Patents by Inventor Sander Dijkhoff

Sander Dijkhoff 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).

  • Sanitary system for a vehicle including a removable holding tank
    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
  • SANITARY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE INCLUDING A REMOVABLE HOLDING TANK
    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