Joseph G Wiegand

US Patent:

7716876, May 18, 2010

Filed:

May 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/750656

Inventors:

Joseph G. Wiegand - Conklin NY, US
James G. Reyen - Binghamton NY, US

Assignee:

Johnson Outdoors Inc. - Racine WI

International Classification:

E04G 11/04
E04H 15/20
E04B 1/34

US Classification:

52 211, 52 214, 52 218, 52 221, 52 222, 52 225, 52 226

Abstract:

An inflatable air beam having a laceloop assembly affixed thereto, a structure utilizing same and a method of constructing a structure is provided. In the structure, the fabric is laced to a structural support, typically, an air beam to position and properly tension the fabric thereon. The laceloop assembly includes spaced apart adjacent laceloops that are interconnected to secure the fabric panel to the structural support. In practicing the method, the laceloops are passed through fabric panels and through adjacent laceloops to interconnect the adjacent laceloops and secure the fabric panels to the structural support.

US Patent:

7971597, Jul 5, 2011

Filed:

Mar 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/405346

Inventors:

James G. Reyen - Binghamton NY, US
Matthew H. Hamilton-Jones - Endicott NY, US
Joseph G. Wiegand - Conklin NY, US

Assignee:

Johnson Outdoors Inc. - Racine WI

International Classification:

E04H 15/32
E04B 9/04

US Classification:

135122, 135 91, 135119, 52 63, 52222, 5250607

Abstract:

A wire tray and tent frame structural members are provided. The structural members include a utility channel or C-shaped channels to which wire trays can be mounted. More particularly, mounting structures of the wire tray insert into or otherwise engage the utility channel or engage the C-shaped channels and secure the wire tray to the structural members. The utility channel or C-shaped channels can include at least one undercut to prevent removal or disengagement of the mounting structure of the wire tray from the structural member. Similarly, methods of using the wire tray including resiliently biasing mounting structure of the wire tray to attach it to the structural member are provided.

US Patent:

8191565, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/157808

Inventors:

James G. Reyen - Binghamton NY, US
Matthew H. Hamilton-Jones - Endicott NY, US
Joseph G. Wiegand - Conklin NY, US

Assignee:

Johnson Outdoors Inc. - Racine WI

International Classification:

E04H 15/32
E04B 9/04

US Classification:

135122, 135 91, 135119, 52 63, 52222, 5250607

Abstract:

A wire tray and tent frame structural members are provided. The structural members include a utility channel or C-shaped channels to which wire trays can be mounted. More particularly, mounting structures of the wire tray insert into or otherwise engage the utility channel or engage the C-shaped channels and secure the wire tray to the structural members. The utility channel or C-shaped channels can include at least one undercut to prevent removal or disengagement of the mounting structure of the wire tray from the structural member. Similarly, methods of using the wire tray including resiliently biasing mounting structure of the wire tray to attach it to the structural member are provided.

US Patent:

20050114024, May 26, 2005

Filed:

Oct 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/961414

Inventors:

Misty Benham - San Antonio TX, US
Joseph Wiegand - Conklin NY, US

International Classification:

G01C021/26

US Classification:

701224000, 701200000

Abstract:

A method for configuring a digital compass processor to provide a desired bearing. The method includes receiving a first bearing in the digital compass processor based on an alignment of a first end of a direction of travel line with a current location on a map and an alignment of a second end of a direction of travel line with a desired destination on the map, receiving a second bearing in the digital compass processor based on an alignment of the direction of travel line with an indicator of map north, and calculating a desired direction of travel based on the first and second bearings using the digital compass processor.