Patents by Inventor Tonya Ohnstad

Tonya Ohnstad 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).

  • Portable lighting and power-generating system
    Patent number: 7825325
    Abstract: A portable lighting system is disclosed. The portable lighting system includes at least one light-emitting source, a power-generating source, a power storage device, and a processing system for controlling and managing power-generated by the power-generating source that are all are integrated into a flexible-layered structure. The flexible-layered structure is a layered structure of woven or non-woven, natural or made-made fibers that have been joined using sewing, sonic-welding or heat lamination manufacturing techniques. Materials for the flexible-layered structure include woven textiles, non-woven materials, flexible plastics, natural leather materials, artificial leather materials, reflective flexible materials, opaque flexible materials, translucent flexible materials, light-diffusing materials, and specular reflective materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheila Kennedy, Sloan Kulper, Casey Smith, Tonya Ohnstad, Heather Micka-Smith, Frano Violich
  • Portable lighting and power-generating system
    Publication number: 20080079368
    Abstract: A portable lighting system is disclosed. The portable lighting system includes at least one light-emitting source, a power-generating source, a power storage device, and a processing system for controlling and managing power-generated by the power-generating source that are all are integrated into a flexible-layered structure. The flexible-layered structure is a layered structure of woven or non-woven, natural or made-made fibers that have been joined using sewing, sonic-welding or heat lamination manufacturing techniques. Materials for the flexible-layered structure include woven textiles, non-woven materials, flexible plastics, natural leather materials, artificial leather materials, reflective flexible materials, opaque flexible materials, translucent flexible materials, light-diffusing materials, and specular reflective materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sheila Kennedy, Sloan Kulper, Casey Smith, Tonya Ohnstad, Heather Micka-Smith, Frano Violich