Patents by Inventor Joel Elwood Hibshman

Joel Elwood Hibshman 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).

  • Roller shade weighting assembly
    Patent number: 6845806
    Abstract: A weighting assembly for a roller shade fabric includes an elongated hem bar having opposite open ends and defining an internal cavity communicating with the open ends. A spline secured to an end of the fabric is slidingly received in a pocket defined within the cavity through one of the ends. The pocket includes an opening communicating with the rest of the cavity for passage of the fabric to an exterior through an elongated slot in the hem bar. After the fabric is wrapped on an exterior surface of the hem bar, a portion of the fabric is fed into the cavity through the slot to form a loop for slidingly receiving an elongated rod through one of the ends. The rod has a diameter that is greater than a width of the slot to prevent removal of the rod through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Scott Gottschall, Mark A. Walker, Joel Elwood Hibshman, David A. Kirby
  • Roller shade weighting assembly
    Publication number: 20040129391
    Abstract: A weighting assembly for a roller shade fabric includes an elongated hem bar having opposite open ends and defining an internal cavity communicating with the open ends. A spline secured to an end of the fabric is slidingly received in a pocket defined within the cavity through one of the ends. The pocket includes an opening communicating with the rest of the cavity for passage of the fabric to an exterior through an elongated slot in the hem bar. After the fabric is wrapped on an exterior surface of the hem bar, a portion of the fabric is fed into the cavity through the slot to form a loop for slidingly receiving an elongated rod through one of the ends. The rod has a diameter that is greater than a width of the slot to prevent removal of the rod through the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jason Scott Gottschall, Mark A. Walker, Joel Elwood Hibshman, David A. Kirby