Patents by Inventor Manuel LECHNER

Manuel LECHNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240093471
    Abstract: A mounting device for fastening at least one plumbing appliance having two supports, which extend at a distance from one another along a central axis, and a crosspiece element, which connects the two supports and has at least one fastening element. The crosspiece element has a lower web, a front web and an upper web. The lower web projects in an angularly inclined manner at an angle from a lower edge of the front web, and the upper web projects in an angularly inclined manner at an angle from an upper edge of the front web. The at least one fastening element is accessible through at least one opening in the front web, and the ends of at least one of the webs are each connected to the supports by means of a welded joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Manuel LECHNER, Lukas RAMSEIER
  • Publication number: 20240060284
    Abstract: A wall mount having an anchor element that has a fastening portion for fastening the anchor element to a building and that has an anchor-element-side bearing portion adjoining the fastening portion and extending along a central axis; at least one intermediate element that has a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion; and a fastening element that has a fastening-element-side bearing portion and that has a fastening portion for fastening a sanitary element. The first bearing portion of the intermediate element is slidably and securably connected to the anchor-element-side bearing portion; the fastening-element-side bearing portion of the fastening element is slidably and securably connected to the second bearing portion; and the bearing portions are each designed such that the corresponding bearing portions each telescopically engage with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventor: Manuel LECHNER
  • Publication number: 20240035266
    Abstract: A mounting device (1) for fastening at least one plumbing appliance comprises: two supports (2) which extend at a distance from each other along a central axis (M2) and each of which has a cross section (Q2): a first cross-member (3) which extends along a central axis (M3), has a first cross-section (Q3), is fixedly connected to the supports (2) and connects the two supports (2) to one another and is located at a distance from the first cross-member (3) above the first cross-member (3) when viewed in the mounted position; the cross-section (Q3, Q4) of at least one of the cross members (3, 4) is substantially equal to the cross-section (Q2) of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Manuel LECHNER, Lukas RAMSEIER
  • Publication number: 20230417033
    Abstract: A mounting device (1) for fastening at least one plumbing appliance comprises two supports (2) which extend at a distance from each other along a central axis (M), and a transverse element (3) which is placed between the supports (2), connects the two supports (2) and includes at least one fastening element (4), the transverse element (3) being formed by a front supporting piece (5) with a supporting wall (6) on which a plumbing appliance can be supported, and a rear supporting piece (7) with a rear wall (8), the front supporting piece (5) and/or the rear supporting piece (7) being provided with at least one connection flange (9, 10) which projects at a right angle from the supporting wall (6) and/or from the rear wall (8) and which allows the two supporting pieces (5, 6) to be fixedly connected to one another such that in the connected state, the supporting wall (6) is at a distance from the rear wall (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Geberit International AG
    Inventors: Manuel LECHNER, Lukas RAMSEIER Jona, Mike SCHINDLER
  • Publication number: 20230265874
    Abstract: A wall anchor (1), having an anchor plate (2) with a front face (3) and a rear face (4), a fixing portion (5) which protrudes from the front face (4) of the anchor plate (2), which extends along a centre axis (M) and has a threaded structure (6) for receiving an anchor bolt (7), and two hooks (8, 9) which protrude from the rear face (4) of the anchor plate (2). The hooks (8, 9) are configured such that the wall anchor (1) can be fixedly connected to a profile rail (18) by protrusions (21) of a profile rail (18), with respect to forces acting in the direction of the centre axis (M).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Manuel LECHNER, Urs SPĂ„NI
  • Publication number: 20230243140
    Abstract: A mounting system for fastening a sanitary fitting comprises a mounting frame having at least one hollow profile, the side walls of which define an internal space, and which frame has an end face at the end thereof, and having at least one bearing structure for mounting a sanitary fitting, and at least one fastening unit having a support element which comprises a guide receptacle, and having a fastening tab which is mounted in the guide receptacle so as to be able to slide relative to the support element from a starting position into a mounting position, wherein the support element can be inserted in the internal space of the hollow profile, and wherein, in the mounting position, the fastening tab extends out of the guide receptacle and out of the internal space beyond the end face of the hollow profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Silvan GUBELMANN, Manuel Lechner