Patents by Inventor Gary Stabelfeldt

Gary Stabelfeldt 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).

  • Adapter device for mounting a ceiling electrical light fixture
    Patent number: 7347580
    Abstract: An adapter device, for enabling installation of an electrical light fixture to a ceiling mounted electrical box by one person, includes an opening into which a plurality of bendable tabs and a cover screw engaging yoke extend. The adapter device is affixed in an electrical access hole in the body of the electrical light fixture and enables the light fixture to be temporarily suspended from the partially unscrewed cover screw on the electrical box. The temporarily suspended light fixture may be readily aligned with adjacent walls, etc., rotated to enable installation of permanent support anchors, and repositioned to permanently secure it to the installed support anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: American Fluorescent Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Blackman, Gary Stabelfeldt
  • Adapter device for mounting a ceiling electrical light fixture
    Publication number: 20060152920
    Abstract: An adapter device, for enabling installation of an electrical light fixture to a ceiling mounted electrical box by one person, includes an opening into which a plurality of bendable tabs and a cover screw engaging yoke extend. The adapter device is affixed in an electrical access hole in the body of the electrical light fixture and enables the light fixture to be temporarily suspended from the partially unscrewed cover screw on the electrical box. The temporarily suspended light fixture may be readily aligned with adjacent walls, etc., rotated to enable installation of permanent support anchors, and repositioned to permanently secure it to the installed support anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Blackman, Gary Stabelfeldt