Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Pilby

Stephen E. Pilby 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: 7198388
    Abstract: Light control grids in curved ceilings or walls include an assembly of flexible, spaced-apart sets of fabric strips that intersect and interlock, one of the sets of strips being substantially curved along its length and/or of varying length. The grids are supported by a modular rigid framework that maintains the strips taut, the frames being substantially curved corresponding to the curved strips and/or strips of varying length. A number of connectors hold the frames together and are used to attach the assembly to the building, and a number of releasable fasteners moveably retained by the frames attach the grids to the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventor: Stephen E. Pilby
  • Patent number: 5556186
    Abstract: A grid for a photographer's soft box or like device is made from flexible fabric. The grid is formed by intersecting and interlocking strips of fabric, formed in two sets, strips of one set intersecting the strips of the other set. The strips of intersecting sets are slotted in a complimentary manner. A wire may be used to keep the grid taut if necessary. In some instances, strips of one set may be omitted, such that the grid is formed only of strips extending in one direction. Reflecting material may be placed on inside edges of peripheral strips to guide the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: Stephen E. Pilby