Patents by Inventor Steven T. Heaton

Steven T. Heaton 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).

  • Publication number: 20180010772
    Abstract: Precision lighting design is a subcategory of lighting design which benefits from a concerted, synergistic effort to improve beam control; sports lighting is one such example. Beam control is improved when all light directing and redirecting devices are considered together, and insomuch that adverse lighting effects are best avoided when considering how all the lighting fixtures in an array interact with one another. To that end, envisioned is a multi-part visoring (i.e., light redirecting) and optic (i.e., light directing) system designed with consideration towards how a fixture lives in a mounted space—how its photometric and physical presence affects other fixtures in or proximate said space—while demonstrating improved beam control over that which is available to general purpose (e.g., indoor residential) lighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: MYRON GORDIN, JOEL D. DEBOEF, STEVEN T. HEATON, CHRIS P. LICKISS, LUKE C. MCKEE
  • Patent number: 8006394
    Abstract: A method of laying out a grid of points across an area comprises designating a starting reference point; projecting with the laser beam a first reference line intersecting the first reference point and extending in a first direction relative to the area; designating the set of first line reference points along the first reference line; projecting with a laser beam a second reference line from each of the set of first reference line points in a direction at least partially across the area; designating a set of second line reference points at or near the area along each of the second reference lines, so that a grid of points across the area correlated to at least one laser beam projection is created. In this manner, the laser provides a quick and accurate straight line for referencing points in the grid. The method could be used to just lay out a grid of lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Tippett, David L. Barker, Steven T. Heaton
  • Patent number: 7979993
    Abstract: A method of laying out a grid of points across an area comprises designating a starting reference point; projecting with the laser beam a first reference line intersecting the first reference point and extending in a first direction relative to the area; designating the set of first line reference points along the first reference line; projecting with a laser beam a second reference line from each of the set of first reference line points in a direction at least partially across the area; designating a set of second line reference points at or near the area along each of the second reference lines, so that a grid of points across the area correlated to at least one laser beam projection is created. In this manner, the laser provides a quick and accurate straight line for referencing points in the grid. The method could be used to just lay out a grid of lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Tippett, David L. Barker, Steven T. Heaton
  • Publication number: 20100275454
    Abstract: A method of laying out a grid of points across an area comprises designating a starting reference point; projecting with the laser beam a first reference line intersecting the first reference point and extending in a first direction relative to the area; designating the set of first line reference points along the first reference line; projecting with a laser beam a second reference line from each of the set of first reference line points in a direction at least partially across the area; designating a set of second line reference points at or near the area along each of the second reference lines, so that a grid of points across the area correlated to at least one laser beam projection is created. In this manner, the laser provides a quick and accurate straight line for referencing points in the grid. The method could be used to just lay out a grid of lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MUSCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: NICHOLAS A. TIPPETT, DAVID L. BARKER, STEVEN T. HEATON
  • Publication number: 20090056153
    Abstract: A method of laying out a grid of points across an area comprises designating a starting reference point; projecting with the laser beam a first reference line intersecting the first reference point and extending in a first direction relative to the area; designating the set of first line reference points along the first reference line; projecting with a laser beam a second reference line from each of the set of first reference line points in a direction at least partially across the area; designating a set of second line reference points at or near the area along each of the second reference lines, so that a grid of points across the area correlated to at least one laser beam projection is created. In this manner, the laser provides a quick and accurate straight line for referencing points in the grid. The method could be used to just lay out a grid of lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MUSCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: NICHOLAS A. TIPPETT, DAVID L. BARKER, STEVEN T. HEATON
  • Patent number: D646428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Steven T. Heaton, Chris P. Lickiss
  • Patent number: D655840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Heaton, Chris P. Lickiss, Luke C. McKee
  • Patent number: D656266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton, Chris P. Lickiss
  • Patent number: D695949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton, Philip D. Hol
  • Patent number: D695950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton, Philip D. Hol
  • Patent number: D695952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton
  • Patent number: D734532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: MUSCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton, Philip D. Hol
  • Patent number: D743602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: MUSCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Steven T. Heaton, Philip D. Hol
  • Patent number: D771854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle, Joel D. DeBoef, Steven T. Heaton, Philip D. Hol
  • Patent number: D794244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Heaton, Chris P. Lickiss
  • Patent number: D808052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Steven T. Heaton
  • Patent number: D808053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Steven T. Heaton
  • Patent number: D814692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Steven T. Heaton, Kenneth G. Lewis, Jr.
  • Patent number: D833662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, Steven T. Heaton