Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Fontan

Jean-Paul Fontan 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).

  • Meal tray dispensing trolley
    Patent number: 8227727
    Abstract: The trolley (10) for dispensing meal trays (11) comprises a parallelepipedic enclosure (12) equipped with two doors (15, 16) and two side panels (17, 18), hot plates (35) superposed in the central zone of the enclosure (12), plate supports (39, 40), and first and second slides (43, 44, 45, 46) arranged along the side panels (17, 18). The trolley (10) comprises: openings made in the side panels (17, 18) of the enclosure (12) to house add-on elements added from the outside of the side panels (17, 18) and salient inside the side panels (17, 18) by insertion in said openings, support means arranged near the open faces (13, 14), rigid panels (25, 26, 27) forming the bodywork, fixed onto the support means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Societe de Gestion d'Hotels et Restaurants-Sogeres
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Fontan
  • Meal Tray Dispensing Trolley
    Publication number: 20090096335
    Abstract: The trolley (10) for dispensing meal trays (11) comprises a parallelepipedic enclosure (12) equipped with two doors (15, 16) and two side panels (17, 18), hot plates (35) superposed in the central zone of the enclosure (12), plate supports (39, 40), and first and second slides (43, 44, 45, 46) arranged along the side panels (17, 18). The trolley (10) comprises: openings made in the side panels (17, 18) of the enclosure (12) to house add-on elements added from the outside of the side panels (17, 18) and salient inside the side panels (17, 18) by insertion in said openings, support means arranged near the open faces (13, 14), rigid panels (25, 26, 27) forming the bodywork, fixed onto the support means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: SOCIETE DE GESTION D'HOTELS ET RESTAURANTS-SOGERES
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Fontan