Patents by Inventor Michael Earl Hiser, Jr.

Michael Earl Hiser, Jr. 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).

  • Sink
    Patent number: 11549247
    Abstract: A sink including a body defining a vessel volume having an interior surface, wherein the body includes a bowl, where the bowl includes a base wall and at least one side wall extending from the base wall, where the bowl at least partially defines the interior surface, and a cup, where the cup includes a strainer plate defining one or more apertures therein and at least one side wall, where the cup at least partially defines the interior surface, where the body is formed from a single continuous piece of sheet material, and where the minimum thickness of the material forming the cup is no less than 50% of the maximum thickness of the material forming the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Just, Michael Earl Hiser, Jr., Matthew D. Gjertson, John Joseph Wojcik, Glen William Trickle
  • SINK
    Publication number: 20220090367
    Abstract: A sink including a body defining a vessel volume having an interior surface, wherein the body includes a bowl, where the bowl includes a base wall and at least one side wall extending from the base wall, where the bowl at least partially defines the interior surface, and a cup, where the cup includes a strainer plate defining one or more apertures therein and at least one side wall, where the cup at least partially defines the interior surface, where the body is formed from a single continuous piece of sheet material, and where the minimum thickness of the material forming the cup is no less than 50% of the maximum thickness of the material forming the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Just, Michael Earl Hiser, JR., Matthew D. Gjertson, John Joseph Wojcik, Glen William Trickle
  • Sink
    Patent number: 11149422
    Abstract: A sink including a vessel volume having an interior surface, where the vessel volume includes a base wall, a first side wall extending from the base wall to at least partially form a bowl, a second side wall extending from the base wall opposite the first side wall to at least partially form a cup, and a strainer plate extending from the second side wall opposite the base wall. The sink also including a first piece of sheet material at least partially defining the interior surface of the vessel volume, and a second piece of sheet material fused to the first piece of sheet material, where the second piece of sheet material at least partially defines the interior surface of the vessel volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Just, Michael Earl Hiser, Jr., Matthew D. Gjertson, John Joseph Wojcik, Glen William Trickle