Patents by Inventor Gérard ETAIX

Gérard ETAIX 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: 11583149
    Abstract: A fastening assembly is configured to couple a toilet seat hinge to a toilet bowl by a threaded shaft. The fastening assembly includes a fastening nut including a clamping portion having a resilient protrusion configured to allow axial movement of the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft without rotation therebetween. The resilient protrusion has threads configured to engage the threaded shaft. The fastening nut includes a drive portion in which the clamping portion extends therefrom. The drive portion has a first segment coupled to a second segment by a shear segment. At least the first segment is configured to be engaged by a tool for the tool to rotate the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft such that the shear segment fractures at a predetermined torque applied to the first segment relative to the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Henne, Gérard Etaix, Jonathan Arndt, Joseph M. Hand
  • Publication number: 20210251441
    Abstract: A fastening assembly is configured to couple a toilet seat hinge to a toilet bowl by a threaded shaft. The fastening assembly includes a fastening nut including a clamping portion having a resilient protrusion configured to allow axial movement of the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft without rotation therebetween. The resilient protrusion has threads configured to engage the threaded shaft. The fastening nut includes a drive portion in which the clamping portion extends therefrom. The drive portion has a first segment coupled to a second segment by a shear segment. At least the first segment is configured to be engaged by a tool for the tool to rotate the fastening nut relative to the threaded shaft such that the shear segment fractures at a predetermined torque applied to the first segment relative to the second segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Brian A. Henne, Gérard Etaix, Jonathan Arndt, Joseph M. Hand
  • Patent number: 9833114
    Abstract: A device for fastening a toilet seat to at least one first element of a toilet bowl, including a first locking part and wherein, for each back and forth motion of the fastening device relative to the bowl, the locking part is capable of alternately displacing between a first position where the first locking part cooperates with the first element and a second position where the fastening device may be separated from the first element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Etablissements Dubourgel Grange
    Inventors: Gérard Etaix, David Arphant
  • Publication number: 20160338555
    Abstract: A device for fastening a toilet seat to at least one first element of a toilet bowl, including a first locking part and wherein, for each back and forth motion of the fastening device relative to the bowl, the locking part is capable of alternately displacing between a first position where the first locking part cooperates with the first element and a second position where the fastening device may be separated from the first element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gérard ETAIX, David Arphant
  • Patent number: D984881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Arndt, Gérard Etaix, Brian A. Henne