Patents by Inventor James A. Looman

James A. Looman 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).

  • Patent number: 5142734
    Abstract: A glide support assembly for adjustably mounting a glide on an article, such as a divider panel for dividing a building into a room area. This particularly relates to the details of a support tube arrangement which is inexpensively constructed from sheet metal and is rolled into a tubular form. An upper portion of the tube is provided with axial lances while below the axial lances there are transverse lances which serve to support a washer which restricts the penetration of the upper portion of the tube into the article. In order to save metal, the lower portion of the tube is of a reduced diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Looman, Thomas I. Kane
  • Patent number: 5070666
    Abstract: An end insert for a top cap on a wall panel comprises a extension member removably joined to a tail member. The tail member is received within a channel of the top cap and affixed to the top cap by sonic welding. The extension member is an elastomer and has a stop flange which covers the open end, and a portion which extends away from the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Looman
  • Patent number: 5058347
    Abstract: A connector for an office partition panel which has a rectangular panel frame at the edges thereof and a wire management channel formed at an upper portion of the panel. The connector rigidly connects the rectangular panel frames together at the side edges and includes upper and lower wedge blocks on the panel edges and draw blocks adapted to grip the wedge block and draw the wedge blocks of adjacent frames together. A draw tube connects the draw blocks. A wire management channel is formed at an upper portion of the wedge blocks and at least one upper wedge block has a U-shaped configuration with a wedge surface formed at a bight portion of the U, the legs of the wedge block extend up along the upper sides of the panel and in registry with the wire management channel. A change-of-height connector which has a removable wedge block adapter can be mounted to the side of the panel frame for changing height without use of a spacer or corner. A draw tube can form a spacer or corner between adjacent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Schuelke, James A. Looman