Patents by Inventor Colin Opwald

Colin Opwald 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: 9492036
    Abstract: The invention provides a shower recess comprising: a shower outlet (3) for showering a person; a partition (2) attached at least to a wall (4) for keeping water within the shower recess; a shower tap (6) installed on the wall (4) for regulating at least the flow of water through the shower outlet; wherein the shower tap (6) is positioned substantially in line with the partition (2) and within an opening in the partition shaped to accommodate the shower tap (6), and the shower tap (6) comprises a handle (20b) on the shower recess side of the partition for operation when the person is inside the recess and a handle (20a) on the outer side of the partition for operation when the person is outside the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: DUPLX PTY LTD
    Inventors: Colin Opwald, Lee Andrew Baker
  • Publication number: 20160066752
    Abstract: The invention provides a shower recess comprising: a shower outlet (3) for showering a person; a partition (2) attached at least to a wall (4) for keeping water within the shower recess; a shower tap (6) installed on the wall (4) for regulating at least the flow of water through the shower outlet; wherein the shower tap (6) is positioned substantially in line with the partition (2) and within an opening in the partition shaped to accommodate the shower tap (6), and the shower tap (6) comprises a handle (20b) on the shower recess side of the partition for operation when the person is inside the recess and a handle (20a) on the outer side of the partition for operation when the person is outside the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Colin Opwald, Lee Andrew Baker
  • Publication number: 20140068853
    Abstract: A door unit for an enclosure (1), as for example a shower recess or a combined shower/bath, is provided which includes a first panel (20, 301) which is pivotably movable relative to a wall (3) of the enclosure and at least a second panel 21, 302) which is movably and rotatably connected to the first panel (20, 301) at least one of said panels having a roller track associated with an upper end or extremity thereof and the other panel having one or more roller brackets associated with an upper end or extremity thereof, to allow the panels (20, 21 and 301, 302) to be relatively extensibly one to the other, the unit also including means (100) for releasably retaining said panels (20, 21 and 301, 302) in an extended relationship to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: MALIFORM PTY. LTD.
    Inventor: Colin Opwald