Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Gustin

Jean-Pierre Gustin 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: 6732674
    Abstract: Watering trough for animals provided at the base of its tank with an emptying opening. The emptying opening is of large diameter (between 90 and 120 mm) and is closed by a monobloc plug in two portions, a first portion which closes the emptying opening and a second screw-threaded portion, which engages in a screw-thread disposed in the wall of a recess hollowed out in the wall of the tank; the height of the portion being equal to the depth of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: La Buvette
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Gustin
  • Publication number: 20030131798
    Abstract: Watering trough for animals provided at the base of its tank with an emptying opening. Said emptying opening is of large diameter (between 90 and 120 mm) and is closed by a monobloc plug in two portions, a first portion which closes the emptying opening and a second screw-threaded portion, which engages in a screw-thread disposed in the wall of a recess hollowed out in the wall of the tank; the height of said portion being equal to the depth of said recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: LA BUVETTE
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Gustin
  • Patent number: 6101976
    Abstract: An individual watering bowl with a multidirectional connection, comprising a bowl (1) constituted by a basin (10) connected to a rear surface (11) by a shoulder (12) and plumbing (2). A valve body (20) and a manipulating member (21) are adapted to be connected to a water inlet conduit by a connection (3). There is, disposed between the basin and the rear surface, a wall (16) secured to the shoulder (12) and perpendicular to the shoulder (12) and parallel to the rear surface (11) on which is secured the plumbing (2), whereby the connection (3) can be arranged in at least five directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: La Buvette
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Gustin
  • Patent number: 5682836
    Abstract: A heated watering trough for livestock of the type comprising a central body, forming a warm water reservoir, about which are disposed a plurality of drinking bowls. The central body (1) is provided with a plurality of vertical indentations (6, 7), each terminating at its base in a shoulder (6a, 7a), in which is provided a hollow recess (9, 10) having the shape of a watering bowl and being provided with a water supply valve from the central reservoir (1). The portions (8) comprised between the indentations (6, 7) constitute separations between the different watering stations permitting several animals to drink simultaneously without fighting among themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: La Buvette
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Gustin