Patents by Inventor Gerd Ostertag

Gerd Ostertag 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).

  • Sanitary hose
    Patent number: 5884945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary hose, particularly a connecting hose for connecting a sanitary fitting to a water feed line. The hose has a flexible, at least single-layer hose body (10) and an encasing tube (14) surrounding it substantially over its entire length. The encasing tube (14) surrounds the hose body (10) in clearance-free manner and is displaceable relative thereto. The application of the encasing tube takes place by the reversible elastic expansion thereof in an apparatus set up for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Bader, Gerd Ostertag