Patents by Inventor Ernest A. Janik

Ernest A. Janik 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).

  • Hygiene toilet seat insert and lid handle
    Patent number: 6634032
    Abstract: A toilet seat handle adapted to fit within an opening in a toilet seat or lid. The toilet seat handle comprises an inner tab adapted to be inserted into an opening in a toilet seat or lid. A finger grip attaches to the inner tab and extending outward from the opening in the toilet seat or lid. A spongy material housed with the finger grip for holding a quantity of disinfectant to be dispensed through a cavity in the finger grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Inventor: Ernest A. Janik
  • Hygiene toilet seat handle
    Patent number: 5590425
    Abstract: A wafer container is permanently connected to a handle, and temporarily attached to the underside of a toilet seat or lid. The wafer container is attached to a base that is permanently connected to the toilet seat. The base has a top, two sides and two bottoms pieces, forming an opening into which the wafer container is telescopically inserted. The handle may be made of a substance that glows in the dark, and may be coated and treated with a disinfecting material. The wafer container holds a wafer, which gradually emits deodorizing and disinfecting vapors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Ernest A. Janik, Jr.