Patents by Inventor Axel Benkhardt

Axel Benkhardt 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: 7797767
    Abstract: A cover for a wall-hung urinal or a cover or a seat board (13) for the toilet seat (12) of a toilet (10) with interchangeable decoration and design elements or articles of daily use which are adapted to the respective individual wishes of the users has at least one through bore (210) or a blind bore (210?), whereby an insert member (200) filling the bore and held in the bore is placed fixedly or detachably in the bore (210; 210?), this insert member being configured as a full body or a hollow body, whereby the insert member (200) is made totally, partially or portionwise of a clear material with or without colouration, whereby fixed or movable decoration articles or articles of daily use or functional articles (230) such as lighting means, radio or television, a CD-player, a time displaying device, a speech and/or music module with a current production source such as a battery or a solar cell, liquid means or games, are placed in the material of the insert member (200) configured as a full body or in the inne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Benkhardt, Andreas Hack
  • Publication number: 20070169255
    Abstract: A cover for a wall-hung urinal or a cover or a seat board (13) for the toilet seat (12) of a toilet (10) with interchangeable decoration and design elements or articles of daily use which are adapted to the respective individual wishes of the users has at least one through bore (210) or a blind bore (210?), whereby an insert member (200) filling the bore and held in the bore is placed fixedly or detachably in the bore (210; 210?), this insert member being configured as a full body or a hollow body, whereby the insert member (200) is made totally, partially or portionwise of a clear material with or without colouration, whereby fixed or movable decoration articles or articles of daily use or functional articles (230) such as lighting means, radio or television, a CD-player, a time displaying device, a speech and/or music module with a current production source such as a battery or a solar cell, liquid means or games, are placed in the material of the insert member (200) configured as a full body or in the inne
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Axel Benkhardt, Andreas Hack
  • Publication number: 20060207000
    Abstract: The toilet lid for a toilet consisting of a toilet bowl, a seat and a toilet lid with or without a drilled through-hole consists in that at least one cupola- or dome-like, one- or multidimensional moulded body made of a glass-clear, transparent or semitransparent material is fixedly or detachably arranged on the outer wall surface of the toilet lid, and solid, liquid or movable decorative objects or materials and/or functional objects are arranged in the hollow or interior space defined by the moulded body and the outer wall surface of the toilet lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Axel Benkhardt, Andreas Hack
  • Publication number: 20050120469
    Abstract: The toilet lid for a toilet consisting of a toilet bowl, a seat and a toilet lid with or without a drilled through-hole consists in that at least one cupola- or dome-like, one- or multidimensional moulded body made of a glass-clear, transparent or semitransparent material is fixedly or detachably arranged on the outer wall surface of the toilet lid, and solid, liquid or movable decorative objects or materials and/or functional objects are arranged in the hollow or interior space defined by the moulded body and the outer wall surface of the toilet lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Axel Benkhardt, Andreas Hack
  • Publication number: 20040174267
    Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl with a toilet seat made of a swivellable seat panel and a swivellable toilet lid as well as a wall-hung urinal which can be closed by a lid. A casing with a device for emitting acoustical speech and/or music information is placed fixed or removable by a support to at least one of the movable parts of the toilet or of the wall-hung urinal externally or internally. The casing includes a programmable or preprogrammed speech and/or music module or a chip card containing the speech and/or music information with a microprocessor control. The device is connected with a mechanically or light-optically controlled on-off switch or a motion detector in such a way that, when lifting the toilet lid and/or the seat panel and/or the urinal bowl lid, the putting in and out of action of the speech and/or music module is released by the reproduction of the speech and/or music recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Axel Benkhardt
  • Publication number: 20040098795
    Abstract: A cover for a wall-hung urinal or a cover or a seat board (13) for the toilet seat (12) of a toilet (10) with interchangeable décoration and design elements or articles of daily use which are adapted to the respective individual wishes of the users has at least one through bore (210) or a blind bore (210′), whereby an insert member (200) filling the bore and held in the bore is placed fixedly or detachably in the bore (210; 210′), this insert member being configured as a full body or a hollow body, whereby the insert member (200) is made totally, partially or portionwise of a clear material with or without colouration, whereby fixed or movable decoration articles or articles of daily use or functional articles (230) such as lighting means, radio or television, a CD-player, a time displaying device, a speech and/or music module with a current production source such as a battery or a solar cell, liquid means or games, are placed in the material of the insert member (200) configured as a full
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Axel Benkhardt, Andreas Hack
  • Publication number: 20020178496
    Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl with a toilet seat made of a swivellable seat panel and a swivellable toilet lid as well as a wall-hung urinal which can be closed by a lid. A casing with a device for emitting acoustical speech and/or music information is places fixed or removable by a support to at least one of the movable parts of the toilet or of the wall-hung urinal externally or internally. The casing includes a programmable or preprogrammed speech and/or music module or a chip card containing the speech and/or music information with a microprocessor control. The device is connected with a mechanically or light-optically controlled on-off switch or a motion detector in such a way that, when lifting the toilet lid and/or the seat panel and/or the urinal bowl lid, the putting in and out of action of the speech and/or music module is released by the reproduction of the speech and/or music recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Axel Benkhardt
  • Publication number: 20020026665
    Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl with a toilet seat made of a swivellable seat panel and a swivellable toilet lid as well as a wall-hung urinal which can be closed by a lid. A casing with a device for emitting acoustical speech and/or music information is placed fixed or removable by a support to at least one of the moveable parts of the toilet or of the wall-hung urinal externally or internally. The casing includes a programmable or preprogrammed speech and/or music module or a chip card containing the speech and/or music information with a microprocessor control. The device is connected with a mechanically or light-optically controlled on-off switch or a motion detector in such a way that, when lifting the toilet lid and/or the seat panel and/or the urinal bowl lid, the putting in and out of action of the speech and/or music module is released by the reproduction of the speech and/or music recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: Axel Benkhardt