US 12,331,511 B2
Apparatus and system for acoustic curved ceiling baffle and methods of manufacturing thereof
Dustin Headley, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Filed by TURF DESIGN, INC., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,903.
Application 18/231,903 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,561, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,732,471.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,593, filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383532 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04B 1/86 (2006.01); E04B 1/99 (2006.01); E04B 1/84 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/99 (2013.01) [E04B 2001/8414 (2013.01); E04B 1/86 (2013.01); E04B 2103/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling baffle comprising:
a first sidewall formed from a felt material and comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the first sidewall having a plurality of first sidewall kerfs and the second surface of the first sidewall being free of kerfs;
a second sidewall formed from the felt material and comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second sidewall having a plurality of second sidewall kerfs;
wherein at least a majority of the second sidewall kerfs are in the first surface of the second sidewall;
wherein each of the first and second sidewalls is configured to be altered from a flat configuration to a curved configuration; and
at least one spine coupled to each of the first and second sidewalls to maintain the first and second sidewalls in the curved configuration with an air gap between the first and second sidewalls.