Patents by Inventor Douglas Herst

Douglas Herst 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).

  • Publication number: 20060002100
    Abstract: A method and system for indirectly illuminating an open interior space, such as an open office, includes using individual lighting fixture modules, each comprised of at least one, and preferably a pair of side-by-side parallel linear indirect fluorescent lighting fixture elements suspended at fixed grid pattern locations beneath the ceiling of the open interior space. Each of the linear indirect lighting fixture elements of the fixture module is preferably no greater than approximately six feet in length with a suitable length being somewhat greater than four feet where a four foot lamp is used. Where the fixture elements are provided in pairs, each is suspended below the ceiling at its fixed grid location by a suitable hanger structure that maintains a spacing between the fixture elements that establishes a preferred overall fixture module with of approximately four feet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: Acuity Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Herst, Peter Ngai, Michael Tran, Utkan Salman
  • Publication number: 20050057922
    Abstract: An edge connectable lighting fixture assembly has a lighting fixture housing for housing a light source and components for supporting and electrifying the light source including wiring. The housing has at least one laterally extending edge portion and a connecting structure extending along at least a portion of the length of the edge portion with a wire passageway passing through the connecting structure. An edge connector arm has at least one terminal end and a connecting structure formed on the terminal end of the arm which mechanically connects with the connecting structure formed along the edge portion of the housing so that the housing can be mechanically connected at its edge to the terminal end of the edge connector arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Acuity Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Herst, Utkan Salman, Michael Tran