Patents by Inventor Josef Neuhaus

Josef Neuhaus 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: 5170904
    Abstract: A trash can with dome-shaped head and cover-closed deposit opening (27) arranged in the dome, the cover outer surface of which is adapted to the contour of the dome. The edge of the deposit opening (27) lies on a secant plane of the dome (28) and the cover surface swings parallel to the dome contour downward behind the dome wall from its position protruding above the secant plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Westermann Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 4870315
    Abstract: Garbage pail adapted to be installed in a cabinet having a swinging access door, with a bearing axis extending vertically, laterally of the wall surface of the pail, on which axis there is seated a pail support, and a pail coupling for movement of the pail in response to opening of the door, the coupling being both automatically mechanically and/or manually disengageable and, upon closing of the door, automatically reengageable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Westermann Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 4639050
    Abstract: A trash pail for installation in a cabinet having a swingable door, the cross section of the upper opening of the pail being closed by a lid which is fastened to one cabinet wall bearing the door hinges and which is moved into the open position upon the opening movement of the door which is coupled with a support for the trash pail. The support, upon the opening of the door, displaces the trash pail out of the cabinet below the lid, which remains within the cabinet. The support is formed as an angle member having arms. Within the angular space of the arms a non-circular corner part of the wall of the trash pail at an upper edge rim of the trash pail is complementarily form-lockingly removably suspended over the upper end edge of the arms of the angle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Westermann Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 4304448
    Abstract: A waste bin for incorporation in a cabinet with a hinged door having a pivot pin extending vertically, laterally of the bin, the pivot pin being operatively mounted on brackets on the other side of the cabinet. A lid is hinged on a hinge pin operatively mounted on the side of the cabinet and opens automatically upon opening of the door, and is pivoted into its open position upon outward pivoting of the bin on the pivot pin when the door is opened, by means of a cam which engages the edge of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: M. Westermann & Co. GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Neuhaus, Heinz Langesberg