Patents by Inventor Dirk Goritzka

Dirk Goritzka 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: 7000796
    Abstract: A refuse receptacle has an outer container with a lid closing an insertion opening in the upper region. A foot pedal is attached to the refuse receptacle and the actuation of which enables the lid of the refuse receptacle to be moved into an opening position. The foot pedal is of annular design and encircles the outer container and being arranged in the lower region thereof. The foot pedal is designed in a manner such that it can be depressed in a linear movement in order to open the lid, and an outer housing, which is connected to the foot pedal, or a casing of the refuse receptacle being able to be depressed together with the foot pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Dirk Goritzka, Friedrich-Ernst Weller, Udo Thielking
  • Publication number: 20040222225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refuse receptacle having an outer container with a lid closing an insertion opening in the upper region, including a foot pedal which is attached to the refuse receptacle and the actuation of which enables the lid of the refuse receptacle to be moved into an opening position, the foot pedal being of annular design and running at a distance around the outer container and being arranged in the lower region thereof, the foot pedal being designed in a manner such that it can be depressed in a linear movement in order to open the lid, and an outer housing, which is connected to the foot pedal, or a casing of the refuse receptacle being able to be depressed together with the foot pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Dirk Goritzka, Friedrich-Ernst Weller, Udo Thielking
  • Patent number: 6343427
    Abstract: An ironing board comprising a preferably height-adjustable stand whose upper end supports an ironing surface, wherein the stand has two hinged legs, and each leg has a foot section that rests at least partially on the base with the ironing board set up, and each leg additionally has a lower section that extends from the foot section to the mid section of the leg, wherein the mid section of the leg extends from the lower section to the upper section of the leg, wherein the upper section of the leg extends from the mid section to under the ironing surface, with the lower section being shaped in such a way as to smoothly flow into the foot section of the leg, wherein the leg is bent by more than 45° in the transitional area between the lower section and foot section, wherein each leg has a first vertex roughly in the area of the hinge linking together the two legs, a third vertex in the transitional area between the lower section and the foot with an angle between the two less than 45°, and a second vert
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG Inc.
    Inventors: Burkhard Theiss, Gunter Elbl, Dirk Goritzka