Patents by Inventor Richard Stackenwalt

Richard Stackenwalt 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).

  • Publication number: 20060137267
    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: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Wesley Bischel, Martin Graver, James Mathis
  • Publication number: 20060130417
    Abstract: Disclosed is a decorative structure and system including a flexible ceiling panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The flexed configuration may be arranged in various configurations having different degrees of flex or curvature in the individual decorative structures. The system includes a flexible panel supported by a frame. The frame can be configured such that the flexible panel takes on a wave-like appearance which is imparted by the curved structure of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Michelle Rich, Wesley Bischel, Martin Graver
  • Publication number: 20050217194
    Abstract: A suspended ceiling system having a trim strip which conceals a construction clearance between a perimeter grid element and a soffit-type wall. The trim strip can be mounted onto the perimeter grid element, attached to the underside of the soffit-type wall or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Richard Stackenwalt
  • Publication number: 20050034410
    Abstract: A ceiling trim comprising a plurality of trim elements and a plurality of connector clips for connecting abutting trim elements to form a continuous beam free of imperfections. Each connector clip is formed of a single elongated plate and includes first and second end sections. Each of the first and second end sections include a longitudinally extending web and a means for securing the end sections to the trim elements. The connector clip also has an intermediate section which integrally connects the first and second end sections. The intermediate section has a means for cinching together the edges of adjacent trim elements to provide a ceiling edge having a clean, finished appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventor: Richard Stackenwalt
  • Publication number: 20050011150
    Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a panel fastened to a support structure by a clip. A portion of the clip extends along a face of the panel opposite that aligned adjacent the support structure. A decorative structure is also providing that includes a panel connected to a support structuring having a first member including a keyed aperture in which are disposed a first cross member and a second cross member interconnected to the first cross member. The decorative structure of the present invention may be curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Stackenwalt, Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Wesley Bischel