Patents by Inventor William Todd Crandell

William Todd Crandell 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).

  • STRUT LIGHT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20190301713
    Abstract: A ceiling grid system formed of struts has a plurality of elongate insert light units. The grid system suspended from the ceiling and comprising a multiplicity of steel elongate channels (struts) arranged in the grid. The channels having a downwardly directed U-shape and defining an opening and an open channel interior, the channel having opposing J-shaped wall portions, each wall portion with an inwardly directed curved lip portion defining a gap width therebetween the two wall portions. The elongate insert light units seated within one of the steel elongate channels, each insert light unit having an elongate body with a light emitting side, each insert light unit comprising a housing, and a strip of light emitting diodes, and a transmission portion at the light emitting side, the body retained in the interior of the channel, each light unit removable and replaceable with the respective channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: William Todd Crandell, Benjamin S. Arriola
  • Strut light system with integrated light source
    Patent number: 10197254
    Abstract: A ceiling grid system formed of struts has a plurality of elongate insert light units. The grid system suspended from the ceiling and comprising a multiplicity of steel elongate channels (struts) arranged in the grid. The channels having a downwardly directed U-shape and defining an opening and an open channel interior, the channel having opposing J-shaped wall portions, each wall portion with an inwardly directed curved lip portion defining a gap width therebetween the two wall portions. The elongate insert light units seated within one of the steel elongate channels, each insert light unit having an elongate body with a light emitting side, each insert light unit comprising a housing, and a strip of light emitting diodes, and a transmission portion at the light emitting side, the body retained in the interior of the channel, each light unit removable and replaceable with the respective channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Walthill Opportunities, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William Todd Crandell, Benjamin S. Arriola
  • STRUT LIGHT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20180224103
    Abstract: A ceiling grid system formed of struts has a plurality of elongate insert light units. The grid system suspended from the ceiling and comprising a multiplicity of steel elongate channels (struts) arranged in the grid. The channels having a downwardly directed U-shape and defining an opening and an open channel interior, the channel having opposing J-shaped wall portions, each wall portion with an inwardly directed curved lip portion defining a gap width therebetween the two wall portions. The elongate insert light units seated within one of the steel elongate channels, each insert light unit having an elongate body with a light emitting side, each insert light unit comprising a housing, and a strip of light emitting diodes, and a transmission portion at the light emitting side, the body retained in the interior of the channel, each light unit removable and replaceable with the respective channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: William Todd Crandell, Benjamin S. Arriola