Patents by Inventor Ruud Vanderheyden

Ruud Vanderheyden 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).

  • Tray, in particular for catering purposes onboard aircrafts
    Patent number: 8684222
    Abstract: A tray, in particular for catering purposes onboard aircrafts, including a tray body defining a receiving surface for receiving thereon items to be carried by use of the tray. The tray body includes an interlocking device for releasably engaging an interlocking device of the tray body of a similar tray, when at least two trays are positioned such that the receiving surfaces of the tray bodies are overlapping each other partially. The interlocking device of the trays interacting such that when one of the trays is drawn in a drawing direction, the other tray is moved along in the drawing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: deSter Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Ton Tesink, Ruud Vanderheyden
  • TRAY, IN PARTICULAR FOR CATERING PURPOSES ONBOARD AIRCRAFTS
    Publication number: 20110210038
    Abstract: A tray, in particular for catering purposes onboard aircrafts, including a tray body defining a receiving surface for receiving thereon items to be carried by use of the tray. The tray body includes an interlocking device for releasably engaging an interlocking device of the tray body of a similar tray, when at least two trays are positioned such that the receiving surfaces of the tray bodies are overlapping each other partially. The interlocking device of the trays interacting such that when one of the trays is drawn in a drawing direction, the other tray is moved along in the drawing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: deSter Holding B.V.
    Inventors: TON TESINK, Ruud Vanderheyden