Patents by Inventor John W. Theis
John W. Theis 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).
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Patent number: 10172450Abstract: Described is an apparatus for positioning an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John W. Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
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Publication number: 20150289641Abstract: In one example, a height adjustable desktop system is described that can include a work surface, a foot assembly and a linkage assembly that adjustably connects the work surface to the foot assembly allowing vertical adjustment of the work surface. The linkage assembly can include a pair of adjustment assemblies, each having a transverse linkage that maintains the work surface in a horizontal orientation as the work surface is elevated or lowered. A biasing mechanism, such as an extension spring or a torsion spring, biases the work surface toward the elevated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Mustafa A. Ergun, Thiem Wong, John W. Theis
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Patent number: 9080721Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for positioning an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John W. Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
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Publication number: 20150188343Abstract: Systems and methods for charging and/or networking mobile computing devices. A cart for storing, charging, and/or networking mobile computing devices. A portable interface between a mobile computing device and a cart. A docking station module having a plurality of docking stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: John W. Theis, Joe Funk, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar
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Publication number: 20140332653Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for positioning an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John W. Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
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Patent number: 8826831Abstract: An apparatus for positioning an electronic display can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Joel Hazzard, Robert W. Fluhrer, Peter Segar, John W. Theis, Mustafa A. Ergun, Scott Trish
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Patent number: 6994306Abstract: A system for providing support and position control of a monitor. In one embodiment, a method of supporting a monitor includes converting an ascending energy storage member force curve into a substantially constant supporting force against the monitor. In one aspect, a method of supporting a monitor includes providing an energy storage member and a cam which are cooperatively positioned so as to move relative to each other along the path of motion. As the energy storage member moves along the path relative to the cam, the cam displaces the energy storage member and thereby changes a force applied by the energy storage member on the cam, and wherein the cam converts the force applied by the energy storage member into a supporting force on the monitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Constant Force Technology, LLCInventors: Harry C. Sweere, Robert W. Fluhrer, Khalid Al-Zebdeh, Jeff Eliason, Shaun C. Lindblad, Matthew J. Showalter, John W. Theis, Cory D. Benson
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Patent number: 6380484Abstract: Cable routing duct for orderly carriage of and branching off or routing of wires, cables, fiber optics, tubular elements and the like, having a series of accessible chambers interrupted by wire accommodation slots. Access panels pivot about living hinges fashioned of co-injected plastic materials to allow access to the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1998Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Harry C. Sweere
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Patent number: 6233791Abstract: Cable management system for securing cables to static or variable geometry host surfaces. The cable management system is in the form of a resilient U-shaped clip having, at its ends, outwardly open channels which forcefully engage slots in the body of a host object to form a capture area between the U-shaped clip and the surface of the host object. Positional security of the cable management system is provided by an anchoring tab extending inwardly from the interior region of the U-shaped clip through which a fastener is extended to engage a hole in the host object.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventor: John W. Theis
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Patent number: 5230919Abstract: The invention is a reduced past nut or oilseed butter composition made from roasted nuts which contains: (a) from about 40% to about 67% nut solids, between 65% and 80% of said solids having a particle size less than 18 microns and a SPAN of greater than 2.5 and not more than 5.0; (b) from about 33% to about 45% oil; (c) from 0% to about 4% stabilizer; (d) from 0% to about 40% bulking agent; (e) from 0% to about 8% flavorant; and (f) from 0% to about 3% emulsifier; where the product has a Casson plastic viscosity of between 1 and 15 poise and a yield value below 300 dynes per square centimeter. The invention also relates to a reduced fat or full compositions of the general type described above which is whipped to contain dispersed gas bubbles, where at least 90% of the bubbles have a diameter less than 150 microns. Processes for making these compositions are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1992Date of Patent: July 27, 1993Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David W. Walling, John W. Theis, III, Vincent Y.-L. Wong, Phillip F. Pflaumer, Robert E. Tarr, Larry O. Seward, Richard J. Sackenheim, Margo A. Bagley, Mark D. Theurer
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Patent number: D477325Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Robert W. Fluhrer
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Patent number: D477606Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Robert W. Fluhrer
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Patent number: D380736Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1996Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Harry C. Sweere
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Patent number: D412161Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Harry C. Sweere, Dennis M. Scheller, John H. Bode
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Patent number: D413110Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1998Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Harry C. Sweere, John W. Theis
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Patent number: D423745Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: John W. Theis, Harry C. Sween, Donald M. Voeller, Dennis M. Scheller