Patents by Inventor Arto Askonen

Arto Askonen 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: 8567633
    Abstract: Waste container that is formed of a base part with a container body attached, the body comprising an outer casing and a cover plate with a gap for putting in waste attached to the container body's upper surface. The body comprises at least one curved surface that makes the body take the shape of a vertical cylinder whose surface is meant to be a media surface for commercials. The transparent casing is located outside the surface, and the film that functions as the media surface is located between the curved surface and the casing. A transparent, curved casing can be made to be more curved for changing the media surface, where out of the length of both side edges of the casing at least a part comes out of the slot places formed at the edges of the curved surface, so that the casing can diverge from the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: AWEC-Group Oy
    Inventor: Arto Askonen
  • Publication number: 20120067891
    Abstract: Waste container that is formed of a base part (1), a container body attached on top of it which container body comprises an outer casing (6) and a cover plate (7) attached to the upper surface of the container body in which case the cover plate comprises a gap (5) for locating the waste into the container and the container body (6), (7) comprises at least one curved surface (6) that makes the mentioned body to have a shape of a vertical cylinder which surface is meant to be a media surface for example for commercials (8) and that a transparent casing (2) is located outside the mentioned surface (6) in which case the film (8) that functions as the media surface is located between (2) the curved surface (6) and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Arto Askonen
  • Publication number: 20090250471
    Abstract: An arrangement in a waste container furnished with replaceable refuse sack (6) and having a body supporting the refuse sack from the inside, the purpose of which is to keep by use refuse sack (6) open substantially in its largest size, when the refuse sack (6) is together with the said body fitted into a bin construction suitable for the purpose. The inside body is formed of walls of plate construction or, for instance, of net construction (2, 3), of which at least one wall (3) is movable in order to increase the volume formed by means of said walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Arto Askonen