Patents by Inventor Kenneth Allen Bowers

Kenneth Allen Bowers 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).

  • Ceiling-mounted projection system
    Patent number: 7097310
    Abstract: A ceiling-mounted projection system has a projector mounted above the ceiling, and a periscope assembly that can be moved by a motor along a vertical axis between a raised position in which the periscope assembly is retracted into the ceiling and a lowered position in which the lower portion of the periscope assembly extends below the ceiling. An upper mirror is mounted on the upper portion of the periscope assembly and aligned to reflect images from the projector in a downward direction when the periscope assembly is in the lowered position. A lower mirror is mounted on the lower portion of the periscope assembly and aligned to reflect the images from the upper mirror onto a viewing surface when the periscope assembly is in the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Display Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mervin Bruce Perkins, Eric John Perkins, Lawrence Alexander Duarte, Kenneth Allen Bowers