Patents by Inventor Johnny Kontosic

Johnny Kontosic 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: 11846106
    Abstract: There is provided a method for arranging a flash coving profile in the transition between a floor and a wall, wherein the method includes providing an end element, the end element including a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, and a wall fixator part, fixing the wall fixator part to the wall, placing the upper edge of the transition part in a holding space of the wall fixator part and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall, and placing the first edge of the flash coving profile at its first end in the holding space such that the first side of the transition part is placed against the first end of the metal sheet, and the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flooring of the flash coving profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FORBO FLOORING B.V.
    Inventor: Johnny Kontosic
  • Publication number: 20220381044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for arranging a flash coving profile in the transition between a floor and a wall, wherein the method comprises: providing an end element, the end element comprising a transition part having an outer surface, an upper edge and a first side, the first side to be placed against the first end of the metal sheet, and a wall fixator part, wherein the wall fixator part comprises a holding space to hold the upper edge of the transition part and the first edge of the metal sheet at its first end, fixing the wall fixator part to the wall, placing the upper edge of the transition part in the holding space of the wall fixator part and fixing the transition part to the floor and/or the wall, and placing the first edge of the flash coving profile at its first end in the holding space such that the first side of the transition part is placed against the first end of the metal sheet, and the outer surface of the transition part lies substantially flush with the flooring of the flash c
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Johnny Kontosic
  • Patent number: 10787823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a flash coving profile, including the steps of: providing an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing, and preferably parallel to, the first edge; adhering a flexible and preferably resilient flooring to a first face of the metal sheet, the flooring extending from the first edge to at least the second edge; and bending a cove into the metal sheet with the flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first edge and on the side to which the flooring is adhered. The invention further relates to a method for arranging a flash coving profile obtained by the method according to the invention in the corner between a floor and a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Forbo Flooring B.V.
    Inventors: Danny Dennis Lavallie, Johnny Kontosic
  • Publication number: 20200141133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a flash coving profile, including the steps of: providing an elongate metal sheet with a first longitudinal edge and a second edge opposing, and preferably parallel to, the first edge; adhering a flexible and preferably resilient flooring to a first face of the metal sheet, the flooring extending from the first edge to at least the second edge; and bending a cove into the metal sheet with the flooring adhered to it along a bend line which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first edge and on the side to which the flooring is adhered. The invention further relates to a method for arranging a flash coving profile obtained by the method according to the invention in the corner between a floor and a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Danny Dennis Lavallie, Johnny Kontosic