Patents by Inventor Michele COMINOTTI

Michele COMINOTTI 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).

  • Cushioned coupling hinge and a toilet seat comprising such a cushioned coupling hinge
    Patent number: 10881255
    Abstract: The invention therefore relates to a cushioned coupling hinge 1 suitable to rotatably couple the seat-ring 71 and the lid 72 of a toilet seat to a toilet 70. The hinge 1 comprises a cushioning mechanism suitable to cushion the falling movement of the mobile component during rotation around the axis of rotation X; a mobile portion 20 integrally constrainable to the seat-ring or lid in rotation; a fixed portion 30 integrally constrainable with the toilet 70. Advantageously, both the maintenance in position of the hinge along the axis of rotation and the actuation of the cushioning mechanism is obtained by means of a single engagement element 4 inserted at right angles to the axis of rotation simultaneously through the seat-ring/lid to be cushioned and the mobile portion 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: COMINOTTI S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michele Cominotti, Arduino Antonio Donati
  • CUSHIONED COUPLING HINGE AND A TOILET SEAT COMPRISING SUCH A CUSHIONED COUPLING HINGE
    Publication number: 20190357738
    Abstract: The invention therefore relates to a cushioned coupling hinge 1 suitable to rotatably couple the seat-ring 71 and the lid 72 of a toilet seat to a toilet 70. The hinge 1 comprises a cushioning mechanism suitable to cushion the falling movement of the mobile component during rotation around the axis of rotation X; a mobile portion 20 integrally constrainable to the seat-ring or lid in rotation; a fixed portion 30 integrally constrainable with the toilet 70. Advantageously, both the maintenance in position of the hinge along the axis of rotation and the actuation of the cushioning mechanism is obtained by means of a single engagement element 4 inserted at right angles to the axis of rotation simultaneously through the seat-ring/lid to be cushioned and the mobile portion 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michele COMINOTTI, Arduino Antonio DONATI