Patents by Inventor Travis Middleton

Travis Middleton 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).

  • OPTIC FOR CREATING ASYMMETRICAL LIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND LIGHT FIXTURES INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20260022818
    Abstract: An optic sheet having incorporated within the light entrance surface of the optic sheet optical features for creating an asymmetric light distribution from light fixtures in which the optic sheet is incorporated. In some embodiments, the optical features include total internal reflection portions and refractor portions that are provided in rows across the optic sheet and that alternate along the length of the optic sheet. In some uses, the optic sheet is designed to redirect light emitted in an undesirable (first) direction UD toward a desirable (second) direction DD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Qi Ai, Melissa N. Ricketts, Craig Eugene Marquardt, Jeffrey Chase Carpenter, Travis Middleton, Matthew Scott Hoch
  • Luminaire with improved assembly, installation, and wireless functionality
    Patent number: 11098880
    Abstract: A luminaire assembly includes a frame and a back plate. In some examples, the frame includes a lip, and the back plate includes a tab. The back plate is positionable within a housing area of the frame such that the tab is engaged with the lip and the back plate is retained within the frame. In other examples, a luminaire assembly includes a wireless module with an antenna positioned adjacent to a module opening of the back plate. The antenna provides wireless transmissions above the top side of the back plate and below the bottom side of the back plate. A luminaire support clip for a luminaire assembly includes a base and a tab. The tab and the base define a receiving area, and the luminaire support clip receives a portion of an edge of a back plate of the luminaire assembly within the receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Robert Shaner, Travis Middleton, Jonathan Lemoine DeBow
  • Luminaire with Improved Assembly, Installation, and Wireless Functionality
    Publication number: 20200182437
    Abstract: A luminaire assembly includes a frame and a back plate. In some examples, the frame includes a lip, and the back plate includes a tab. The back plate is positionable within a housing area of the frame such that the tab is engaged with the lip and the back plate is retained within the frame. In other examples, a luminaire assembly includes a wireless module with an antenna positioned adjacent to a module opening of the back plate. The antenna provides wireless transmissions above the top side of the back plate and below the bottom side of the back plate. A luminaire support clip for a luminaire assembly includes a base and a tab. The tab and the base define a receiving area, and the luminaire support clip receives a portion of an edge of a back plate of the luminaire assembly within the receiving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Robert Shaner, Travis Middleton, Jonathan Lemoine DeBow
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D993510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chase Carpenter, Luke J. Siefker, Eric Chang, John Gregory, Travis Middleton