Patents by Inventor Michael Osterroth
Michael Osterroth 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).
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Patent number: 12241243Abstract: A sink is for installation in a piece of sanitary furniture. The sink includes: a surface; a front apron; a side apron; a first edge in a first transition area from the surface to the front apron; a second edge in a second transition area from the surface to the side apron; and a third edge in a third transition area from the front apron to the side apron, The second edge has a first edge area and a second edge area. A radius of the first edge area of the second edge is larger than a radius of the second edge area of the second edge. The first edge area of the second edge is adjacent to the third transition area. The first edge area of the second edge merges continuously into the third edge. The third edge merges continuously into the first edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: BLANCO GMBH + CO KGInventors: Bernd Elsinger, Detlef Schoen, Simone Silvery, Michael Osterroth
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Publication number: 20220403636Abstract: The invention relates to a sink, in particular an apron sink as a sink, for installation in a piece of sanitary furniture, in particular a piece of kitchen furniture or the like, wherein the sink has a surface, at least one side apron and one front apron, wherein a first edge is formed in a first transition area from the surface to the at least one front apron, and wherein a second edge is formed in a second transition area from the surface to the at least one side apron, wherein the second edge has at least one first and one second edge area of different sizes, wherein the first edge area is disposed adjacent to a transition area from the at least one front apron to the one side apron, and wherein the first edge area of the second edge is formed to merge continuously into the first edge, wherein the first edge area of the second edge is smaller than the first edge, wherein the size of the first and/or second edge is determined on the basis of a radius of the transition from the surface to the at least one siType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: BLANCO GMBH + CO KGInventors: Bernd ELSINGER, Detlef SCHOEN, Simone SILVERY, Michael OSTERROTH
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Patent number: 7478443Abstract: In order to provide a sink, comprising at least one basin, which is provided with a basin flange at its upper edge, a cover, which is fixed to the basin and at least partially covers the basin flange, and at least one holding element on the sink side, which cooperates with a holding element on the worktop side when the sink is fitted, in order to hold the sink on a worktop, in the production of which no after-treatment of visible faces of the sink is necessary and in which the cover can be freely designed and, in particular, can be configured without a dent, it is proposed that the holding element on the sink side is connected to the basin flange.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Blanco GmbH + Co KGInventors: Wolfgang Schneider, Michael Osterroth
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Publication number: 20080313804Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that has increased stability, it is proposed that the retaining portion of the tensioning element and/or the threaded portion of the tensioning element in the fitted state of tType: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KGInventors: Michael Osterroth, Frank Merkel, Bernd Elsinger
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Publication number: 20080313803Abstract: In order to provide a retaining device for retaining a built-in appliance, in particular a built-in sink unit, on a worktop, comprising at least one appliance-side retaining element, at least one worktop-side retaining element and at least one tensioning element for bracing the worktop-side retaining element and the appliance-side retaining element relative to one another, wherein the tensioning element comprises a threaded portion, a retaining portion and a reduced-diameter portion, which is disposed between the threaded portion and the retaining portion and the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the retaining portion, and wherein the appliance-side retaining element has at least one through-opening, through which in the fitted state of the retaining device the reduced-diameter portion of the tensioning element extends, that enables reliable mounting of the built-in appliance on the worktop and does not spoil the appearance of the built-in appliance, it is proposed that the appliance-side retaType: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KGInventors: Michael Osterroth, Frank Merkel, Bernd Elsinger
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Publication number: 20080066226Abstract: In order to produce a sink for insertion into a cut-out opening in a work top wherein the sink comprises an edge region which rests upon the work top in the installed state of the sink and wherein contaminants, crumbs for example, that are disposed on the upper surface of the work top outside the sink can be moved onto the edge region of the sink and then moved from there into the inner region of the sink that is surrounded by the edge of the sink in a particularly easy manner in the course of a cleaning process, it is proposed that the edge region of the sink be provided with a chamfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: BLANCO GmbH + Co KGInventors: Bernd Elsinger, Michael Osterroth, Petra Sohn, Gert Von Mertz
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Publication number: 20060253974Abstract: In order to provide a sink, comprising at least one basin, which is provided with a basin flange at its upper edge, a cover, which is fixed to the basin and at least partially covers the basin flange, and at least one holding element on the sink side, which cooperates with a holding element on the worktop side when the sink is fitted, in order to hold the sink on a worktop, in the production of which no after-treatment of visible faces of the sink is necessary and in which the cover can be freely designed and, in particular, can be configured without a dent, it is proposed that the holding element on the sink side is connected to the basin flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Wolfgang Schneider, Michael Osterroth
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Patent number: D546926Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Blanco GmbH + Co KGInventors: Wolfgang Schneider, Brigitte Ziemann, Michael Osterroth
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Patent number: D546929Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Blanco GmbH + Co KGInventors: Wolfgang Schneider, Brigitte Ziemann, Michael Osterroth
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Patent number: D767738Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BLANCO GmbH + Co KGInventors: Michael Osterroth, Detlef Anton Schön