Patents by Inventor Van S. Tallman

Van S. Tallman 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).

  • Ceiling tile support system and method
    Patent number: 6745536
    Abstract: A tile support structure and method for finishing the ceiling of a building. The support structure includes a plurality of adjacently spaced elongated bracket members secured to a building's overhead framing members and a plurality of adjacently spaced elongated cross members disposed transversely to and supported by the adjacently spaced bracket members thereby defining a supporting grid for supporting a plurality of tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventors: Van S. Tallman, Brooke L. Peterson
  • Ceiling tile support system and method
    Publication number: 20030106276
    Abstract: A tile support structure and method for finishing the ceiling of a building. The support structure includes a plurality of adjacently spaced elongated bracket members secured to a building's overhead framing members and a plurality of adjacently spaced elongated cross members disposed transversely to and supported by the adjacently spaced bracket members thereby defining a supporting grid for supporting a plurality of tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Van S. Tallman, Brooke L. Peterson