapes, such as squares, each of these shapes being generally immediately adjacent the neighboring shapes, so that the appearance of grout lines is formed between the adjacent shapes. At least one generally rectangular flat area is formed in the material, that flat area having one dimension substantially greater than the largest dimension of any one of the shapes. The width of the flat area is no larger than the largest dimension of any one of the shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Design House, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Kearns
  • Patent number: D337834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Design House, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Kearns