Patents by Inventor Alain Magnenat

Alain Magnenat 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).

  • Shower with manipulable head and selective outflows
    Patent number: 5184777
    Abstract: A sanitary shower comprises a handle removably securable to the shower body, a head removably securable to the handle, and a flexible conduit for water supply that passes through the shower body and the handle and is secured to the head. The handle is elongated and has a longitudinal slot therethrough, of a width sufficient to receive the flexible conduit when the head is separated from the handle but the handle remains on the shower body. The head has an inlet and two outlets each communicating with a chamber within the head for dispensing water through the two outlets in two directions, and an obturating member in the head comprising a flap that swings about an axis perpendicular to those two directions and in one position closes one outlet and leaves the other outlet open, and in another position leaves the one outlet open and closes the other outlet against the flow of water from the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Kugler, Fonderie et Robinetterie S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Magnenat, Daniel Meylan, Jean-Jacques Rodriguez
  • Sanitary shower with manipulable head and selective outflows
    Patent number: 5158234
    Abstract: A sanitary shower comprises a handle removably securable to the shower body, a head removably securable to the handle, and a flexible conduit for water supply that passes through the shower body and the handle and is secured to the head. The handle is elongated and has a longitudinal slot therethrough, of a width sufficient to receive the flexible conduit when the head is separated from the handle but the handle remains on the shower body. The head has an inlet and two outlets each communicating with a chamber within the head for dispensing water through the two outlets in two directions, and an obturating member in the head comprising a flap that swings about an axis perpendicular to those two directions and in one position closes one outlet and leaves the other outlet open, and in another position leaves the one outlet open and closes the other outlet against the flow of water from the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Kugler, Fonderie et Robinetterie S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Magnenat, Daniel Meylan, Jean-Jacques Rodriguez