Patents by Inventor Peter R. Tanner

Peter R. Tanner 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: 4992058
    Abstract: For the communications and data transfer wiring of a modern office building the invention provides a prewired cable trunking module with a number of socket outlets along its top surface. The module has a flat cable extending through the duct, sets of wires being split off the cable at intervals to connect with the outlets. Successive modules can have a single continuous cable extending through them, or can be connected by multiway connectors at each end of each module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Comfloor Limited
    Inventor: Peter R. Tanner
  • Patent number: 4547030
    Abstract: A conduit having socket positions spaced along its length comprises a rear member 50 secured to a wall, a cover member 10 attached to the rear member and an elongate insulating member 30 which prevents conductors 70,71,72 from being exposed when the cover member is detached from the rear member. The insulating member 30 may be attached to both members 10 and 50 with the attachment to the cover member 10 being stronger than the attachment to the rear member 50. The pins of an electrical plug pass through openings in the cover member to electrically contact the conductors 70,71,72.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Tanner Chaplin Tracks Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter R. Tanner, Eric Chaplin