Patents by Inventor Eric John Tonissen

Eric John Tonissen 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).

  • Magnetic shower curtain system
    Patent number: 10321789
    Abstract: A magnetic shower curtain system that maintains a shower curtain in place along opposing shower enclosure walls. The magnetic shower curtain system includes a shower rod assembly, a mounting assembly, and a shower curtain assembly. The shower curtain assembly includes a plurality of shower rings. The shower rings are placed on a shower rod, connected to a shower curtain, and slid along the shower rod. The shower rings include a first outer shower ring and a second outer shower ring. One of: (1) the first outer shower ring and the second outer shower ring, and (2) a first outer end and a second outer end of the shower rod or the mounting assembly, includes a magnet. The other of: (1) the first outer shower ring and the second outer shower ring, and (2) the first outer end and the second outer end of the shower rod or the mounting assembly, includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyle Clancy Jones, Eric John Tonissen
  • MAGNETIC SHOWER CURTAIN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180160861
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic shower curtain system that maintains a shower curtain in place along opposing shower enclosure walls. The magnetic shower curtain system includes a shower rod assembly, a mounting assembly, and a shower curtain assembly. The shower rod assembly is operable to be mounted between the opposing shower enclosure walls. The shower rod assembly includes a shower rod. The shower rod includes a first outer end and a second outer end. The mounting assembly is operable to be mounted to the opposing shower enclosure walls. The shower curtain assembly is operable to be hung between the opposing shower enclosure walls. The shower curtain assembly includes a plurality of shower rings. The shower rings are operable to be placed on the shower rod, connected to the shower curtain, and slid along the shower rod. The shower rings include a first outer shower ring and a second outer shower ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Kyle Clancy Jones, Eric John Tonissen
  • Handheld shower system
    Patent number: 9919331
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handheld shower system with magnetic docking and a mechanical retention feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Georg Scheffer, William Wray Shepler, Eric John Tonissen
  • HANDHELD SHOWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160236223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handheld shower system with magnetic docking and a mechanical retention feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Georg Scheffer, William Wray Shepler, Eric John Tonissen