Patents by Inventor Mika Petri Juhani Tuunanen

Mika Petri Juhani Tuunanen 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).

  • Waste collection system and a method for assembling a waste collection system
    Patent number: 8534482
    Abstract: A waste collection system has an outer shell arranged at least partly underground. A waste container (6) is inserted partly into the outer shell, and has a frame mainly above the ground (8), and a top container (9) mainly above the ground and inside the frame. A bottom container is arranged mainly underground inside the outer shell. The waste container has a cover which opens to emptying the container and one or more filling openings arranged on the cover for introducing waste into the waste container. Lifting means are arranged on the frame, and are engaged by a lifting mechanism (20) so the waste container can be lifted out from the outer shell and emptied and returned. The frame has protrusion(s) (18, 19) toward the inside of the frame and the top container has corresponding recesses (21, 22) which attach the top container to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hannoa Oy
    Inventors: Mika Petri Juhani Tuunanen, Reino Pekka Kotro
  • Waste Collection System and a Method for Assembling a Waste Collection System
    Publication number: 20120168438
    Abstract: A waste collection system has an outer shell arranged at least partly underground. A waste container (6) is inserted partly into the outer shell, and has a frame mainly above the ground (8), and a top container (9) mainly above the ground and inside the frame. A bottom container is arranged mainly underground inside the outer shell. The waste container has a cover which opens to emptying the container and one or more filling openings arranged on the cover for introducing waste into the waste container. Lifting means are arranged on the frame, and are engaged by a lifting mechanism (20) so the waste container can be lifted out from the outer shell and emptied and returned. The frame has protrusion(s) (18, 19) toward the inside of the frame and the top container has corresponding recesses (21, 22) which attach the top container to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: HANNOA OY
    Inventors: Mika Petri Juhani Tuunanen, Reino Pekka Kotro