Patents by Inventor Steven E. Farley

Steven E. Farley 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).

  • Grid runner cap anchoring lance
    Patent number: 8590160
    Abstract: An elongated grid runner, and its manufacture, comprising a pair of overlying metal strips roll-formed together into a shape suitable for use in a rectangular grid to support ceiling panels, one of said strips serving as a visible cap for concealing the other strip forming the main body of the grid runner when the grid member is employed in a completed ceiling, the strips being lanced at each end of the grid runner to lock the cap strip on the main body strip whereby when the overlying strips are simultaneously cut to a finish length prior to finish roll-forming, the ends of the strip are maintained in substantially overlying end-to-end registration where the cap is visible in a finished ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: USG Interiors, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, Jr., Steven E. Farley, Donald J. Leahy, Ronald J. Koval, Paul A. Pomeroy
  • Indexing tab for grid runners
    Patent number: 8590248
    Abstract: A roll formed sheet metal grid runner, and method of its manufacture, for a suspended ceiling grid having indexing tabs stamped from a central web of the runner profile, the tabs being effective to reliably locate ceiling panels and, when the grid runner is nested with other identical runners in a package, avoid marring of visible surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: USG Interiors, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, Jr., Donald J. Leahy, Steven E. Farley, Thomas G. Rowland, Peder J. Gulbrandsen
  • INDEXING TAB FOR GRID RUNNERS
    Publication number: 20130276395
    Abstract: A roll formed sheet metal grid runner, and method of its manufacture, for a suspended ceiling grid having indexing tabs stamped from a central web of the runner profile, the tabs being effective to reliably locate ceiling panels and, when the grid runner is nested with other identical runners in a package, avoid marring of visible surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, JR., Donald J. Leahy, Steven E. Farley, Thomas G. Rowland, Peder J. Gulbrandsen
  • Grid runner cap anchoring lance
    Patent number: 8359803
    Abstract: An elongated grid runner, and its manufacture, comprising a pair of overlying metal strips roll-formed together into a shape suitable for use in a rectangular grid to support ceiling panels, one of said strips serving as a visible cap for concealing the other strip forming the main body of the grid runner when the grid member is employed in a completed ceiling, the strips being lanced at each end of the grid runner to lock the cap strip on the main body strip whereby when the overlying strips are simultaneously cut to a finish length prior to finish roll-forming, the ends of the strip are maintained in substantially overlying end-to-end registration where the cap is visible in a finished ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: USG Interiors, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, Jr., Steven E. Farley, Donald J. Leahy, Ronald J. Koval, Paul A. Pomeroy
  • GRID RUNNER CAP ANCHORING LANCE
    Publication number: 20120291388
    Abstract: An elongated grid runner, and its manufacture, comprising a pair of overlying metal strips roll-formed together into a shape suitable for use in a rectangular grid to support ceiling panels, one of said strips serving as a visible cap for concealing the other strip forming the main body of the grid runner when the grid member is employed in a completed ceiling, the strips being lanced at each end of the grid runner to lock the cap strip on the main body strip whereby when the overlying strips are simultaneously cut to a finish length prior to finish roll-forming, the ends of the strip are maintained in substantially overlying end-to-end registration where the cap is visible in a finished ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: USG INTERIORS, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Lehane, JR., Steven E. Farley, Donald J. Leahy, Ronald J. Koval, Paul A. Pomeroy