Patents by Inventor Mark A. Harter

Mark A. Harter 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: 4601146
    Abstract: A cover for enclosing the support post of a space dividing wall panel system is disclosed. The cover is planar and includes a pair of spaced, hook-shaped connectors on the inner surface thereof which coact with annular slots in the support post to mount the cover thereto. One or more of the covers may be mounted to a single post to thereby shield the post from view in most post and panel assembly configurations. The post cover may preferably include a cloth outer covering and a metal impregnated, magnetized vinyl strip on its inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Harter, Raoul J. P. Schoumaker
  • Patent number: 4546889
    Abstract: A universal stretcher rail system for use in connection with a space dividing wall panel system including wall panels of different lengths having vertically oriented, laterally spaced slotted standards at each end thereof. The system includes an inner rail member and a plurality of outer rail members of varying lengths each individually adapted to be selectively telescopically associated with the inner rail member to produce a stretcher rail of more than one predetermined length. L-shaped support brackets are fixed to the remote ends of the inner and outer rail members to interconnect the stretcher rail to a pair of laterally spaced slotted standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Raoul J. P. Schoumaker, Mark A. Harter
  • Patent number: D288097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Harter, Raoul J. Schoumaker
  • Patent number: D290193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Mark A. Harter, Raoul J. P. Schoumaker, Shoichi Kurokawa