Patents by Inventor Robert F. Baker

Robert F. Baker 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: 8991121
    Abstract: Various disclosures of a horizontal stack joint system for a curtain wall is disclosed. In certain embodiments, the joint system comprises a lower subsystem having a dual member projection and an upper subsystem having a channel sized to receive the dual member projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F Baker
  • Patent number: 6148585
    Abstract: An architectural assembly comprising a plurality of panels and a plurality of hooking members. The hooking members are in locked engagement with longitudinal edges of the panels, and fixedly couple together these panels. The panels may be semi-circular in shape, and, when coupled together, collectively form a circular structure that may be used to surround a structural column. In another embodiment of the invention, a panel attachment assembly is provided, comprising a plurality of supporting members mounted to a fixed structure, at least one panel, and the hooking members. The hooking members are lockingly engaged with the panel and the supporting members, for fixedly securing the panel to the supporting members. The hooking members preferably comprise a U-shaped portion having a base portion and two projecting portions extending from opposite sides of the base portion. The hooking members also comprise head and tail portions extending from upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Baker Metal Products Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Baker
  • Patent number: 5077951
    Abstract: A suspended ceiling system has a plurality of main-tee beams and cross-tee beams assembled to form a grid system. Ceiling panels are installed within grid openings in the grid system. A retaining clip is used to secure the ceiling panels and the cross-tee beams to the main-tee beams. Panel clips can also be used to secure the ceiling panels to the cross-tee beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Baker Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert F. Baker
  • Patent number: 4845912
    Abstract: An architectural panel assembly for mounting a plurality of panel sections to a structural support member. The assembly includes a mounting bracket fixed along a longitudinal edge of one panel section and fixed to the support member. A fastening bracket is fixed along the edge of another panel section. One of the two brackets has a recess and the other a projection for being received and hooked within the recess. By this structure the two panel sections are connected together and are fixed to the support structure in an easy-to-use process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Baker Metal Products
    Inventor: Robert F. Baker