Patents by Inventor Gaudry Normand

Gaudry Normand 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).

  • Percussion instrument
    Patent number: 9330644
    Abstract: A pitched percussion idiophone instrument comprising first and second support members (12, 14) which interconnected, a plurality of hollow tubes (20), the tubes being parallel and having a pair of apertures (26, 28) towards each end (22, 24), first and second strings (34, 36) extending through the apertures (26, 28), pins (30) located on each of the first and second support members (12, 14) intermediate the hollow tubes (20) such that the strings (34, 36) are supported by pins (30), the arrangement being such that the hollow tubes (20) are suspended above said support members (12, 14) by the first and second strings (34, 36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Gaudry Normand
  • PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20150013523
    Abstract: A pitched percussion idiophone instrument comprising first and second support members (12, 14) which interconnected, a plurality of hollow tubes (20), the tubes being parallel and having a pair of apertures (26, 28) towards each end (22, 24), first and second strings (34, 36) extending through the apertures (26, 28), pins (30) located on each of the first and second support members (12, 14) intermediate the hollow tubes (20) such that the strings (34, 36) are supported by pins (30), the arrangement being such that the hollow tubes (20) are suspended above said support members (12, 14) by the first and second strings (34, 36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Gaudry NORMAND
  • Futon with inflatable core
    Patent number: 4965901
    Abstract: A futon has flexible, foldable, separately tufted covering layers zippered to enclose a pair of pneumatic layers. The pneumatic layers are separately inflatable, co-planar, and foldable along one set of parallel axes, and also foldable at a perpendicular axis along the line between the pneumatic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Inventor: Gaudry Normand
  • Percussion instrument
    Patent number: D758478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Gaudry Normand