Patents by Inventor Ron Bauer

Ron Bauer 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: 11970849
    Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
  • Publication number: 20230212846
    Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
  • Patent number: 11639598
    Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
  • Publication number: 20210095448
    Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Shultz, Mark T. Cammarota
  • Patent number: 7021501
    Abstract: A lock for a liquid dispensing faucet lever includes a locking member that is attachable to the faucet and can be positioned in a locked position where the lever seats in a notch formed therein to prevent moving the lever from the closed position to the open position. The locking member may be attached to the faucet via an opening extending therethrough for receiving the faucet's spout, such that the locking member is rotatable about the spout. The locking member is rotatable from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the lever is not seated in the notch, allowing movement of the lever from the closed position to the open position. The locking member may be configured such that it automatically moves from the unlocked to the locked position upon movement of the lever from the open to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventor: Ron Bauer