Patents by Inventor Robert Sonneman

Robert Sonneman 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).

  • Method and apparatus for hanging lighting fixtures
    Patent number: 10088136
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Modular lighting system using hangers and power bars
    Patent number: 10060609
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of bars, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters. In this manner systems can be formed easily and quickly to achieve systems having various esthetic and utilitarian configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D827183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D827188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D827193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D827194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D828607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D828617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Fixture for a lighting system
    Patent number: D829954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Lighting element
    Patent number: D829960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D829972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D830620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman