Patents by Inventor Harry Welfare

Harry Welfare 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: 11918155
    Abstract: A waterless toilet is provided including a toilet bowl having bowl rim and mounted on top of a feed mechanism which in turn is mounted on top of a collection chamber. The feed mechanism progressively draws a flexible tubular liner from a roll, over the bowl rim and downwardly through the bowl so that it lines the bowl, through the feed mechanism and delivers the liner and any waste the liner contains into a waste collection chamber when the toilet is flushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Harry Welfare, Iain Purves, Marcus Comaschi
  • Publication number: 20210085134
    Abstract: A waterless toilet is provided including a toilet bowl having bowl rim and mounted on top of a feed mechanism which in turn is mounted on top of a collection chamber. The feed mechanism progressively draws a flexible tubular liner from a roll, over the bowl rim and downwardly through the bowl so that it lines the bowl, through the feed mechanism and delivers the liner and any waste the liner contains into a waste collection chamber when the toilet is flushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Harry Welfare, Iain Purves, Marcus Comaschi
  • Patent number: 10843630
    Abstract: A backing plate unit for a rear view device for a motor vehicle includes at least one opening passing from a rear side of a backing plate to a front side thereof to form a logo pattern by itself, first attachment means on the rear side of the backing plate for a light source, and light filter means and/or at least one extension which is extending from the front side of the backing plate in the region of the logo pattern. A method for producing such a backing plate unit and a rear view device with such a backing plate unit are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrew Brien Little, Stephen Edney, Harry Welfare, Andreas Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20190168673
    Abstract: A backing plate unit for a rear view device for a motor vehicle includes at least one opening passing from a rear side of a backing plate to a front side thereof to form a logo pattern by itself, first attachment means on the rear side of the backing plate for a light source, and light filter means and/or at least one extension which is extending from the front side of the backing plate in the region of the logo pattern. A method for producing such a backing plate unit and a rear view device with such a backing plate unit are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Brien LITTLE, Stephen EDNEY, Harry WELFARE, Andreas HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 10060594
    Abstract: A light guiding device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes a light coupling side for incoupling light from a light source, a reflection side having a reflection layer; and a light outcoupling side, which is disposed generally opposite the reflection side. A clearance between the reflection side and the light outcoupling side generally decreases as the distance from the light incoupling side increases. The reflection side having the reflection layer is configured so that light arriving from the light incoupling side is deflected to the light outcoupling side. The reflection layer may be a paint or lacquer layer that is imprinted or evaporation-coated on the reflection side; and the having a white sheet on or next to the rejection side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Norbert Kürschner, Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Volker Erhart, Andrew Brian Little, Harry Welfare, Stephen Edney
  • Publication number: 20160341393
    Abstract: A light guiding device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes a light coupling side for incoupling light from a light source, a reflection side having a reflection layer; and a light outcoupling side, which is disposed generally opposite the reflection side. A clearance between the reflection side and the light outcoupling side generally decreases as the distance from the light incoupling side increases. The reflection side having the reflection layer is configured so that light arriving from the light incoupling side is deflected to the light outcoupling side. The reflection layer may be a paint or lacquer layer that is imprinted or evaporation-coated on the reflection side; and the having a white sheet on or next to the rejection side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SMR Patents S.à.r.I.
    Inventors: Norbert Kürschner, Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Volker Erhart, Andrew Brian Little, Harry Welfare, Stephen Edney