Patents by Inventor Phillip C. Bartoszek

Phillip C. Bartoszek 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: 20230371714
    Abstract: A modular shelving system includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a length and defining a first passage, a second passage, a first channel, and a second channel that each extend the full length of their respective shelf The system also includes a plurality of bars, each bar defining a length and including a first bar opening at a first end and a second bar opening at a second end opposite the first end, and a plurality of connectors, each connector including at least two male portions, each male portion sized and shaped to be received in one of the first passage, the second passage, the first bar opening, and the second bar opening to interconnect each of the plurality of shelves and each of the plurality of bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Ernie Katris
  • Patent number: 11771240
    Abstract: A modular shelving system includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a length and defining a first passage, a second passage, a first channel, and a second channel that each extend the full length of their respective shelf. The system also includes a plurality of bars, each bar defining a length and including a first bar opening at a first end and a second bar opening at a second end opposite the first end, and a plurality of connectors, each connector including at least two male portions, each male portion sized and shaped to be received in one of the first passage, the second passage, the first bar opening, and the second bar opening to interconnect each of the plurality of shelves and each of the plurality of bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GloFish, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Ernie Katris
  • Patent number: 11432536
    Abstract: A system to convert a framed, open-top, aquarium to a terrarium or vivarium is provided. An attachment device includes a core member having a sidewall groove to accept the insertion of an enclosure sidewall and an aquarium flange groove to accept the insertion of a flange extending from the interior surface of an aquarium frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CENTRAL GARGEN & PET COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad L. Mihlbauer, Phillip C. Bartoszek
  • Publication number: 20220248645
    Abstract: In general, an enclosure is disclosed that includes a basin for storing water and an insert configured to be removably disposed within the basin and provide dry and wet sections that define a habitat for one or more amphibians and/or reptiles. Preferably, the insert includes an integrated filter arrangement that can be removed together, e.g., as a single unit, from the basin when cleaning is desired. More preferably, the insert includes a plurality of openings to allow water to drain via gravity into the basin as a user “pulls” the insert from the same. Accordingly, a user may then remove the insert from the basin without necessarily removing creatures from within the insert, and more importantly, from the habitat provided by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Brad L. MIHLBAUER, Phillip C. BARTOSZEK, Ernie KATRIS, Lawrence E. STERNAL
  • Publication number: 20220079124
    Abstract: A system to convert a framed, open-top, aquarium to a terrarium or vivarium is provided. An attachment device includes a core member having a sidewall groove to accept the insertion of an enclosure sidewall and an aquarium flange groove to accept the insertion of a flange extending from the interior surface of an aquarium frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Brad L. MIHLBAUER, Phillip C. BARTOSZEK
  • Publication number: 20200121097
    Abstract: A modular shelving system includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a length and defining a first passage, a second passage, a first channel, and a second channel that each extend the full length of their respective shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Ernie Katris
  • Patent number: 9363978
    Abstract: An animal habitat arrangeable in a vertical or a horizontal orientation comprising a rectangular enclosure having four side-walls and two opposing end-walls, wherein the four side-walls are joined to a frame at a first end of the enclosure; and the two opposing end-walls comprise a first end-wall and a second-end wall; wherein the first end-wall is releasably connectable to the frame, positionable within the frame in a plurality of orientations and provides an end-wall door with access to an interior of the rectangular enclosure; wherein at least one of the side-walls provides a side-wall door with access to the interior of the rectangular enclosure and has a hinge position which is changeable along opposite side-walls of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad L. Mihlbauer, Matthew D. Allen, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Thomas Robert Lutz
  • Publication number: 20140230740
    Abstract: An animal habitat arrangeable in a vertical or a horizontal orientation comprising a rectangular enclosure having four side-walls and two opposing end-walls, wherein the four side-walls are joined to a frame at a first end of the enclosure; and the two opposing end-walls comprise a first end-wall and a second-end wall; wherein the first end-wall is releasably connectable to the frame, positionable within the frame in a plurality of orientations and provides an end-wall door with access to an interior of the rectangular enclosure; wherein at least one of the side-walls provides a side-wall door with access to the interior of the rectangular enclosure and has a hinge position which is changeable along opposite side-walls of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad L. MIHLBAUER, Matthew D. ALLEN, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Thomas Robert LUTZ
  • Patent number: 8702981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are wedge-shaped filter cartridges having a maximized upstream surface area. The filter cartridges are modular and may be stacked in a filter cartridge system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Central Garden & Pet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Marco Pierobon, Luca Bezzegato, Fabio Bellia
  • Publication number: 20130092614
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are wedge-shaped filter cartridges having a maximized upstream surface area. The filter cartridges are modular and may be stacked in a filter cartridge system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRAL GARDEN AND PET COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Marco Pierobon, Luca Bezzegato, Fabio Bellia
  • Publication number: 20100276410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting system for providing ultraviolet (UV) light for use in an animal habitat that includes a light fixture housing that includes a plurality of LEDs, wherein one or more of the LEDs emit UVB light and wherein one or more of the LEDs emit UVA light, and where the LEDs are clustered together. The light fixture housing also includes a controller for setting and changing an amount of light provided by the LEDs that emit UVA light and the amount of light provided by the LEDs that emit UVB light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew S. Hudson, Thomas R. Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Christopher Michael Bourget, Thomas M. Crabb