Patents by Inventor Christian Albert Courtin

Christian Albert Courtin 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: 10746218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastener for securing a panel on a support, including: a securing member including a body delimiting a central recess and including a snapping foot provided with at least two deformable branches protruding relative to the body in a deployed position and being parallel to the direction of the central recess in a folded position, and a rod able to slide in the central recess of the snapping foot between a first position in which the branches are in the deployed position, and a second position in which the folding member acts on the branches to fold them into the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Huet, Christian Albert Courtin
  • Publication number: 20170002853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastener for securing a panel on a support, including: a securing member including a body delimiting a central recess and including a snapping foot provided with at least two deformable branches protruding relative to the body in a deployed position and being parallel to the direction of the central recess in a folded position, and a rod able to slide in the central recess of the snapping foot between a first position in which the branches are in the deployed position, and a second position in which the folding member acts on the branches to fold them into the folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent HUET, Christian Albert COURTIN
  • Patent number: 9534620
    Abstract: This is to fasten a panel to a wall. The device comprises a male member to engage on the panel and a female member to engage on the wall. For its engagement on the periphery of an aperture of the wall having a contour having two crenels facing each other and two circle arcs facing each other and each extending from one to the other of the crenels, the female member comprises a butt enabling the angular position of the female member to be indexed in relation to the wall, in order for an actuating part of the female member to be turned towards an outside edge of the wall. The assembly comprises the fastening device, the wall and the panel. Advantageously, the assembly also comprises a tool capable of insertion between the wall and the panel to reach the actuating part of the female member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: I.T.W. DE FRANCE
    Inventor: Christian Albert Courtin
  • Publication number: 20140255089
    Abstract: This is to fasten a panel to a wall. The device comprises a male member to engage on the panel and a female member to engage on the wall. For its engagement on the periphery of an aperture of the wall having a contour having two crenels facing each other and two circle arcs facing each other and each extending from one to the other of the crenels, the female member comprises a butt enabling the angular position of the female member to be indexed in relation to the wall, in order for an actuating part of the female member to be turned towards an outside edge of the wall. The assembly comprises the fastening device, the wall and the panel. Advantageously, the assembly also comprises a tool capable of insertion between the wall and the panel to reach the actuating part of the female member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Christian Albert Courtin