Patents by Inventor Shane Kuipers
Shane Kuipers 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: 8272180Abstract: An upright space-dividing wall panel is provided having an internal frame and a top cap attached to a top rail of the frame. The top cap includes a lengthwise channel in which threaded fasteners are slidably received for engaging the top cap to the frame rail. The top cap further includes side channels which cooperate with coupling brackets for securing a second panel to the wall panel. Further, a locator clip arrangement is provided between the top cap and a side trim cover on the end of the wall panel for precisely locating the trim cover relative to the top cap.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Kristen Glick, Shane Kuipers, David Koning, Jason DeWeerd
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Patent number: 8176695Abstract: A wall panel frame arrangement is provided having vertical and horizontal frame rails for having a common cross-sectional profile which facilitates joining thereof at the corners of the frame. Additionally, an improved light block arrangement is provided as a rail which extends horizontally across the frame, which rail is also adaptable for use with respect to a support assembly for supporting power and data communication circuit components thereon. The bottom of the frame further includes connector arrangements which facilitate mounting of either a base raceway cover or a vertically-enlarged cover tile at the same base location of the panel frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Jason Deweerd, Richard Haworth, Shane Kuipers, Steven Heyer
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Publication number: 20120091873Abstract: A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Scott Compton, Brent Kunzi, Kristen Glick, Randall W. Borgman, Steve King, Shane Kuipers, Alex Lamfers, Mark Powell, Robert C. Wayner, Steffen Lipsky, Bret Wyngarden, Brian Gingrich
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Publication number: 20120042593Abstract: An upright space-dividing wall panel is provided having an internal frame and a top cap attached to a top rail of the frame. The top cap includes a lengthwise channel in which threaded fasteners are slidably received for engaging the top cap to the frame rail. The top cap further includes side channels which cooperate with coupling brackets for securing a second panel to the wall panel. Further, a locator clip arrangement is provided between the top cap and a side trim cover on the end of the wall panel for precisely locating the trim cover relative to the top cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: HAWORTH, INC.Inventors: Kristen Glick, Shane Kuipers, David Koning, Jason DeWeerd
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Patent number: 8092112Abstract: A dowel assembly for a furniture system provides a fastener usable in assembling various components in a furniture system. The dowel may be employed to define the relationship between first and second components of the furniture system, such as the relationship between adjoining planar surfaces of adjacent furniture panels. The dowel is fitted with a cam such that the cam provides a non-uniform radius at the interface between the dowel and one of the components. Through selective positioning of the cam about the longitudinal axis of the dowel, the interface between components of the furniture system may be selectively adjusted to ensure flush alignment of contiguous surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Randall Borgman, David Koning, Brent Kunzi, Shane Kuipers
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Patent number: 8079655Abstract: A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Scott Compton, Brent Kunzi, Kristen Glick, Randall W. Borgman, Steve King, Shane Kuipers, Alex Lamfers, Mark Powell, Robert C. Wayner, Steffen Lipsky, Bret Wyngarden, Brian Gingrich
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Patent number: 8046962Abstract: An upright space-dividing wall panel is provided having an internal frame and a top cap attached to a top rail of the frame. The top cap includes a lengthwise channel in which threaded fasteners are slidably received for engaging the top cap to the frame rail. The top cap further includes side channels which cooperate with coupling brackets for securing a second panel to the wall panel. Further, a locator clip arrangement is provided between the top cap and a side trim cover on the end of the wall panel for precisely locating the trim cover relative to the top cap.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Kristen Glick, Shane Kuipers, David Koning, Jason Deweerd
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Patent number: 7644552Abstract: A space-dividing wall panel has glass panels mounted on opposite faces of the wall panel to permit viewing therethrough. Each glass panel is defined by a sheet of glass and edge rails extending about the periphery of the glass. The edge rails include fixing channels on opposite sides thereof which are press-fit onto respective edges of the glass without the use of a resilient gasket within the fixing channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Shane Kuipers, Dan Van Huis, Peter Beyer, Mike Sheedlo
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Publication number: 20090162141Abstract: A dowel assembly for a furniture system provides a fastener usable in assembling various components in a furniture system. The dowel may be employed to define the relationship between first and second components of the furniture system, such as the relationship between adjoining planar surfaces of adjacent furniture panels. The dowel is fitted with a cam such that the cam provides a non-uniform radius at the interface between the dowel and one of the components. Through selective positioning of the cam about the longitudinal axis of the dowel, the interface between components of the furniture system may be selectively adjusted to ensure flush alignment of contiguous surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Randall Borgman, David Koning, Brent Kunzi, Shane Kuipers
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Publication number: 20090001859Abstract: A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Scott Compton, Brent Kunzi, Kristen Glick, Randall W. Borgman, Steve King, Shane Kuipers, Alex Lamfers, Mark Powell, Robert C. Wayner, Steffen Lipsky, Bret Wyngarden, Brian Gingrich
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Publication number: 20080104907Abstract: An upright space-dividing wall panel is provided having an internal frame and a top cap attached to a top rail of the frame. The top cap includes a lengthwise channel in which threaded fasteners are slidably received for engaging the top cap to the frame rail. The top cap further includes side channels which cooperate with coupling brackets for securing a second panel to the wall panel. Further, a locator clip arrangement is provided between the top cap and a side trim cover on the end of the wall panel for precisely locating the trim cover relative to the top cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Kristen Glick, Shane Kuipers, David Koning, Jason Deweerd
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Publication number: 20080104895Abstract: A wall panel frame arrangement is provided having vertical and horizontal frame rails for having a common cross-sectional profile which facilitates joining thereof at the corners of the frame. Additionally, an improved light block arrangement is provided as a rail which extends horizontally across the frame, which rail is also adaptable for use with respect to a support assembly for supporting power and data communication circuit components thereon. The bottom of the frame further includes connector arrangements which facilitate mounting of either a base raceway cover or a vertically-enlarged cover tile at the same base location of the panel frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Jason Deweerd, Richard Haworth, Shane Kuipers, Steven Heyer
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Publication number: 20020100236Abstract: A space-dividing wall panel has glass panels mounted on opposite faces of the wall panel to permit viewing therethrough. Each glass panel is defined by a sheet of glass and edge rails extending about the periphery of the glass. The edge rails include fixing channels on opposite sides thereof which are press-fit onto respective edges of the glass without the use of a resilient gasket within the fixing channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Shane Kuipers, Dan Van Huis, Peter Beyer, Mike Sheedlo