Thomas Laughon

US Patent:

45463573, Oct 8, 1985

Filed:

Apr 11, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/484076

Inventors:

Thomas C. Laughon - Alpharetta GA
H. Taylor Haynes - Charlotte NC
Robert T. Klopach - State College PA
Richard C. Warner - Morris Plains NJ

Assignee:

The Singer Company - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H01Q 124

US Classification:

343702

Abstract:

An antenna system for an article of furniture in which a panel of the article of furniture is sealed by a low loss dielectric material to isolate the panel from impurities which affect its electrical integrity. An antenna structure is applied thereon by silk screening, painting or otherwise marking of a conductive ink, or by vacuum deposition techniques, or by application of stamped or die cut foil, or by metallic tape, all by way of example. Connections to the antenna structure are made by compressing a conductive elastomeric material against terminations of the antenna structure so as to avoid temperature or other initiated dimensional changes of the panel which could effect the contact resistance to the terminations of the antenna structure, and also to avoid damaging the antenna structure. A specific connection arrangement is disclosed.

US Patent:

53456319, Sep 13, 1994

Filed:

May 5, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/058161

Inventors:

Paul Saperstein - Greensboro NC
Thomas C. Laughon - Greensboro NC

Assignee:

Craft-Tex/Phase IV, Inc. - High Point NC

International Classification:

A47C 2100
A47C 3100

US Classification:

55091

Abstract:

An apparatus for raising one end of a bed which comprises the placement of elevator blocks under the support legs of one end of a conventional bed. The elevator block comprises top and bottom ends that are non-parallel planar surfaces. The planar surface of the top end is inclined to allow for proper mating of the top end of the elevator block with a bed leg in the bed's raised position. Provision is also made for a removable insert in a cavity of the top end of the elevator block, so that bed legs can sit either within the cavity for increased stability or upon the top of the insert, depending upon the size of the bed leg. The use of slip-resistant materials on the surfaces contacting either the floor or bed leg also add to the stability of the bed in the raised position.