Patents by Inventor Andre Guenin

Andre Guenin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4113422
    Abstract: A smoker's lighter of flat elongate shape has an inset bottom in one of its narrow ends. In the bottom are two orifices, one with a filling valve and the other equipped for the adjustment or replacement of an element such as a flint. The bottom has a cover pivoted about an off-center axis outside a line joining the two orifices so that the cover can be pulled out and pivoted to give access to the orifices individually.The invention relates to smoker's lighters of the type comprising a reservoir having a bottom into which two orifices open, one for filling the reservoir and the other for the adjustment or replacement of an element of the lighter, this bottom being covered by a rotatable cover carrying a pivot substantially perpendicular to said bottom and about which it can be turned, while remaining parallel to itself, to uncover the two orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: La Nationale S.A.
    Inventor: Andre Guenin
  • Patent number: 4102633
    Abstract: A cigarette lighter comprising a body forming a fuel container, a burner, ignition means, and a cap hinged to the body. The body and the cap have the same cross-section. One of the two parts formed by the body and the cap carries a collar into which the other part is engaged in the closed position of the cigarette lighter. The hinge between the body and the cap is inclosed within the space comprised between said two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: La Nationale S.A.
    Inventors: Conrad Zellweger, Andre Guenin
  • Patent number: 4005930
    Abstract: A resilient hinge for a pair of spectacles comprises a first part fixed to the spectacle frame and a second part hinged on the first part. The second part is extended by a cylindrical tube on which is slidably mounted a cylindrical sleeve to which an arm is fixed. A transverse pin fixed in the sleeve passes through opposed slots in the tube to angularly fix the sleeve on the tube. A spring in the tube urges a yoke-shaped stud against said pin to bias said tube, relative to said sleeve, towards the free end of the arm. Angular positioning of the tube and sleeve can be provided by cooperating longitudinal ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: La Nationale S.A.
    Inventor: Andre Guenin