Patents by Inventor Alain Maupas

Alain Maupas 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: 7797887
    Abstract: A system for making a liquid-retaining wall, and such a wall, such as a swimming pool wall, from prefabricated plane panels, the system comprising assembly means for assembling together two consecutive vertically-disposed panels, a low belt which supports the panels, and a high belt which is fitted to the panels, the assembly means holding together two assembled-together panels while allowing one of the panels to move angularly relative to the other about a vertical axis, and also including angle-determining means for ensuring that at least two consecutive panels are at a determined angular orientation relative to each other, and further including stiffening means for stiffening the assembled panels wherein each angle-determining means is constituted by a part presenting two arms that form a determined angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Diffusion Equipments Loisirs
    Inventor: Alain Maupas
  • Publication number: 20040134145
    Abstract: A system for making a liquid-retaining wall, such as a swimming pool wall, from prefabricated panels, the system comprising at least assembly means for assembling together two consecutive vertically-disposed panels, a low belt which supports the panels, and a high belt which is fitted to the panels, the assembly means having the function of holding together two assembled-together panels while allowing one of the panels to move angularly relative to the other about a vertical axis, and also including angle-determining means for ensuring that at least two consecutive panels are at a determined angular orientation relative to each other as a function of the outline of the wall to be made, and further including stiffening means for stiffening the panels once they have been assembled to one another, wherein the wall is made up of plane panels which are equally suitable for being included in a rectilinear or in a curved portion of the outline of the wall to be made, and wherein each angle-determining means is const
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Alain Maupas
  • Patent number: 5896715
    Abstract: A system for assembling together prefabricated panels to form a water-retaining wall, in particular a swimming pool wall, each panel being constituted by a sheet metal plate having two opposite edges, defining substantially the height of the wall, which edges are folded to the same side of the panel to form two flanges, the system being characterized in that two consecutive panels disposed vertically side by side are assembled together by matching shapes between the two adjacent flanges (3) of the two panels (1) and two rectilinear section members (7, 9) comprising a first section member (7) having a C-shaped right cross-section which is designed to be fitted over the two adjacent flanges (3) of the two panels (1), and a second section member (9) which is designed to be engaged inside the first section (7) and between the adjacent flanges (3) of the two panels (1), together with stiffening means for locking the two flanges (3) into position between the two section members (7, 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: S.A.R.L. A.M. Consultant
    Inventor: Alain Maupas