US 12,073,816 B2
Apparatus and system for dynamic environmentally actuated ceiling baffle and methods thereof
Dustin Headley, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Assigned to TURF DESIGN, INC., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed by TURF DESIGN, INC., Gilberts, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,596.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,185, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246125 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 9/04 (2006.01); E04B 1/99 (2006.01); E04B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 9/18 (2006.01); E04B 9/24 (2006.01); G10K 11/162 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/162 (2013.01) [E04B 1/994 (2013.01); E04B 9/003 (2013.01); E04B 9/0414 (2013.01); E04B 9/18 (2013.01); E04B 9/247 (2013.01); E04B 9/248 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling baffle comprising:
a first sidewall portion, said first sidewall portion comprising a first upper sidewall and a first lower sidewall and at least one first kerf located between said first upper sidewall and said first lower sidewall, said at least one first kerf facilitating bending of said first sidewall portion;
a second sidewall portion, said second sidewall portion comprising a second upper sidewall and a second lower sidewall and at least one second kerf located between said second upper sidewall and said second lower sidewall, said at least one second kerf facilitating bending of said second sidewall portion;
a bottom portion and a bottom portion connector;
a first top portion, a second top portion, an actuator device and a configuration cable, said actuator device located between said first top portion and said second top portion, said actuator device supporting and directing said configuration cable to said bottom portion connector where said configuration cable is connected and terminates;
wherein said first sidewall portion, said second sidewall portion, said bottom portion, said first top portion and said second top portion, combine to create an air gap; and
wherein, once said ceiling baffle is attached to a ceiling structure, the air gap of the ceiling baffle can be configured and reconfigured by pulling or releasing the configuration cable using the actuator device, thereby moving the bottom portion towards and away from the first top portion and the second top portion to increase and decrease a size of the air gap.