Patents by Inventor Franz Wieth

Franz Wieth 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).

  • Publication number: 20180370414
    Abstract: A motorhome is provided a vehicle longitudinal axis and a superstructure with furnishing that is arranged on the vehicle chassis and extends in the vehicle longitudinal axis, wherein the superstructure has at least one space expansion module that is displaceably attached to it transverse to the vehicle longitudinal axis and extends at least approximately along a length of at least the 0.8-fold of the entire length of the superstructure. Here, a part of the furnishing of the superstructure is arranged in the at least one space expansion module such that at least a quarter, preferably a third of the gross volume of the entire furnishing of the superstructure is arranged in the at least one space expansion module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Franz WIETH
  • Publication number: 20180370413
    Abstract: A motorhome is provided a vehicle longitudinal axis and a superstructure with furnishing that is arranged on the vehicle chassis and extends in the vehicle longitudinal axis, wherein the superstructure has at least one space expansion module that displaceably attached transverse to the vehicle longitudinal axis and extends at least approximately along a length of the at least 0.8-fold of the entire length of the superstructure. Here, at least four drives for moving the at least one space expansion module transverse to the vehicle longitudinal axis are arranged on the superstructure and/or on a space expansion module, wherein the at least one space expansion module is connected to the superstructure via at least four guiding elements each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: ProTec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz WIETH
  • Patent number: 9825664
    Abstract: A holder for a mobile telecommunications terminal, in particular a smartphone, has a receptacle for the terminal. The holder has a first locking mechanism by which the smartphone can be locked in the receptacle. There is also described a system for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle, a base station for accommodating a plurality of holders and a method for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Filosi, Franz Wieth
  • Publication number: 20170163303
    Abstract: A holder for a mobile telecommunications terminal, in particular a smartphone, has a receptacle for the terminal. The holder has a first locking mechanism by which the smartphone can be locked in the receptacle. There is also described a system for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle, a base station for accommodating a plurality of holders and a method for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: ANDREAS FILOSI, FRANZ WIETH
  • Patent number: 9667295
    Abstract: A holder for a mobile telecommunications terminal, in particular a smartphone, has a receptacle for the terminal. The holder has a first locking mechanism by which the smartphone can be locked in the receptacle. There is also described a system for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle, a base station for accommodating a plurality of holders and a method for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Filosi, Franz Wieth
  • Patent number: 9610964
    Abstract: A display element for displaying information on a push handle of a shopping cart that can be pushed by hand. The display element includes a main body having a region which is covered by a transparent cover that is separably mounted on the main body. A two-dimensional information medium can be arranged between the main body and the cover. The main body is formed with a groove into which one end edge of the information medium can be inserted and the inserted end edge is retained in the groove by frictional locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Andreas Filosi
  • Patent number: 9540023
    Abstract: A manually displaceable shopping cart, in particular a multilevel cart, includes a basket for receiving goods, two handle support arms each disposed at a respective side, and detached handles each attached to a respective handle support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Elvira Sonnendorfer, Andreas Filosi, Franz Wieth
  • Patent number: 9522691
    Abstract: A push handle for a shopping trolley contains a holder for a mobile telecommunications terminal, in particular a smartphone. The holder includes a mounting for the telecommunications terminal and a pivot joint by which the mounting can be pivoted between a home position when it rests against the push handle and a holding position when it extends away from the push handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Elvira Sonnendorfer, Andreas Filosi, Franz Wieth
  • Publication number: 20160241289
    Abstract: A holder for a mobile telecommunications terminal, in particular a smartphone, has a receptacle for the terminal. The holder has a first locking mechanism by which the smartphone can be locked in the receptacle. There is also described a system for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle, a base station for accommodating a plurality of holders and a method for fastening a smartphone to a shopping trolley handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas FILOSI, Franz WIETH
  • Patent number: 9283976
    Abstract: A restraining belt for children in a shopping cart is disposed in a housing. The housing is fastened on the shopping cart. A fastening element is provided by way of which a lattice bar of the shopping cart is enclosed in a U-shape. The fastening element has clip-like protrusions extending between the individual lattice bars and the clip-like protrusions have grooves and edges of the housing engage in the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Patent number: 9174660
    Abstract: The purchasing aid is temporarily connected to a housing for the advertising surface which is permanently present, said housing being arranged fixedly on the shopping trolley, wherein the fastening for the purchasing aid is arranged outside the advertising surface, and the advertising surface which is permanently present can optionally also be used as a display for the purchasing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Publication number: 20150291198
    Abstract: A display element for displaying information on a push handle of a shopping cart that can be pushed by hand. The display element includes a main body having a region which is covered by a transparent cover that is separably mounted on the main body. A two-dimensional information medium can be arranged between the main body and the cover. The main body is formed with a groove into which one end edge of the information medium can be inserted and the inserted end edge is retained in the groove by frictional locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Franz WIETH, Andreas FILOSI
  • Patent number: 9016444
    Abstract: The invention relates to an immobilizer for a transport trolley, whereby a magnetic field is used for alternately activating and deactivating said immobilizer. In an embodiment of the invention, the deactivating magnetic field can be weaker than the activating magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Patent number: 8950567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trolley comprising an element for holding and releasing a token, said element comprising a sensor that detects whether the trolley comprising the element for holding and releasing the token is pushed inside another trolley. If this is the case, the element for holding and releasing the token activates the immobilizer and releases the token. In order to use the trolley, a token must be inserted into the element for holding and releasing the token, thus deactivating the immobilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Publication number: 20150032559
    Abstract: A mount for a mobile telecommunications terminal device includes a receptacle for the mobile telecommunications terminal device, a first interface for transmitting data from the mobile telecommunications terminal device to the mount, a second interface for transmitting data from the mount to a point-of-sale or cash register system and a first fastening device for detachably fastening the mount to a shopping cart. A payment system, a mobile telecommunications terminal device, a scanner wall and software for locking and/or unlocking the mount are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: HORST SONNENDORFER, FRANZ WIETH
  • Patent number: 8746709
    Abstract: A magnifying glass that is mounted on the shopping cart can be moved from a protected neutral position into the reading position only when no key is in the coin deposit lock, and the key can be inserted into the lock only after the magnifying glass has been placed into the protected neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Patent number: 8736451
    Abstract: In order to detect attempted theft, the time that a shopping cart remains in a self-scanning zone in a self-checkout line is monitored. If a certain duration is not met between the time at which the region of the self-scanning register is entered and the exit is passed, an alarm is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Patent number: 8720911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shopping cart having a sliding handle, which has module-like functional elements, wherein the functional elements are substantially accommodated in a recess of the sliding handle and protrude so far out of the sliding handle that good usability of the functional elements is given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Patent number: 8708348
    Abstract: This invention relates to a shopping trolley having castors and a handle, the surface of which consists of plastic. The surface of the handle consists of one or more different materials, at least one of said materials having conductive properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
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    Patent number: D708043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth