Patents by Inventor Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor

Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor 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: 11274790
    Abstract: A mounting system for a wall mounted accessory includes a mounting plate and a mountable component that includes a clamping means having a clamp head with a first clamp surface, a threaded elongate member engaged with the clamp head, a second clamp surface and a pair of guide formations, with the threaded elongate member being actuatable by rotation to cause the clamp head to move along the threaded elongate member to move the first clamp surface towards the second clamp surface to close a slot, when the mounting plate is received in the slot, to clamp the mounting plate between the clamp surfaces in attachment of the mountable component to the mounting plate, and the pair of guide formations are adapted to guide the movement of the clamp head into closure of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Andrew-Keith Maclaren-Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190374057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting system for a wall mounted accessory which includes a mounting plate which is attachable to a wall, a mountable component which includes a clamp having a pair of spaced clamp surfaces between which a is slot defined, wherein the clamp is actuable to move at least one of the clamp surfaces relatively to the other to close the slot and, when the mounting plate is received in the slot, to clamp the plate between the clamp surfaces in attachment of the mountable component to the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew-Keith MACLAREN-TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 9526381
    Abstract: The invention provides a mounting system for a wall mounted accessory which includes a first component (12), which is attachable to a wall (13), having a spigot (30), and a second component (14), to which the accessory (16) is attached, which has a tubular element (20) and a clamping means (22) which projects into an interior of the tubular element, which has, at one end, a clamp head (46) and which is actuatable, when the tubular element is passed over the spigot (30) and the spigot (30) is located between the clamp head (46) of the clamping means and an inner wall (72) of the tubular member, to draw the clamp head (46) into abutment with the spigot to clamp the spigot between the clamp head and the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140138505
    Abstract: The invention provides a mounting system for a wall mounted acces-sory which includes a first component (12), which is attachable to a wall (13), having a spigot (30), and a second component (14), to which the accessory (16) is attached, which has a tubular element (20) and a clamping means (22) which projects into an interior of the tubular element, which has, at one end, a clamp head (46) and which is actuatable, when the tubular element is passed over the spigot (30) and the spigot (30) is located between the clamp head (46) of the clamping means and an inner wall (72) of the tubular member, to draw the clamp head (46) into abutment with the spigot to clamp the spigot between the clamp head and the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor
  • Patent number: 8322541
    Abstract: A method of assembling a towel rail having vertically extending, elongate, tubular supports opposed and spaced apart from each other, and spaced apart, horizontally extending, tubular beams, the method including: a) threading an elongate flexible heating element through a respective support; b) looping an appropriate length of the element through each hole of the support to form a plurality of looped sections; c) threading each looped section through a respective beam from the second end; d) inserting the second end of each beam through a respective hole of the respective support to bring an abutment surface of the second end into contact with an inner surface of the support; and e) locking the second end of each beam to the support by passing a fastener at least partially through the support to engage with a recess formed in the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Inventor: Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor
  • Publication number: 20090266774
    Abstract: A towel rail (10) and a method of construction thereof which towel rail has at least one vertically extending, tubular support (12), a plurality of horizontally extending, tubular beams (16) which extend from the support, each of which has a first end (34) and an opposing second end (36), a first recess (50) formed in the first end and a second recess (50) formed in the second end, a plurality of fasteners (52), each of which extends at least partially through the support and which is engaged with one of the first or second recess (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Andrew Keith Maclaren-Taylor