Patents by Inventor Frank Schagen

Frank Schagen 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: 8516622
    Abstract: A sanitary system for a motor vehicle includes a bowl assembly, a base coupled to the bowl assembly and a mobile holding tank removably coupled to the toilet for receiving waste from the toilet and stowable within a storage area defined by the base. The sanitary system further includes a pumping arrangement having a first portion carried by the base and a cooperating second portion carried by the mobile holding tank. The first portion engages the second portion when the mobile holding tank is positioned within the storage area so as to define a fluid path from the mobile holding tank to a remote waste storage tank for pumping of waste from the mobile holding tank to the remote waste storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Schagen, Sander Dijkhoff, Marjan Van Breugel, Thomas Cornille
  • Patent number: 7293298
    Abstract: A self-contained sanitary system for a vehicle includes a toilet with a flush tank for storing a source of flush water. The system further includes a spout in fluid communication with the flush tank. The spout has a first open end coupled to the flush tank and a second open end. The spout is coupled for rotation about a generally vertical axis between a stowed position and an access position. The second end is rotatable relative to the first end about a generally horizontal axis between a fill position and a drainage position. The system further includes a bench and a holding tank. The holding tank is removably associated with the toilet and includes a pair of wheels and a retractable handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Cameron, Frank Schagen, Carrie E. Hall, Michael B. Fritz
  • Publication number: 20070256221
    Abstract: A sanitary system for a motor vehicle includes a bowl assembly, a base coupled to the bowl assembly and a mobile holding tank removably coupled to the toilet for receiving waste from the toilet and stowable within a storage area defined by the base. The sanitary system further includes a pumping arrangement having a first portion carried by the base and a cooperating second portion carried by the mobile holding tank. The first portion engages the second portion when the mobile holding tank is positioned within the storage area so as to define a fluid path from the mobile holding tank to a remote waste storage tank for pumping of waste from the mobile holding tank to the remote waste storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Schagen, Sander Dijkhoff, Marjan Van Breugel, Thomas Cornille
  • Publication number: 20050076576
    Abstract: A service door assembly for a recreational vehicle including a sidewall defining an opening, the sidewall including an inner panel, an outer panel and a cavity therebetween filled with an insulation material. The service door assembly includes a door frame and a door. The door frame is adapted to be disposed in the opening. The door is mounted to the door frame. The door includes an inner member and an outer member connected with a securing arrangement including one or more teeth. The frame similarly includes an inner member and an outer member with a securing arrangement having one or more teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Gerard Rijn, Edwin Groenendijk, Frank Schagen
  • Publication number: 20050055759
    Abstract: A self-contained sanitary system for a vehicle includes a toilet with a flush tank for storing a source of flush water. The system further includes a spout in fluid communication with the flush tank. The spout has a first open end coupled to the flush tank and a second open end. The spout is coupled for rotation about a generally vertical axis between a stowed position and an access position. The second end is rotatable relative to the first end about a generally horizontal axis between a fill position and a drainage position. The system further includes a bench and a holding tank. The holding tank is removably associated with the toilet and includes a pair of wheels and a retractable handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: David Cameron, Frank Schagen, Carrie Hall, Michael Fritz
  • Patent number: 6189161
    Abstract: A valve and vent assembly for a self-contained sanitary system of the type including a toilet structure with a downwardly directed outlet opening and a storage compartment defined and located below the outlet opening, and a waste holding tank removably disposed within the storage compartment. The tank has a fill opening positioned in registry with the outlet opening when the tank is inserted within the storage compartment. The valve and vent assembly is operable to close the fill opening and to seal the tank to prevent leakage of waste from the tank through the fill opening, a vent passage in the storage compartment and communicating with the waste holding tank extends outside of said compartment thereby enabling noxious and odorous air in the holding tank to pass out of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Thetford Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Cornelis Rijn, Frank Schagen