Patents by Inventor Ralf Holschumacher

Ralf Holschumacher 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: 10945546
    Abstract: A drinking attachment (10) for drinking vessels (12), comprising a funnel-like circumferential drinking rim (14), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), having a fastening section (16) for fastening the drinking attachment (10) to an edge region of the drinking vessel surrounding an opening of the drinking vessel (12), and a bowl-shaped elastic sealing disc (20), which can be inserted into the drinking rim (14) for sealing the drinking rim (14), the sealing disc (20) abutting circumferentially against the drinking rim (14) in the region of the end of the drinking rim (19, which is free in the intended mounting state of the drinking attachment (10) on a drinking vessel (12), while forming an interstice (22), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), and being designed in such a way that it can be partially lifted from the drinking rim (14) by a suction action of a user of the drinking attachment (10), in order to open a passage to the interstice (22), the sealing disc (20) having in the region o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Holschumacher, Eckhard Itzek, Jürgen Löhn
  • Patent number: 10835065
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a drinking vessel that can include a drinking container and a drinking attachment that is coupled to the container. A straw can be positioned through an opening in the drinking attachment. The straw can include a top end that includes an opening through which a user can withdraw liquid and a bottom end. A drinking valve can be positioned along the bottom end of the straw and can include a tube that is open on the top and closed on the bottom and further includes at least one flow-through opening connecting the inside of the valve to the outside of the straw. A suction tube can include a tube wall that can be slid over the valve to couple the straw to the suction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Löhn, Ralf Holschumacher, Eckhard Itzek
  • Publication number: 20200229625
    Abstract: A drinking attachment (10) for drinking vessels (12), comprising a funnel-like circumferential drinking rim (14), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), having a fastening section (16) for fastening the drinking attachment (10) to an edge region of the drinking vessel surrounding an opening of the drinking vessel (12), and a bowl-shaped elastic sealing disc (20), which can be inserted into the drinking rim (14) for sealing the drinking rim (14), the sealing disc (20) abutting circumferentially against the drinking rim (14) in the region of the end of the drinking rim (19, which is free in the intended mounting state of the drinking attachment (10) on a drinking vessel (12), while forming an interstice (22), which is open towards the drinking vessel (12), and being designed in such a way that it can be partially lifted from the drinking rim (14) by a suction action of a user of the drinking attachment (10), in order to open a passage to the interstice (22), the sealing disc (20) having in the region o
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf HOLSCHUMACHER, Eckhard ITZEK, Jürgen LÖHN
  • Publication number: 20170354279
    Abstract: A drinking vessel comprising a drinking container comprising an interior, a drinking attachment comprising a bottom wall and a drinking element, which protrudes upwards from the bottom wall and which has at least one drinking opening on the outer end, which is connected to the interior via a passage channel, which extends through the drinking element, holding devices for releasably holding the drinking attachment on the drinking container, a drinking valve arranged in the passage channel, which closes when ambient pressure is present at the drinking opening, and which opens when a suction underpressure is present at the drinking opening, characterized in that the drinking valve comprises a tube, which is open on the top and closed on the bottom, which, in a wall, has at least one flow-through opening, which connects the inside of the tube to the outside of the tube, wherein the wall of the tube, at least in the area of the flow-through opening, is formed as a soft elastic diaphragm, and when ambient pressu
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jürgen LÖHN, Ralf HOLSCHUMACHER, Eckhard ITZEK
  • Patent number: 9522769
    Abstract: Push-pull closure for a drink container comprising a body element which comprises a through-opening and a fastening device, with which it may be sealingly and releasably connected to an opening of the drink container, a mouthpiece which may be axially displaceably inserted into the through-opening of the body element and which comprises at least one locking portion which may engage behind the through-opening of the body element, and a locking element which may be releasably attached to the inner face of the body element facing the drink container, the locking element being arranged so that the locking portion of the mouthpiece may not adopt a position in which it does not engage behind the through-opening of the body element, when the mouthpiece is inserted into the through-opening and the locking element is attached to the inner face of the body element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Eckhard Itzek, Bjoern Frederik Seidler, Ralf Holschumacher
  • Publication number: 20110303630
    Abstract: Push-pull closure for a drink container comprising a body element which comprises a through-opening and a fastening device, with which it may be sealingly and releasably connected to an opening of the drink container, a mouthpiece which may be axially displaceably inserted into the through-opening of the body element and which comprises at least one locking portion which may engage behind the through-opening of the body element, and a locking element which may be releasably attached to the inner face of the body element facing the drink container, the locking element being arranged so that the locking portion of the mouthpiece may not adopt a position in which it does not engage behind the through-opening of the body element, when the mouthpiece is inserted into the through-opening and the locking element is attached to the inner face of the body element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Eckhard Itzek, Bjoern Frederik Seidler, Ralf Holschumacher
  • Publication number: 20030220613
    Abstract: The syringe, especially a pre-filled one-time-use syringe, has a syringe body, which includes a cylindrical supply chamber for a liquid to be injected and a piston with a piston rod axially connected to it. A finger support is provided at one end of the syringe body and an end portion for holding a hollow needle is provided at the other end of the syringe body. The hollow needle is clamped in a needle channel provided in the end portion. A method of making a syringe body is described, in which the cylindrical storage chamber is made in one piece with a threaded connector by an injection molding process, the end portion provided with the hollow needle clamped in it is made in another injection molding process and then after making the end portion and the cylindrical storage chamber the cylindrical storage chamber is connected with the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Arthur Fabian, Horst Koller, Ralf Holschumacher, Bertram Eichhorn, Thomas Kadur
  • Publication number: 20030220615
    Abstract: The syringe, especially a pre-filled one-time-use syringe, has a syringe body, which is provided with a storage chamber for a liquid to be injected, and a piston with a piston rod so that the piston is axially slidable in the storage chamber. The syringe body has a finger rest and a stop member for limiting the axial motion of the piston at one end and the finger rest is in one-piece with the stop member, which includes at least one projecting element extending into the syringe body. The syringe has a syringe body with a radially outwardly extending flange section, which is formed for a forming-fitting and/or force-locking engagement with at least one catch region provided in the finger rest in order to securely hold the finger rest on the syringe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Arthur Fabian, Ralf Holschumacher, Bertram Eichhorn, Walter Gygax
  • Patent number: D719268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Recht, Uwe Wagenknecht, Eckhard Itzek, Ralf Holschumacher, Bodo Warden, Sara Rebecca Kröncke
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    Patent number: D731301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Recht, Uwe Wagenknecht, Eckhard Itzek, Ralf Holschumacher, Bodo Warden, Sara Rebecca Kröncke
  • Patent number: D739032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Recht, Uwe Wagenknecht, Eckhard Itzek, Ralf Holschumacher, Bodo Warden, Sara Rebecca Kr•ncke
  • Patent number: D1011542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Loehn, Ralf Holschumacher, Uwe Wagenknecht, Bodo Warden