Patents by Inventor Paul M. Pierce

Paul M. Pierce 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: 5483903
    Abstract: A table having a worksurface mounted to and cantilevered forwardly from a pair of telescopic height-adjustable legs. Each leg includes an upper elongate tubular leg part which is fixed to the table top adjacent a rear corner thereof. This upper tubular leg part preferably projects upwardly at least a limited vertical extent above the upper surface of the top and terminates in a visible top cap. The upper leg part projects downwardly below the table top and is telescoped onto and around a lower elongate leg part which projects upwardly into the upper leg part. This lower leg part in turn has the lower end thereof fixed to a support foot which bears on a support surface such as a floor. A height-adjusting mechanism projects interiorly of and generally vertically between the upper and lower leg parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Pierce, Randall W. Borgman
  • Patent number: 5323695
    Abstract: A method of using a work station having separate front and back tops having separate powered drive arrangements for permitting independent height adjustment. A controller, which is programmed by an operator, permits storage of a number of predetermined height locations each defining distinct heights for both tops. The operator effects programmed movement of the tops to predetermined height locations for predetermined times and in a predetermined sequence, with the rear top moving initially and the front top moving thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall W. Borgman, William L. Cleair, Thomas J. Osterman, Paul M. Pierce, Brian D. T. Alexander, Daniel L. Fowler, Greg R. Pattok, Raymond D. Rosendahl, Donald W. Graham
  • Patent number: 5259326
    Abstract: A work station, particularly for supporting a computer, having separate front and back tops having separate powered drive arrangements for permitting independently height adjustment. The drive arrangement includes a separate drive motor associated with each top, with the motors being controlled by a controller, such as a microprocessor. The controller is preferably controlled by an operator using a portable keypad control which can be positioned on one of the tops. The controller can be programmed by the operator to permit storage of a number of predetermined height locations each defining distinct heights for both tops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall W. Borgman, William L. Cleair, Thomas J. Osterman, Paul M. Pierce, Brian D. T. Alexander, Daniel L. Flower, Greg R. Pattok, Raymond D. Rosendahl, Donald W. Graham
  • Patent number: 5224429
    Abstract: A work station, particularly for supporting a computer, having separate front and back tops having separate powered drive arrangements for permitting independently height adjustment. The drive arrangement includes a separate drive motor associated with each top, with the motors being controlled by a controller, such as a microprocessor. The controller is preferably controlled by an operator using a portable keypad control which can be positioned on one of the tops. The controller can be programmed by the operator to permit storage of a number of predetermined height locations each defining distinct heights for both tops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall W. Borgman, William L. Cleair, Bryan R. Gingrich, Thomas J. Osterman, Paul M. Pierce
  • Patent number: D314772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul M. Pierce, Patrick J. K. Deighan
  • Patent number: D316558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Smith Corona Corporation
    Inventor: Paul M. Pierce
  • Patent number: D317934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Smith Corona Corporation
    Inventor: Paul M. Pierce
  • Patent number: D319223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Smith Corona Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Pierce, Robert L. Kasprzycki
  • Patent number: D332960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Smith Corona Corporation
    Inventor: Paul M. Pierce