Patents by Inventor Jan Shadwick

Jan Shadwick 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: 4462068
    Abstract: A new and improved luminaire combination is disclosed having a novel lens structure formed with a generally horizontal first lens surface and a generally vertical second lens surface with a generally horizontal flange formed on the second lens surface. The first lens surface is designed to refract a beam of light downwardly and outwardly in a predetermined pattern to form a beam having a cross section approximating the predetermined pattern at a predetermined distance below the lens. The second lens surface is designed to diffuse a beam of light outwardly in a direction perpendicular to the second lens surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Manville Service Corporation
    Inventor: Jan Shadwick
  • Patent number: 4451875
    Abstract: A single lighting fixture for mounting in front of a large billboard having a horizontal length approximately two times as long as its vertical length is disclosed. The lighting fixture comprises a lamp housing having a lamp positioned therein with the lamp being approximately horizontally positioned in the housing. A new and novel reflector is positioned on one side of the lamp is designed to reflect the light radiating from the lamp in such a manner that the bottom surface of the reflector is utilized to light up the approximate central portion of the billboard while the sides of the reflector are used to light triangular shaped side corners of the billboard. A refractor is positioned on the lamp housing to totally enclose the lamp with the refractor comprising in part three phase light control prism elements for stray light control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Manville Service Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Green, Jan Shadwick
  • Patent number: 4085318
    Abstract: An arrangement for lighting a given straight section of a roadway having spaced-apart parallel curbs is disclosed herein and includes a luminaire positioned a substantial distance to one side of and above the roadway curbs. The luminaire includes a reflector, light source and a refractor which cooperate to effectively and efficiently light the given roadway section while, at the same time, minimizing the amount of light which spills onto opposite sides of the roadway curbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Assignee: Johns-Manville Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert Arnold Odle, Donald Edward Ruehl, Jan Shadwick, Daryl Dean Sullivan, Dale Eugene Welty