Patents by Inventor Martin L. Graver

Martin L. Graver 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).

  • CANOPY-LIKE DECORATIVE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20120000143
    Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a flexible panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The decorative structure includes a cable that supports the flexible panel and that is connected to a biasing member. The biasing member cooperates with a portion of the flexible panel to maintain the panel in a flexed configuration. A method of configuring a decorative structure with a flexed panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Richard D. STACKENWALT, Eric KRANTZ-LILIENTHAL, Wesley T.K. BISCHEL, Martin L. GRAVER, James F. MATHIS
  • Canopy-like decorative structure
    Patent number: 8015765
    Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a flexible panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The decorative structure includes a cable that supports the flexible panel and that is connected to a biasing member. The biasing member cooperates with a portion of the flexible panel to maintain the panel in a flexed configuration. A method of configuring a decorative structure with a flexed panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: Richard D. Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Wesley T. K. Bischel, Martin L. Graver, James F. Mathis
  • Canopy-Like Decorative Structure
    Publication number: 20100223859
    Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a flexible panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The decorative structure includes a cable that supports the flexible panel and that is connected to a biasing member. The biasing member cooperates with a portion of the flexible panel to maintain the panel in a flexed configuration. A method of configuring a decorative structure with a flexed panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Richard D. Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Wesley T. K. Bischel, Martin L. Graver, James F. Mathis
  • Locking clip
    Patent number: 5355648
    Abstract: A corner clip is provided on the edge of a ceiling panel and the end(s) of the clip space the panel from the ceiling runner vertical web. The clip can be a right angle shape having a downwardly projecting portion which fits into a recess in the back of the ceiling panel. The clip can be a disc shape having a downwardly projecting portion which fits into a recess in the back of the ceiling panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin L. Graver, James F. Mathis
  • Transition element
    Patent number: 5165209
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transition element for use between an upper ceiling level and a lower ceiling level to form a two-level or multi-level ceiling. The transition element has a configured surface, particularly a curved surface. The transition element is mounted with the top of the curved surface located adjacent the plane of the upper ceiling level and the bottom of the curved surface being located in the plane of the lower ceiling level so that the curved surface forms a transition surface between the two ceiling levels. The transition element is held in position by the ceiling runners used to hold the ceiling boards in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley T. K. Bischel, Donald F. Claussen, Martin L. Graver, James F. Mathis
  • Canopy-like decorative structure
    Patent number: RE46043
    Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a flexible panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The decorative structure includes a cable that supports the flexible panel and that is connected to a biasing member. The biasing member cooperates with a portion of the flexible panel to maintain the panel in a flexed configuration. A method of configuring a decorative structure with a flexed panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Richard D. Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Wesley T. K. Bischel, Martin L. Graver, James F. Mathis