Patents by Inventor R. Dru Whitacre

R. Dru Whitacre 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).

  • Space divider and components
    Patent number: 8905249
    Abstract: Utilization of event drapery for visual aids, and similar purposes is facilitated by insertion of an intermediate support bar between vertically disposed and relatively spaced posts supported at their bottoms by base plates and secured at their tops by an upper support bar. A clamp, positionable and securable, at any one of a relatively infinite number of positions along each post, functions to secure support bar receivers in place which, in turn, receive respective ends of the intermediate support bar to facilitate disposition of the visual aid and further event drapery. A base plate supports a pair of vertical posts and facilitates positioning two sets of drapes back to back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: R. Dru Whitacre
  • Space divider and components
    Publication number: 20080061021
    Abstract: Utilization of event drapery for visual aids, and similar purposes is facilitated by insertion of an intermediate support bar between vertically disposed and relatively spaced posts supported at their bottoms by base plates and secured at their tops by an upper support bar. A clamp, positionable and securable, at any one of a relatively infinite number of positions along each post, functions to secure support bar receivers in place which, in turn, receive respective ends of the intermediate support bar to facilitate disposition of the visual aid and further event drapery. A base plate supports a pair of vertical posts and facilitates positioning two sets of drapes back to back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: R. Dru Whitacre