Patents by Inventor Scott D. Harnish
Scott D. Harnish 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).
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Patent number: 11879250Abstract: A panel assembly for a suspended ceiling system, an adjustable corner bracket thereof, and a method of assembling such a panel assembly. The panel assembly may include a ceiling panel having a groove in its rear surface, a plurality of suspension bars disposed within the groove along the sides thereof, and a plurality of corner brackets disposed within the groove along the corners thereof. The corner brackets may include a first arm portion extending along a first arm axis and a second arm portion extending along a second arm axis. The corner brackets may be adjustable to alter an angle measured between the first and second arm axes so that the corner brackets may be used in different grooves having different shapes.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventor: Scott D. Harnish
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Patent number: 11873643Abstract: An overhead grid assembly for a suspended ceiling system and a bracket member thereof. The overhead grid assembly may include first and second support members having first and second longitudinal axes that are arranged in an intersecting manner to form a grid. The bracket member may include a first part having a first channel and a second part having a second channel. The bracket member is arranged to maintain the first and second support members in a desirable orientation relative to each other. Thus, a portion of the first support member may nest within the first channel and a portion of the second support member may nest within the second channel. The first and second parts of the bracket assembly may be rotatable relative to one another to ensure that the bracket assembly can be coupled to the first and second support members regardless of their relative orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventor: Scott D. Harnish
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Publication number: 20230407633Abstract: A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Scott D. HARNISH, Nathan H. CANFIJN
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Publication number: 20230340783Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Nathan J. BAXTER, Samuel D. PAWLAK, Scott D. HARNISH, Ryan D. HANUSCHAK, Nicholas J. FRIEZ, Nathan H. CANFIJN, Marie A. DePAUL, Kain A. PLACE
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Patent number: 11761205Abstract: A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: AWI LICENSING LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Nathan H. Canfijn
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Patent number: 11725384Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls. The ceiling system includes a grid system that extends to at least two of the plurality of walls and separates the building space into an occupiable space below the grid system and a plenum space above the grid system; and a plurality of ceiling tiles that are supported by the grid system and, with the grid system, create a barrier between the occupiable space and the plenum space, the plurality of ceiling tiles including three different polygonal non-rectangular ceiling tiles.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: AWI LICENSING LLCInventors: Nathan J Baxter, Samuel D Pawlak, Scott D Harnish, Ryan D Hanuschak, Nicholas J Friez, Nathan H Canfijn, Marie A DePaul, Kain A Place
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Publication number: 20230183972Abstract: A grid hanger assembly for mounting a ceiling system to an overhead support structure. The grid hanger assembly may include a mounting bracket having a mounting element and being configured for attachment to the overhead support structure and a hanger member. The hanger member may include an adjustment plate and a coupling member extending from the adjustment plate. The adjustment plate may include a plurality of mounting elements arranged in an axially spaced apart manner. The hanger may be mounted to the mounting bracket in a selected mounting position of a plurality of selectable mounting positions determined by sliding the hanger member relative to the mounting bracket in a direction of the vertical axis until a selected one of the plurality of mounting elements of the hanger member is aligned with the mounting element of the mounting bracket. A fastener may lock the hanger member to the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Kain A. PLACE, Scott D. HARNISH, Jeffrey T. MARKLEY, Ian V. WHITE, Ian McDERMOTT, James F. HOOPER, Jr., Todd M. BERGMAN, David E. RICE
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Patent number: 11447945Abstract: An end panel bracket useful with a building panel system is provided. The end panel bracket comprises a base, a middle portion extending from the base, a shelf extending from the middle portion, a notch, and a ledge.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Todd M. Bergman, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Jonathan P. Van Dore
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Publication number: 20220186495Abstract: A panel assembly for a suspended ceiling system, an adjustable corner bracket thereof, and a method of assembling such a panel assembly. The panel assembly may include a ceiling panel having a groove in its rear surface, a plurality of suspension bars disposed within the groove along the sides thereof, and a plurality of corner brackets disposed within the groove along the corners thereof. The corner brackets may include a first arm portion extending along a first arm axis and a second arm portion extending along a second arm axis. The corner brackets may be adjustable to alter an angle measured between the first and second arm axes so that the corner brackets may be used in different grooves having different shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: Scott D. HARNISH
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Publication number: 20220186494Abstract: An overhead grid assembly for a suspended ceiling system and a bracket member thereof. The overhead grid assembly may include first and second support members having first and second longitudinal axes that are arranged in an intersecting manner to form a grid. The bracket member may include a first part having a first channel and a second part having a second channel. The bracket member is arranged to maintain the first and second support members in a desirable orientation relative to each other. Thus, a portion of the first support member may nest within the first channel and a portion of the second support member may nest within the second channel. The first and second parts of the bracket assembly may be rotatable relative to one another to ensure that the bracket assembly can be coupled to the first and second support members regardless of their relative orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: Scott D. HARNISH
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Publication number: 20220162855Abstract: A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Scott D. HARNISH, Nathan H. CANFIJN
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Publication number: 20220154464Abstract: Described herein is a method for mounting a grid hanger assembly of a ceiling system. The ceiling system, in one embodiment, includes a grid support member, ceiling panel, and grid hanger configured to support the grid support member in a suspended manner from an overhead structural support. The grid hanger includes a mounting bracket configured for attachment to the structural support and a hanger member. The hanger member is adjustable in a plurality of selectable mounting positions relative to the mounting bracket, thereby allowing the mounted height of the grid support member to be adjusted in the field. In some embodiments, the hanger member is further angularly adjustable relative to the mounting bracket to avoid installation obstacles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Kain A. PLACE, Scott D. HARNISH, Jeffrey T. MARKLEY, Ian V. WHITE, Ian McDERMOTT, James F. HOOPER, JR., Todd M. BERGMAN, David E. RICE
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Patent number: 11280089Abstract: A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Nathan H. Canfijn
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Patent number: 11274441Abstract: Described herein is a ceiling system in one embodiment includes a grid support member, ceiling panel, and grid hanger configured to support the grid support member in a suspended manner from an overhead structural support. The grid hanger includes a mounting bracket configured for attachment to the structural support and a hanger member. The hanger member is adjustable in a plurality of selectable mounting positions relative to the mounting bracket, thereby allowing the mounted height of the grid support member to be adjusted in the field. In some embodiment, the hanger member is further angularly adjustable relative to the mounting bracket to avoid installation obstacles. Locking elements are provided to secure the hanger member in the selected mounting position. In one embodiment, the grid support member may have a T-shaped cross section.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Kain A. Place, Scott D. Harnish, Jeffrey T. Markley, Ian V. White, Ian McDermott, James F. Hooper, Jr., Todd M. Bergman, David E. Rice
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Publication number: 20210222433Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Nathan J. BAXTER, Samuel D. PAWLAK, Scott D. HARNISH, Ryan D. HANUSCHAK, Nicholas J. FRIEZ, Nathan H. CANFIJN, Marie A. DePAUL, Kain A. PLACE
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Patent number: 10995489Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls. The ceiling system includes a grid system that extends to at least two of the plurality of walls and separates the building space into an occupiable space below the grid system and a plenum space above the grid system; and a plurality of ceiling tiles that are supported by the grid system and, with the grid system, create a barrier between the occupiable space and the plenum space, the plurality of ceiling tiles including three different polygonal non-rectangular ceiling tiles.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Nathan J Baxter, Samuel D Pawlak, Scott D Harnish, Ryan D Hanuschak, Nicholas J Friez, Nathan H Canfijn, Marie A DePaul, Kain A Place
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Publication number: 20210047826Abstract: An end panel bracket useful with a building panel system is provided. The end panel bracket comprises a base, a middle portion extending from the base, a shelf extending from the middle portion, a notch, and a ledge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Scott D. HARNISH, Todd M. BERGMAN, Ryan D. HANUSCHAK, Jonathan P. VAN DORE
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Patent number: 10844591Abstract: A building panel system is provided that includes a perimeter frame; a main beam attached to the perimeter frame; a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having a plurality of identical hook members, each of the hook members having a protruding hooking portion on only a first side of the hook member, and a non-hooking portion on a second side of the hook member, the second side being opposite the first side; and a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier, each of the panels being attached to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Todd M. Bergman, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Jonathan P. Van Dore
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Patent number: D914248Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Nathan J. Baxter, Samuel D. Pawlak, Scott D. Harnish, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Nicholas J. Friez, Nathan H. Canfijn, Marie A. DePaul, Kain A. Place
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Patent number: D1010161Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Nathan J. Baxter, Samuel D. Pawlak, Scott D. Harnish, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Nicholas J. Friez, Nathan H. Canfijn, Marie A. DePaul, Kain A. Place