Patents by Inventor Kurt Franck

Kurt Franck 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: 4037341
    Abstract: A sign lighting arrangement including a luminaire located in a predetermined position in front of a rectangular sign is disclosed herein. The luminaire includes a light source supported by an opaque housing, the uppermost edges of which lie in a common plane with the light source and the bottom edge of the sign. In this manner, direct light from the light source is prevented from passing under the sign (positive bottom edge cut-off). The luminaire also includes a reflector having lateral edge portions located in a fixed position relative to the luminaire's light source and the sign. The reflector and particularly these lateral edge portions are specifically contoured so that the lateralmost vertical edges of the reflected light substantially coincide with the side edges of the sign. Thus no reflected light passes beyond these side edges (positive side edge cut-off). A refractor is provided one purpose of which is to aid in achieving positive side edge cut-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1973
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Johns-Manville Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert Arnold Odle, Daryl Dean Sullivan, Kurt Franck
  • Patent number: D245367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Johns-Manville Corporation
    Inventor: Kurt Franck