Patents by Inventor Roger M. Van Weelden

Roger M. Van Weelden 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).

  • Movable glide support for tub enclosure and shower stall doors
    Patent number: 4868935
    Abstract: A structure comprising by-pass doors for use in tub enclosures or shower stalls, each door having a frame and a panel mounted in the frame, and a hanger assembly integral therewith provided with glides adapted to move on a track provided on a supporting door frame or header, the track having plastic bearing members for slideably supporting the glides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Sterling Plumbing Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger M. Van Weelden
  • Adjustable tub enclosure and shower stall doors
    Patent number: 4633614
    Abstract: A structure comprising movable doors for use in tub enclosures or shower stalls, each door having a frame and a panel mounted in the frame, and adjustment apparatus for raising or lowering one side of the door to compensate for out-of-plumb wall conditions, the adjustment apparatus comprising a pair of complementary adjustment members slidably inter-engaged along edges oblique with respect to the upper edge of the doorframe, a lower adjustment member being affixed to the doorframe and an upper adjustment member having a hanger assembly integral therewith provided with rollers or glides adapted to move on a track provided on a supporting doorframe or header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: USG Corporation
    Inventor: Roger M. Van Weelden