Wallace C Bullwinkle

US Patent:

6389773, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Mar 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/520253

Inventors:

Robert E. Reuter - East Setauket NY
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Gilbertsville PA
Ronald A. Snyder - Allentown PA

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

E04B 208

US Classification:

525822, 52239, 52242, 522821, 525821, 525841, 525851, 525861, 403353, 403389, 160135, 160231

Abstract:

A stackable panel system having a versatile corner supporting arrangement for addition onto existing wall systems for a modular office system. The corners of the stackable panel include a sliding engagement scheme, wherein a mast assembly is secured to a top portion of the wall system by a mast base and slidably engages a central open area of a corner support on the stackable panel by means of a vertically oriented mast upright. Additional panels can be added to the stackable panels by means of intermediate connectors. On the upper portion of the top panel, a corner trim piece covers over the central open area of the top corners. A top connector helps to rigidly secure adjacent stackable panels, either with a T-shaped, L-shaped or X-shaped connection. A perimeter framing system utilizing the corner support arrangement for the stackable panels is also provided. Each of the frame members includes a semi-circular section and a flat section.

US Patent:

8347796, Jan 8, 2013

Filed:

Jun 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/152530

Inventors:

Masamichi Udagawa - New York NY, US
Sigrid Moeslinger - New York NY, US
Wallace Bullwinkle - Gilbertsville PA, US

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

A47B 3/06
A47B 47/00

US Classification:

108155, 108 65, 312277, 403195

Abstract:

A furniture system, method of assembling furniture for a work space, and a fastening apparatus for interconnecting furniture components include one or more fastening devices. Each fastening device includes a body that has a channel sized and configured to receive a first rail. Each fastening device also includes at least one of a connector assembly and an opening formed in the body for attaching the fastening device to at least one other furniture component. The connector assembly and the opening in the body are sized and configured so that the other furniture components are positioned such that at least one of their height and length extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the first rail, such as a direction that is mostly perpendicular to the length of the first rail. Other embodiments of the fastening device may include variations in configurations to the connector assembly or body.

US Patent:

56851138, Nov 11, 1997

Filed:

Jun 5, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/461200

Inventors:

Robert E. Reuter - East Setauket NY
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA
R. Douglas Reuter - Stony Brook NY

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

F04B 278
H02G 328

US Classification:

522207

Abstract:

A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertical channel members. Vertical raceways are provided by a vertical spine attached between adjacent panels. The vertical raceways have resilient elongated tubes with a longitudinal slit forming a seam, with resilience and stiffness sufficient to retain any enclosed wires. The tube is deflectable to permit manual, forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out from the vertical wireway. Splicing fixtures continue the raceways around vertical to horizontal diversions, also being accessible from the surface.

US Patent:

50888013, Feb 18, 1992

Filed:

Jun 12, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/536871

Inventors:

A. Brooks Rorke - Fairfield CT
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

A47B 6300

US Classification:

312184

Abstract:

An integrated system for storing and transporting files, flat materials, and office supplies is disclosed, including a file cabinet having bottomless drawers for receiving hanging file and supply holders, a briefcase having inward-facing ledges for receiving hanging holders, and a portable, unitary file holder compatible with standard letter and legal-size hanging file drawers. The file holder includes twin handles for grasping and carrying the file holder, a hanging file rail disposed within the file holder for supporting standard letter-size files, non-slip feet for placing the unitary file holder on any suitable surface, a plurality of divider panels and a file holder bottom portion disposed to receive such panels. A briefcase is provided and is adapted to receive such file holders by hanging and supporting them using means similar to a standard hanging file drawer. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a file holder is provided which is molded of a relatively rigid thermoplastic material.

US Patent:

60216131, Feb 8, 2000

Filed:

Jan 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/228368

Inventors:

Robert E. Reuter - Setauket NY
Charles P. Rozier - New York NY
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

E04H 100

US Classification:

52241

Abstract:

A wall spine assembly for a modular office system comprises a plurality of individual panel assemblies. Each of the panel assemblies includes a vertical support structure and mechanically affixed lower panels in a rigid box-beam structure. Facing panels are removably attached to support brackets mounted on the vertical supports. A cavity exists between the facing panels and vertical supports to permit the lay-in of cabling through the office system. A crown member is provided on the top of the vertical support and is adapted to receive brackets for the mounting of accessories above a desk or other work surface attached to the panel. The panels, and especially the crown, permit the mounting of office components such as shelves, storage cabinets, lighting fixtures and the like anywhere along the horizontal length of the wall. A horizontally telescoping vertical end post is also provided.

US Patent:

52267059, Jul 13, 1993

Filed:

Jun 11, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/713219

Inventors:

A. Brooks Rorke - Fairfield CT
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA
William I. Stephens - Barto PA
Robert E. Reuter - East Setauket NY
John J. Rizzi - Weston CT

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

A47B 1900

US Classification:

312196

Abstract:

A fully enclosed structural support stanchion for furniture is provided, having an internal cavity which may receive standard modular office furniture electrical service cabling, and which is provided with a demountable front accessory panel to which plural electrical or electronic accessories may be mounted such that a portion of the accessory extends into the stanchion and releasably connects to one end of the standard modular furniture electrical service cabling. The stanchion is constructed with rigid materials so that it can act as a support for an overhead bookshelf or other storage facility, and the stanchion is further provided with a large internal storage cavity into which small office supplies or other articles may be placed and stored behind a hinged, selectively closable door. The stanchion further includes an elongated bracket support which may receive standard shelf brackets, permitting the stanchion to act as a cantilever support for structures such as shelves secured to the shelf brackets. The internal cavity and demountable front-accessory panel of the stanchion may receive electrical service wiring comprising a conventional cable and connector shell rigidly mounted on a support bracket having a spring clip, enabling an electrical receptacle to be quickly and releasably secured to the mounting bracket spring clip while simultaneously mating electrical contacts on the receptacle with electrical contacts provided in the cable connector shell.

US Patent:

59184337, Jul 6, 1999

Filed:

Apr 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/837595

Inventors:

Robert E. Reuter - East Setauket NY
Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA
R. Douglas Reuter - Stony Brook NY

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

E04B 278

US Classification:

522207

Abstract:

A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertical channel members. Vertical raceways are provided by a vertical spine attached between adjacent panels. The vertical raceways have resilient elongated tubes with a longitudinal slit forming a seam, with resilience and stiffness sufficient to retain any enclosed wires. The tube is deflectable to permit manual, forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out from the vertical wireway. Splicing fixtures continue the raceways around vertical to horizontal diversions, also being accessible from the surface.

US Patent:

59015128, May 11, 1999

Filed:

Apr 8, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/628847

Inventors:

Wallace C. Bullwinkle - Norristown PA

Assignee:

Knoll, Inc. - East Greenville PA

International Classification:

F04B2/78

US Classification:

522207

Abstract:

An office partition panel is electrically attached to an adjacent panel and/or a power source line. The panel has a body to be mounted upright on a lower edge having an elongated weldment forming a channel opening upwardly. Frame elements engage between the body and the weldment, spacing the channel from the body and from a lowermost channel forming the lower edge of the panel. The weldment provides lateral access to the channel for laying in wiring. An electrical fixture such as an outlet receptacle is mounted along the channel, and the channel supports the electrical wiring terminating at the electrical fixture. The wiring path leads from the channel in one panel to an adjacent panel and a bridge channel element attaches to the weldment to extend the channel across a gap between the adjacent panels. A cover strip removably mountable on the lower edge covers the channel laterally for enclosing the electrical wiring, and a bridge cover strip covers the bridge channel element across the gap. The electrical wiring can be installed laterally into the channel, and terminated at the electrical fixture, for hardwiring the partition system, whereupon the channel is closed to safely enclose the wiring.