Patents by Inventor Koen De Winter

Koen De Winter 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: 7331282
    Abstract: A compacting mechanism for fitting a surface over a refuse container comprising a support member (10) for fitting to the surface, the support member having an aperture (16) which in use is in register with an aperture in the surface. A compacting plate (12) is mounted under the support member, and is coupled to an actuator rod (14) through the aperture in the support member such that the rod may be manoeuvred from a storage position wherein the rod lies along the support member across the surface and the plate is drawn up under the surface to an operative position wherein the rod stands upright over the aperture in the support and may be pushed downwardly through the registering apertures to push the plate down into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Garbage Genie Concept 2000 Limited
    Inventors: Koen De Winter, Tibor Ernst, Yvan LaPorte
  • Publication number: 20070071914
    Abstract: A compacting mechanism for fitting a surface over a refuse container comprising a support member (10) for fitting to the surface, the support member having an aperture (16) which in use is in register with an aperture in the surface. A compacting plate (12) is mounted under the support member, and is coupled to an actuator rod (14) through the aperture in the support member such that the rod may be manoeuvred from a storage position wherein the rod lies along the support member across the surface and the plate is drawn up under the surface to an operative position wherein the rod stands upright over the aperture in the support and may be pushed downwardly through the registering apertures to push the plate down into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Koen De Winter, Tibor Ernst, Yvan La Porte
  • Patent number: 7082715
    Abstract: A plant watering device for use in a growing medium, which comprises a base with an open top liquid receiving section with a discharge inlet aperture located therein. A medium engaging section is connected to the base and has a discharge outlet aperture communicating with the inlet aperture. A contamination prevention member for preventing contamination of the dispensing aperture is located adjacent thereto. A container with a discharge spout has an amount of a liquid contained therein and is filled on the base. The discharge spout is positioned into the liquid receiving section. A wick component is mounted in the liquid receiving section to receive the liquid from the container and extends between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture to automatically deliver the liquid to the outlet aperture and into the growth medium at a controlled rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Drip-It Systems International Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: 6978917
    Abstract: The present invention relates a garment hanger adapted to receive a removable information tab. Such a garment hanger has a body, a hook member connected to the body, a tab holder operatively connected to said hanger. The tab holder has two opposites surfaces, each of said opposite surfaces have an edge, and first, second and third engagement elements. The engagement elements are parallel to one another and are disposed perpendicular to the edge. Furthermore, each of the engagement elements have first, second and third projecting members. The first projecting member is adjacent to the edge of the opposite surface. Each of the engagement elements further have a first valley defined between the first and second projecting elements, and a second valley defined between the second and third projecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Terpac Plastics Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Giustini, Koen De Winter
  • Publication number: 20040025428
    Abstract: A plant watering device for use in a growing medium comprises: a base with an open top liquid receiving section and a discharge inlet aperture located therein. A medium engaging section is connected to the base and has a discharge outlet aperture in communication with the discharge inlet aperture. A container with a discharge spout has an amount of a liquid contained therein and fittingly mounts on the base to position the spout into the liquid receiving section. A wick component is mounted in the liquid receiver section to receive the liquid from the container and extends between the discharge inlet aperture and the discharge outlet aperture to automatically deliver the liquid to the discharge outlet aperture and into the growth medium at a controlled rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Publication number: 20030178451
    Abstract: The present invention relates a garment hanger adapted to receive a removable information tab. Such a garment hanger has a body, a hook member connected to the body, a tab holder operatively connected to said hanger. The tab holder has two opposites surfaces, each of said opposite surfaces have an edge, and first, second and third engagement elements. The engagement elements are parallel to one another and are disposed perpendicular to the edge. Furthermore, each of the engagement elements have first, second and third projecting members. The first projecting member is adjacent to the edge of the opposite surface. Each of the engagement elements further have a first valley defined between the first and second projecting elements, and a second valley defined between the second and third projecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Robert R. Giustini, Koen De Winter
  • Publication number: 20030019137
    Abstract: A universal information tab for a garment hanger. The universal information tab having a U-shaped bracket. The U-shaped bracket having two legs extending substantially parallel to each other. The two legs are connected to a bridge. The U-shaped bracket defining an inner surface. The inner surface having an integrally formed flange projecting perpendicularly inwardly from the inner surface and an integrally formed gripper at a second end of each leg for preventing the information tab from slipping off the hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Robert R. Giustini, Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: 6338493
    Abstract: An apparatus that is convertible between walker and a wheelchair has one pair of wheels that are continually engaged with the ground and a second pair of wheels that are movable from a first position out of engagement or disengaged with the ground, in which the apparatus is used as a walker, to a second position into engagement with the ground, in which the apparatus is used as a wheelchair. The movable wheels are controllable by the operator through the use of handle members connected such wheels. The handle members rotate the wheels into and out of engagement with the ground along a path that is at an angle from the vertical, thereby assuring disengagement of the wheels from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventors: Eli Wohlgemuth, Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: 6079616
    Abstract: An adjustable box formed from a blank is disclosed. The box has two rectangular sides; a front panel and a back panel. The front panel and back panel each have two pairs of vertical fold lines on one side thereof, the front pair of vertical fold lines being on the opposite side from the back pair of vertical fold lines. Cooperating flaps including a tongue and groove arrangement are provided to close the box at the top and an automatic setup construction is provided to close the box at the bottom. As a result, the box can be folded along an inner fold line of the front and rear pair of vertical fold lines so that the bottom of the box has a first width. Alternatively, the box can be folded along an outer fold line of the front and rear pair of vertical fold lines so that the bottom of the box has a second width which is smaller than said first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Avmor Ltd.
    Inventors: Mattie Chinks, Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D519257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Garbage Genie Concept 2000 Limited
    Inventor: Koen de Winter
  • Patent number: D464814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Terpac Plastics Inc.
    Inventors: Koen De Winter, Robert R. Giustini
  • Patent number: D479027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D482988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D484570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D649829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Trudeau Corporation 1889 Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D652261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Trudeau Corporation 1889 Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D659480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Trudeau Corporation 1889 Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D665627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Trudeau Corporation 1889 Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D421289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: West Sanitation Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Koen De Winter
  • Patent number: D434586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Avmor Ltd.
    Inventors: Koen De Winter, Mattie Chinks