Patents by Inventor Douglas Reuter

Douglas Reuter 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).

  • Lay-in wireways for a space divider system
    Patent number: 5918433
    Abstract: A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertical channel members. Vertical raceways are provided by a vertical spine attached between adjacent panels. The vertical raceways have resilient elongated tubes with a longitudinal slit forming a seam, with resilience and stiffness sufficient to retain any enclosed wires. The tube is deflectable to permit manual, forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out from the vertical wireway. Splicing fixtures continue the raceways around vertical to horizontal diversions, also being accessible from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Reuter, Wallace C. Bullwinkle, R. Douglas Reuter
  • Lay-in wireways for a space divider system
    Patent number: 5685113
    Abstract: A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertical channel members. Vertical raceways are provided by a vertical spine attached between adjacent panels. The vertical raceways have resilient elongated tubes with a longitudinal slit forming a seam, with resilience and stiffness sufficient to retain any enclosed wires. The tube is deflectable to permit manual, forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out from the vertical wireway. Splicing fixtures continue the raceways around vertical to horizontal diversions, also being accessible from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Reuter, Wallace C. Bullwinkle, R. Douglas Reuter
  • Game piece
    Patent number: D710451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Douglas Reuter