Patents by Inventor Geraldine A. Domrose

Geraldine A. Domrose 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).

  • Retainer clip for mounting sink to countertop
    Patent number: 6793190
    Abstract: A retainer clip includes a ratchet plate and a cooperating pawl for anchoring a sink to a countertop with a press-in, above-counter installation. The ratchet plate has a plurality of detents and is affixed to an edge of a cutout in the countertop. The pawl includes a spring element mountable to the sink and has at least one upwardly angled, resilient tab which successively engages the ratchet plate detents with a one-way action as the sink moves downwardly in the cutout. When the sink is fully inserted, the tab seats upwardly in a detent of the ratchet plate. In an embodiment, the pawl includes multiple tabs having slightly different lengths to provide an installation tolerance that is less than an incremental distance between ratchet plate detents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Donald E. White, Geraldine A. Domrose, Stephen J. Doyle, Daniel Erickson, Paul Randolph Payne, Peter Wozniczka
  • Retainer clip for mounting sink to countertop
    Publication number: 20030075665
    Abstract: A retainer clip includes a ratchet plate and a cooperating pawl for anchoring a sink to a countertop with a press-in, above-counter installation. The ratchet plate has a plurality of detents and is affixed to an edge of a cutout in the countertop. The pawl includes a spring element mountable to the sink and has at least one upwardly angled, resilient tab which successively engages the ratchet plate detents with a one-way action as the sink moves downwardly in the cutout. When the sink is fully inserted, the tab seats upwardly in a detent of the ratchet plate. In an embodiment, the pawl includes multiple tabs having slightly different lengths to provide an installation tolerance that is less than an incremental distance between ratchet plate detents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Donald E. White, Geraldine A. Domrose, Stephen J. Doyle, Daniel Erickson, Paul Randolph Payne, Peter Wozniczka