Patents by Inventor Alessandro Cagliari

Alessandro Cagliari 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).

  • Sink and method of installing same
    Patent number: 10550558
    Abstract: A method of installing a sink in a worktop cut-out, including: (a) providing a sink with: a bowl with a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall; at least one outlet opening located in the bottom; a circumferential rim located at an upper edge of the bowl and extending outwardly from the side wall by an extent (E); resilient clamping elements arranged on the outside of the bowl adjacent the rim, that in a free or uncompressed state, extend outwardly beyond the extent (E), and which provide, in a loaded state, a clamping force outwardly from the side wall; (b) making the worktop cut-out larger in dimension than a rim area but smaller than an envelope around the uncompressed clamping elements while defining a cut-out side wall extending at right angles to upper and lower surfaces of the worktop; (c) placing the sink in the cut-out so that the cut-out side wall is located opposite the rim, the sink being centered within the cut-out by the clamping elements, which are compressed between the cut-out side wall a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FRANKE TECHNOLOGY AND TRADEMARK LTD
    Inventors: Alessandro Cagliari, Christian W. Bomatter, Rolf Neeser
  • SINK AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME
    Publication number: 20180030703
    Abstract: A method of installing a sink in a worktop cut-out, including: (a) providing a sink with: a bowl with a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall; at least one outlet opening located in the bottom; a circumferential rim located at an upper edge of the bowl and extending outwardly from the side wall by an extent (E); resilient clamping elements arranged on the outside of the bowl adjacent the rim, that in a free or uncompressed state, extend outwardly beyond the extent (E), and which provide, in a loaded state, a clamping force outwardly from the side wall; (b) making the work-top cut-out larger in dimension than a rim area but smaller than an envelope around the uncompressed clamping elements while defining a cut-out side wall extending at right angles to upper and lower surfaces of the worktop; (c) placing the sink in the cut-out so that the cut-out side wall is located opposite the rim, the sink being centered within the cut-out by the clamping elements, which are compressed between the cut-out side wall
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Alessandro Cagliari, Christian W. Bomatter, Rolf Neeser
  • Sink
    Patent number: D826386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventors: Christian W. Bomatter, Ralf Neeser, Alessandro Cagliari