Patents by Inventor Claudia Köhler

Claudia Köhler 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).

  • Publication number: 20140151390
    Abstract: A closure device for a container, and preferably for a water decanter, comprising a frame comprising a closure opening and which is preferably round and configured for insertion into a pouring opening of the container, a lid, which is connected to a pendulum and which is suspended in the closure opening of the frame, and configured to swing therein, wherein the lid is configured to close and seal the closure opening when the container is substantially upright, and wherein the lid and pendulum are configured to rotate with respect to the closure opening when the container is held in a slanted or horizontal manner. The closure device preferably comprises at least one cantilever arm secured to an inner wall of the frame at a first end and connected to the lid at a second end so that the lid is configured to swing with respect to the closure opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Claudia Köhler, Irmy Wilms-Haverkamp, Cornelius Boerner
  • Patent number: 7100288
    Abstract: A set of cutlery includes a plurality of superimposable cutlery components, which are adapted to be releasably connected so as to form a transportable unit. In order to facilitate the handling of such cutlery, it is suggested that the cutlery components should be accommodated in a protective housing and that they should be releasably secured to the protective housing by a connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: WMF Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Claudia Köhler, Volker Battke