Patents by Inventor Scott A. MacInnes

Scott A. MacInnes 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: 7717510
    Abstract: The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: American Seating Company
    Inventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald, Brady A. Olason, Jeffrey D. Allison, Scott A. MacInnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Publication number: 20090072598
    Abstract: The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald, Brady A. Olason, Jeffrey D. Allison, Scott A. MacInnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Patent number: 7434877
    Abstract: The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: American Seating Company
    Inventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald, Brady A. Olason, Jeffrey D. Allison, Scott A. MacInnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Publication number: 20070069558
    Abstract: The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Bernard Herold, David Wolf, Douglas Fassett, Trevor Haney, Douglas Oswald, Brady Olason, Jeffrey Allison, Scott MacInnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Patent number: D553373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: American Seating Company
    Inventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald, Brady A. Olason, Jeffrey D. Allison, Scott A. MacInnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Patent number: D557911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: American Seating Company
    Inventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald, Brady A. Olason, Jeffrey D. Allison, Scott A. Macinnes, Nino Senoadi
  • Patent number: D383455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Virtual I/O, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott MacInnes, Christopher D. Wiegel