Patents by Inventor Norman L. Gansmiller

Norman L. Gansmiller 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).

  • Method of applying tiles to a roof
    Patent number: 6253512
    Abstract: A method of applying tiles to a roof, the tiles being of at least two different appearances, includes establishing a collection of pattern units, each pattern unit representing an arrangement of a plurality of tiles formed into a specific pattern, the specific pattern of each pattern unit being different from the specific pattern of every other pattern unit in the collection of pattern units. Each pattern unit includes representations of tiles of at least two different appearances, such as different colors. Tiles are applied according to a first one of the pattern units, to a first portion of the roof. Tiles are applied according to one of the pattern units, to a second portion of the roof that abuts the first portion of the roof. Additional tiles are applied to additional portions of the roof, the tiles being applied to each additional portion of the roof according to one of the pattern units, with each additional portion of the roof abutting a previously applied portion of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas K. Thompson, Frank A. Wilgus, Jr., Frank R. Wilgus, Sr., Norman L. Gansmiller, Robert T. Fell, Jr.