Patents by Inventor Fokke M. De Jong

Fokke M. De Jong 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).

  • Method for arranging lines in a floor level to be divided up into smaller rooms and elements suitable for this method
    Patent number: 5163258
    Abstract: A building construction includes a slab-like floor layer having an upper surface defining a habitable area and at least one horizontal groove opening into the lower surface of the layer, a plurality of duct-like parts being supported on the upper surface of the floor layer in accord with an arbitrarily selected room layout, utility lines for the habitable area being disposed in the horizontal groove in the lower surface of the layer and also being disposed in the duct-like parts above the upper surface, and partition walls being disposed atop the duct-like parts to form rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Infill Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas John Habraken, Age Van Randen, Franciscus De Vries, Fokke M. De Jong
  • Method for arranging lines in a floor level to be divided up into smaller rooms and elements suitable for this method
    Patent number: 4984408
    Abstract: A method of building construction which involves the steps of forming a building framework that includes a slab-like floor layer having an upper surface defining a habitable area and at least one horizontal groove opening into its lower surface, providing a pattern of duct-like parts on the floor layer in accord with an arbitrarily selected room layout, providing utility lines in the horizontal groove below the upper surface and in the duct-like parts above the upper surface, and providing partition walls atop the duct-like parts to form rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: INfill Systems B. V.
    Inventors: Nicolaas J. Habraken, Age Van Randen, Franciscus De Vries, Fokke M. De Jong