Patents by Inventor Lester Gilman

Lester Gilman 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).

  • Breakaway plaster frame
    Patent number: 4336575
    Abstract: A plaster frame has a breakaway zone which extends between a hole in the frame and a periphery of the frame. When the breakaway zone is removed, the frame may now be inserted through a hole in a ceiling which is approximately the same size as the hole in the plaster frame. An open bottom lighting housing is removably mounted on said plaster frame coaxial with the frame hole and prewired to a junction box on the plaster frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: Kidde Consumer Durables Corp.
    Inventor: Lester Gilman
  • Electrical junction assembly
    Patent number: 4053194
    Abstract: An electrical junction assembly is disclosed for electrically coupling mating bus bars of two adjacent tracks having single or double sets of bus bars. The assembly may contain the electrical conductors for supplying current to the bus bars. The assembly may be L, I, T or X-shaped. The assembly is removably coupled to the tracks in a manner to facilitate ease of coupling and uncoupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Kidde Consumer Durables Corporation
    Inventor: Lester Gilman