Patents by Inventor Peter Wozniczka

Peter Wozniczka 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).

  • Patent number: 6793190
    Abstract: A retainer clip includes a ratchet plate and a cooperating pawl for anchoring a sink to a countertop with a press-in, above-counter installation. The ratchet plate has a plurality of detents and is affixed to an edge of a cutout in the countertop. The pawl includes a spring element mountable to the sink and has at least one upwardly angled, resilient tab which successively engages the ratchet plate detents with a one-way action as the sink moves downwardly in the cutout. When the sink is fully inserted, the tab seats upwardly in a detent of the ratchet plate. In an embodiment, the pawl includes multiple tabs having slightly different lengths to provide an installation tolerance that is less than an incremental distance between ratchet plate detents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Donald E. White, Geraldine A. Domrose, Stephen J. Doyle, Daniel Erickson, Paul Randolph Payne, Peter Wozniczka
  • Publication number: 20030075665
    Abstract: A retainer clip includes a ratchet plate and a cooperating pawl for anchoring a sink to a countertop with a press-in, above-counter installation. The ratchet plate has a plurality of detents and is affixed to an edge of a cutout in the countertop. The pawl includes a spring element mountable to the sink and has at least one upwardly angled, resilient tab which successively engages the ratchet plate detents with a one-way action as the sink moves downwardly in the cutout. When the sink is fully inserted, the tab seats upwardly in a detent of the ratchet plate. In an embodiment, the pawl includes multiple tabs having slightly different lengths to provide an installation tolerance that is less than an incremental distance between ratchet plate detents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Donald E. White, Geraldine A. Domrose, Stephen J. Doyle, Daniel Erickson, Paul Randolph Payne, Peter Wozniczka
  • Patent number: D501041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter J. Moran, John Michael Douglass, Glenda Kay Plemons, Thomas A. Samanic, Ellen Sieminski, Peter Wozniczka
  • Patent number: D507041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John Michael Douglass, Walter J. Moran, Peter Wozniczka
  • Patent number: D520611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter Wozniczka, Michael S. Gicela
  • Patent number: D520612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter Wozniczka, Michael S. Gicela
  • Patent number: D525689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter Wozniczka, Michael S. Gicela
  • Patent number: D527808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter Wozniczka, Michael S. Gicela
  • Patent number: D494257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter J. Moran, John Michael Douglass, Glenda Kay Plemons, Thomas A. Samanic, Ellen Sieminski, Peter Wozniczka
  • Patent number: D496441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Walter J. Moran, John Michael Douglass, Glenda Kay Plemons, Thomas A. Samanic, Ellen Sieminski, Peter Wozniczka
  • Patent number: D587790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Tortorello, Paul A. Schilling, Peter Wozniczka, John Michael Douglass