Patents by Inventor Eric T. Pourtau

Eric T. Pourtau 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: 5203640
    Abstract: This invention relates to a profiled strip adapted to be used for making the join between two surface coverings making therebetween a determined re-entrant angle, wherein this profiled strip comprises: two bearing sole plates which are made of a hard, semi-rigid material, which are each adapted to be placed below one of the surface coverings and which each present an extension extending in a direction offset angularly by substantially 90.degree.; and a connecting bridge which connects the extensions, which is made of a supple material and which maintains the bearing sole plates angularly offset with respect to the re-entrant angle.One application of the invention is the production of a profiled strip for joining the tiles of two vertical walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Tomecanic
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Pourtau, Eric T. Pourtau