Patents by Inventor Robert B. Lanfear

Robert B. Lanfear 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: 11547233
    Abstract: A curtain track for an aircraft cabin enables curtain sliders to be quickly loaded into the curtain track. The curtain track is constructed of an elongate channel with a first end fitting on a first end of the channel and a second end fitting on a second end of the channel. There is a unique cutout in the bottom surface of the first end fitting that forms a curved slot surface that enables curtain sliders to be loaded into the channel of the curtain track through the cutout to quickly load the curtain onto the curtain track without disassembling any of the parts of the curtain track or removing the curtain track from its attachment to the aircraft cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rick E. Shepherd, Ian M. Piper, Robert B. Lanfear
  • Publication number: 20210244223
    Abstract: A curtain track for an aircraft cabin enables curtain sliders to be quickly loaded into the curtain track. The curtain track is constructed of an elongate channel with a first end fitting on a first end of the channel and a second end fitting on a second end of the channel. There is a unique cutout in the bottom surface of the first end fitting that forms a curved slot surface that enables curtain sliders to be loaded into the channel of the curtain track through the cutout to quickly load the curtain onto the curtain track without disassembling any of the parts of the curtain track or removing the curtain track from its attachment to the aircraft cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rick E. Shepherd, Ian M. Piper, Robert B. Lanfear
  • Patent number: 8104410
    Abstract: A desk having a reversible work platform. In one embodiment, the reversible work platform is attached to a frame assembly with a plurality of bushings and associated bolts, and can be reconfigured from a left-handed configuration to a right-handed configuration by removing the bushings and bolts from above the desk, flipping the reversible work platform, and reinstalling the bushings and bolts from above the desk. In one embodiment, an L-shaped desk is reconfigured by flipping the reversible work platform and rearranging the parts of the frame assembly. Leg assemblies of the frame assembly include height adjustment mechanisms, which are actuated by a hand crank to change the height of the reversible work platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Watson Furniture Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Lanfear, Daniel A. Novak, Jacob Anthony Baron-Taltre
  • Publication number: 20100126392
    Abstract: A desk having a reversible work platform. In one embodiment, the reversible work platform is attached to a frame assembly with a plurality of bushings and associated bolts, and can be reconfigured from a left-handed configuration to a right-handed configuration by removing the bushings and bolts from above the desk, flipping the reversible work platform, and reinstalling the bushings and bolts from above the desk. In one embodiment, an L-shaped desk is reconfigured by flipping the reversible work platform and rearranging the parts of the frame assembly. Leg assemblies of the frame assembly include height adjustment mechanisms, which are actuated by a hand crank to change the height of the reversible work platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: WATSON FURNITURE GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Robert B. Lanfear, Daniel A. Novak, Jacob Anthony Baron-Taltre