Patents by Inventor Stephen Shenefield

Stephen Shenefield 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).

  • System and method for defined area sound masking
    Patent number: 9666174
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a sound masking system is used to produce a sound masking zone in the vicinity of a defined area, for example in an area surrounding a conference room, an area within a medical office, or an area within a place of worship. A screen of loudspeakers around the defined area is used to create the sound masking zone. An indicator light, outside the defined area and unique to the sound masking zone around the defined area, is used to indicate that the sound masking system is active or ramping up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Cambridge Sound Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Gregory Saunders, Mitchell Nollman, Gordon V. Cook, Thomas R. Horrall, Stephen Shenefield
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINED AREA SOUND MASKING
    Publication number: 20160293155
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a sound masking system is used to produce a sound masking zone in the vicinity of a defined area, for example in an area surrounding a conference room, an area within a medical office, or an area within a place of worship. A screen of loudspeakers around the defined area is used to create the sound masking zone. An indicator light, outside the defined area and unique to the sound masking zone around the defined area, is used to indicate that the sound masking system is active or ramping up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Gregory Saunders, Mitchell Nollman, Gordon V. Cook, Thomas R. Horrall, Stephen Shenefield
  • Audio speaker housing
    Patent number: D530312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Boston Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerd Schmieta, Michael Chamness, Miriam Korzunsky, Stephen Shenefield
  • Audio speaker
    Patent number: D546815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Boston Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerd Schmieta, Michael Chamness, Miriam Korzunsky, Stephen Shenefield
  • Audio speaker
    Patent number: D547302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Boston Acoustics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerd Schmieta, Michael Chamness, Miriam Korzunsky, Stephen Shenefield
  • Indicator light panel for a sound masking system
    Patent number: D838397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cambridge Sound Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Calisi, Gregory Saunders, Mitchell Nollman, Gordon V. Cook, Thomas R. Horrall, Stephen Shenefield