Patents by Inventor Thomas C. LeTourneau

Thomas C. LeTourneau 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).

  • Advertising placard
    Publication number: 20040182508
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately &Dgr;7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau
  • Advertising placard
    Patent number: 6685790
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately &Dgr;7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau
  • Advertising placard
    Publication number: 20020030139
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately &Dgr;7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: William R. Apel
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau
  • Advertising placard
    Patent number: 6241187
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately &Dgr;7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau
  • Advertising placard
    Patent number: 6126112
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately .DELTA.7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: William R. Apel
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau