Patents Assigned to Elkay Manufacturing Company
  • Publication number: 20180187400
    Abstract: A sink includes a basin body having a generally concave shape that forms at least one sink basin, a top flange integrally formed with the basin body, the top flange extending around the at least one sink basin, an apron connected to a front edge of the top flange, a replaceable panel removably connected to the apron, and a fastening system disposed between the apron and the replaceable panel, the fastening system releasably connecting the replaceable panel to the apron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, Sharon Dupuy
  • Patent number: 9938700
    Abstract: A cold water delivery system is described that can consistently provide cold water at a desired temperature over repetitive and large draws from the outlet of the system. The cold water system can provide multiple pathways for the water to travel from a source, or inlet, to the outlet. A cooling system can be provided that cools a plurality of reservoirs of water. The reservoirs can maintain cold water at different temperatures. A control system controls the cooling system to maintain the temperature of the water in the reservoirs. The control system can also control one or more mixing valves to determine the volume of water from each of the reservoirs and the water inlet that reaches the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Damon D. Shaw, Franco Savoni, Russ Hansen, Evan A. Fulford, Joel E. Leiser
  • Patent number: 9930998
    Abstract: A magnetic sink accessory system for use with a sink having interior and exterior surfaces. The magnetic sink accessory system includes a ferromagnetic accessory belt configured to be disposed at least partially surrounding the exterior surface of the sink. The accessory belt includes an elongate flexible band and a plurality of ferritic metal pieces disposed in spaced relation along at least a portion of the flexible band so as to allow for the accessory belt to conform to contours of the exterior surface of the sink. The system includes a magnetic accessory attachment device including a body and a magnet disposed within the body such that when the body is placed near the interior surface of the sink in the vicinity of the ferromagnetic accessory belt, the magnet draws the body against the interior surface of the sink due to a magnetic attraction between the magnet and the accessory belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Salvatore Palazzolo, Raymond T. Hecker
  • Patent number: 9704329
    Abstract: A networked system for providing and maintaining a set of liquid dispenser stations is described. The fluid dispensers communicate with a managing/supervisory cloud server via an interposed base station. The fluid dispensers communicate locally with the base station via wireless communication network links. The base station operates as an accumulator of status/usage information provided by the dispenser stations and bridge for passing information and control commands between the cloud server and the individual dispenser stations. The dispenser stations are configured with control processors (controllers) to facilitate performing a variety of local control operations associated with dispensing liquids that have been cooled (or heated) prior to dispensing by the dispenser stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Locke, William Hamilton, Franco Savoni, Damon D. Shaw, Raymond T. Hecker, Joel E. Leiser, Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli), Trevor Robert Smouter, Timothy Scott Edward Hiller
  • Patent number: 9328486
    Abstract: A faucet that permits an installer to select any of a plurality of desired spout rotational ranges of the spout with respect to the faucet base. The faucet can include adjustable components that allow the installer to select a degree of rotation of the spout with respect to the base. The degree of rotation can be any suitable range between 0° and 360°, inclusive, in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. When the degree of rotation is 360°, the spout may rotate through multiple rotations of 360°. In some embodiments, the installer can choose between a preselected number of rotational ranges. In other embodiments, the selectable range of rotation is variable and the installer can select between a desired suitable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, René G. Laude, Raymond T. Hecker
  • Patent number: 9115484
    Abstract: A magnetic accessory attachment device for a sink that provides the ability to utilize a device to attach any one of an assorted set of accessories to the sidewalls, rim, or base of a sink. The magnetic accessory attachment device can have a magnet disposed within a body. The accessory can have a ferromagnetic material that is attracted to the magnet when brought into proximity with the magnetic accessory attachment device. Examples of suitable accessories include a cup, drain stopper, hook, small shelf, sponge holder, etc. The sink can also include a ferromagnetic material that is attracted to the magnet when brought into proximity with the magnetic accessory attachment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Evan Allen Fulford, Daniel Keating Childs
  • Patent number: 9057185
    Abstract: Sinks and drains for sinks permitting the attachment of the drain to the sink such that the drain is substantially disposed below the top surface of the sink basin, and such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink. A method of making a sink such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Keating Childs, Shawn Daly, Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Publication number: 20140053911
    Abstract: A cold water delivery system is described that can consistently provide cold water at a desired temperature over repetitive and large draws from the outlet of the system. The cold water system can provide multiple pathways for the water to travel from a source, or inlet, to the outlet. A cooling system can be provided that cools a plurality of reservoirs of water. The reservoirs can maintain cold water at different temperatures. A control system controls the cooling system to maintain the temperature of the water in the reservoirs. The control system can also control one or more mixing valves to determine the volume of water from each of the reservoirs and the water inlet that reaches the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Damon D. Shaw, Franco Savoni, Russ Hansen, Evan A. Fulford, Joel E. Leiser
  • Publication number: 20140048145
    Abstract: A faucet that permits an installer to select any of a plurality of desired spout rotational ranges of the spout with respect to the faucet base. The faucet can include adjustable components that allow the installer to select a degree of rotation of the spout with respect to the base. The degree of rotation can be any suitable range between 0° and 360°, inclusive, in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. When the degree of rotation is 360°, the spout may rotate through multiple rotations of 360°. In some embodiments, the installer can choose between a preselected number of rotational ranges. In other embodiments, the selectable range of rotation is variable and the installer can select between a desired suitable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, René G. Laude, Raymond T. Hecker
  • Publication number: 20120255117
    Abstract: Sinks and drains for sinks permitting the attachment of the drain to the sink such that the drain is substantially disposed below the top surface of the sink basin, and such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink. A method of making a sink such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Keating Childs, Shawn Daly, Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Publication number: 20120240330
    Abstract: A magnetic accessory attachment device for a sink that provides the ability to utilize a device to attach any one of an assorted set of accessories to the sidewalls, rim, or base of a sink. The magnetic accessory attachment device can have a magnet disposed within a body. The accessory can have a ferromagnetic material that is attracted to the magnet when brought into proximity with the magnetic accessory attachment device. Examples of suitable accessories include a cup, drain stopper, hook, small shelf, sponge holder, etc. The sink can also include a ferromagnetic material that is attracted to the magnet when brought into proximity with the magnetic accessory attachment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Evan Allen Fulford, Daniel Keating Childs
  • Patent number: D681783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Patent number: D784696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Patent number: D798638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Patent number: D799648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Patent number: D799649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong
  • Patent number: D804620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Salvatore Joseph Palazzolo, Matthew Chapman
  • Patent number: D816197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, Yanping Zhu
  • Patent number: D816804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, Erik Lynch
  • Patent number: D821670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Erik Lynch